About Franchesca Charney, RN, MS, CPHRM, CPPS, CPHQ, CPSO, DFASHRM
Fran Charney began her career in 1980 as a registered nurse working in the ICU, OR and PACU units of hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She has written numerous professional journal articles and has participated in several speaking engagements for organizations such as the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, the National Patient Safety Foundation and the Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania, among others. She also serves as faculty for the patient safety curriculum for Teamstepps, a teamwork system developed jointly by the U.S. Department of Defense and AHRQ to improve institutional collaboration and communication relating to patient safety. She is currently the Director of Risk Management at the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM).
