Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics

Heon Jae Jeong

Heon Jae Jeong
Director, International Affairs, Korean Society for Patient Safety
Johns Hopkins University, United States

Biography

Dr. Jeong received an MD degree in South Korea in 2002. Four years later, he matriculated at Johns Hopkins University and received MPH, MBA and DrPH degrees as a Sommer Scholar from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also was selected as a WHO patient safety scholar in 2007. He has been involved in developing and improving patient safety system in South Korea and Canada, and helping hospitals, including Johns Hopkins, design and implement safety programs for years. Dr. Jeong authored a Korea’s national bestseller, “Hospital User’s Manual: 33 Safety Rules for Patients,” which led many Korean hospitals to develop patient engagement programs for safer care; Korea’s largest patient advocate association developed a national patient safety campaign, based on the contents of the book, “Smiling Patient, Safe Hospital.” (WHO’s Patients for Patient Safety Newsletter covered this whole story). Through these works, he received Korean Minister of Health and Welfare Award twice in 2005 and 2013, and Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association’s Outstanding Graduate Award in 2014. Dr. Jeong has been serving as Incident Management Faculty of Canadian Patient Safety Institute, International Society for Quality in Health Care Fellow, Distinguished Advisor to the Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation and Director of International Affairs for the Korean Society for Patient Safety. Currently, he is a fellow at the department of Health Policy and Management of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, working on various projects and researches in and out of Johns Hopkins on quality and safety of healthcare.

Research Interest

Data-driven (Statistics-driven) Quality and Safety Improvement (keyword: Quality of Care & Patient Safety),Statistical Modeling of Healthcare Provider Behavior,Patient Behavior in Medical Care Use,Big Data Analysis on Quality and Safety,Safety Culture in Healthcare Setting,Evidence Based Healthcare Management and Quality Improvement