Deanna Tarnow, RN, B.A., CPHRM

Deanna Tarnow is a Registered Nurse and certified professional in healthcare Risk Management. She has been with BETA Healthcare Group, a Professional Liability organization that insures over 600 healthcare facilities, 7600 physicians, and more than 50 medical groups in California. In her role as Senior Director, Risk Management and Patient Safety she leads the comprehensive, principled, and systematic approach to responding to and reducing harm in healthcare known as BETA HEART® that is currently being implemented in over 80 hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout California. Ms. Tarnow collaborates with the HEART team to introduce and implement the five individual yet closely integrated domains that comprise HEART and include culture measurement and implementation of Just Culture, Rapid Event Response and Analysis, Communication and Transparency, Care for the Caregiver and Early Resolution in participating organizations.



Ms. Tarnow has over 30 years in the healthcare field including experience in providing direct patient care, oversight of quality and risk management and patient safety. In her previous roles as a hospital- based risk manager and Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety, Ms. Tarnow was responsible for risk identification, loss prevention, sentinel event management, and development and implementation of reliable systems to promote patient safety throughout an integrated healthcare system. Ms. Tarnow is a past president and current member of the California Association of Healthcare Risk Management (CSHRM). She is a member of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and California Society for Healthcare Risk Management. She completed the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Officer training in 2006 and the American Hospital Association Patient Safety Fellowship in 2013.