Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: Turning Ideas into Action

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Improving Patient Safety in HospitalsTurning
Ideas into Action

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Project Planning Committee

• Kenneth J. Appleby, BAARM, CPHRM
• John E. Billi, MD (Principal Investigator)
• Shon A. Dwyer, BSN, MBA(Co-Principal
  Investigator)

• Paul O. Farr, MD
• Jeanne M. Kin, JD, MHA(Project Manager)
• Marilynn Rosenthal, Ph.D.
• Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
• Arlene Bradford, BA

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Dissemination Project Components

• Conference
• Web-based CME Module
• Toolkit
• Facilitated Workshops

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Conference Turning Ideas into Action

• Held at UM Towsley Center 11/22/02
• Webcast to ten sites around state
• Registrants 195
• Highly rated

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Conference Objectives

• Successful implementation of change
• Organizational and professional culture
• Value of transparency
• Transformation of Root Cause Analysis learning
  into gains in quality and safety
• Prevention through process redesign
• Hands-on examples

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Conference Highlights

• Candid sharing of events and experience
• Realization that resources are available
• Representation of
• Community and academia
• National and local expertise
• Recurring theme of evidence-based medicine

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Conference Faculty

• Robert M. Wachter, M.D. Key Note
• Shon A. Dwyer, BSN, MBA
• Darrell A. Campbell, Jr., M.D.
• Sanjay Saint, M.D.
• David A. Herz, M.D.

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Conference Panelists

• Ralph Cerny, MHA
• Paul O. Farr, M.D.
• Margaret Calarco, PhD, RN
• Paul Conlon, JD, PharmD
• John W. Gosbee, M.D., M.S.

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CME Module

• Web-based
• 3 credit hours
• http//cme.med.umich.edu