The Carl W.
Armstrong Patient Safety Fund, an endowment fund which will provide
scholarship assistance to students with an interest in patient safety
measures, has been established in honor of Dr. Carl W. Armstrong. Dr.
Armstrong's sincere, selfless and tireless efforts have been paramount in
the successful development, promotion, and implementation of the Executive
Fellowship in Patient Safety offered through our department. This fund will
ensure that individuals embracing an interest reflective of Dr. Armstrong's
passion for patient safety will receive monetary assistance to ensure
pursuit of such.
Dr. Armstrong is a physician executive and senior medical advisor with the
American Hospital Association and The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare
Association. Additionally, Dr. Armstrong is past president of the Virginians
Improving Patient Care and Safety (VIPCS) coalition, he has been a member of
the American Hospital Association's Clinical Quality Team, and he has served
as a member of the Safe Practices for Better Healthcare Steering Committee
of the National Quality Forum.
A minimum of $10,000 is needed to create this endowed scholarship and
ascertain that Dr. Armstrong's patient safety impetus is perpetuated via our
institution. We are asking that anyone interested in donating to this
endowment contact the founder of the Executive Fellowship in Patient Safety,
Karen N. Swisher, MS, JD, at (804) 828-1894 or
kswisher@hsc.vcu.edu . Tax
deductible donations to this fund can be made by check, payable to MCVF/HAD,
with a note in the memo section that this be designated for the Carl W.
Armstrong Patient Safety Fund; please remit any donations to Karen N.
Swisher, MCV Campus, Grant House, 1008 East Clay Street, PO Box 980203,
Richmond, VA 23298-0203.
