Preferred credentials may include Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM), Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), Lean Six Sigma, formal High Reliability/Safety Science training, Team STEPPS, or comparable credentials. The AVP partners with executive, physician, nursing, operational, quality, clinical risk, legal, compliance, accreditation, analytics, informatics, and frontline leaders to establish a consistent enterprise approach while maintaining appropriate local accountability and flexibility.