Preventing staff risks in outpatient care settings
Learning objectives
Participants will:
- Identify the composition of current outpatient service facilities
- Determine factors affecting outpatient market growth
- Review importance of safe patient handling and mobility in any healthcare setting
- Compare safe patient handling and mobility in acute, outpatient and point of service care environments
- Overview of patient handling solution process
プレゼンター
Eric McCready, RN, BSN
Clinical Team Lead - Arjo Inc.
Eric has been in the medical field for the past 15 years. He began as an EMT and worked as an EMT-P, where he spent the majority of his career in the Emergency Department a a Registered Nurse. Eric also has a background in leadership and education. Eric has a passion for teaching; he wants to see improved patient outcomes while improving the safety in healthcare environments.Eric worked for Arjo as a consultant and clincal team leading safe patient handling and mobility programs resulting sustainable and repeatable results.
Greg Pinnington
Executive Business Director, MOVE - Arjo Inc.
Greg Pinnington is the Executive Business Director for Arjo MOVE, where he leads a national team dedicated to advancing safe patient mobility, staff safety, and operational performance across U.S. healthcare systems. With more than two decades at Arjo, Greg oversees the design and implementation of customized, financially guaranteed outcomes programs that help hospitals reduce harm, strengthen clinical quality, and achieve measurable cost savings.Under his leadership, MOVE programs integrate best‑in‑class mobility and pressure injury prevention solutions with deep clinical and operational expertise. These programs have been adopted by more than 900 healthcare facilities nationwide, consistently delivering significant improvements—including reductions in caregiver injuries, patient falls, and length of stay.Greg is recognized for his ability to bridge clinical impact with financial strategy, helping organizations leverage innovative funding models such as OpEx subscriptions and self‑insured reserves to drive mission‑aligned performance without capital barriers. His work centers on creating sustainable culture change, empowering caregivers, and elevating mobility as a clinical standard of care.He holds an Economics degree from the University of Waterloo and brings more than 20 years of experience partnering with health systems to improve patient outcomes and protect frontline staff.