Heon-jae Jeong
Nursing
Forrest General Hospital
Australia
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 across the globe, 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
Research Interest
Quality care, Patient safety, Quality improvement
