Director of the Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy at University of North Florida Yank Coble (left) and NH Jacksonville Commanding Officer Capt. Lynn Welling wrap-up the symposium. Coble encourages the 200 clinicians and healthcare leaders in attendance—from both the Navy and private sectors—to continue to provide the world’s best healthcare based on caring, ethics and science. Welling concludes, “We’ve met the solution, and he is us.”

National and regional health care leaders share evidence-based best practices to enhance communication, teamwork and leadership to advance positive patient outcomes at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville Patient Safety Symposium on March 1 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. (Photo by MC2 Gary Granger)

At Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville Patient Safety Symposium on March 1, leaders from Baptist Health, Mayo Clinic in Florida and NH Jacksonville discuss how elimination of waste contributes to patient safety during a process improvement panel.

Cmdr. Gabriel Lee (NH Jacksonville director of medical services), Cory Meyers (Baptist Health patient safety officer), Keith Stein (Baptist Health chief medical officer), William Rupp (Mayo Clinic in Florida chief executive officer) and Capt. Lynn Welling (NH Jacksonville commanding officer) engage with an audience of over 200 health care professionals in a discussion moderated by Gary Kaplan, chairman and chief executive officer of Virginia Mason Medical Center (right). (Photo by MC2 Gary Granger)