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AGENDA: COLLOQUIUM DAY I: POSTERBOARD RECEPTION
Monday, August 20, 2007


On the evening of Monday, August 20, 2007 the following patient safety poster boards will be featured at the Quality Colloquium's opening networking reception:


Starting Point or Afterthought? Leveraging Informed Consent to Improve Patient Safety

Timothy Kelly
Vice President, Dialog Medical
Duluth, GA


Successful Implementation of Infection Control Quality Initiatives Using Ingenuity and Technological Innovations

Susan DiNucci, RN, BSN
Infection Control Practitioner, UPMC - St. Margaret
Pittsburgh, PA

Barbara Jordan, RN, MSN, CCRN
Director of Infection Control & Regulatory Compliance, UPMC - St. Margaret
Pittsburgh, PA

Jacqueline M. O'Brien, MSN, RN, CIC
Infection Control Practitioner, UPMC - St. Margaret
Pittsburgh, PA

Raymond Pontzer, MD, FACP
Chairman- Infection Control, UPMC - St. Margaret
Pittsburgh, PA


Enhancing the Role of the Governing Body in Improving Patient Safety

Yosef D. Dlugacz Ph.D.
SVP & Chief of Clinical Quality, Education & Research
Krasnoff Quality Management Institute, North Shore- LIJ Health System
Great Neck, NY



The Associate Attending Policy at Children's Hospital Boston

Kathy Jenkins
Director, Program for Patient Safety and Quality
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

David Roberson
Director of Implementation, Program for Patient Safety and Quality
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA


Ensuring Safety & Quality: Building a Transition of Care Program

Gerda Maissel, MD
Chief Post Acute Medicine, Baystate Health
Springfield, MA


Failing to Succeed: How to Come Together to Increase the Collective Knowledge Surrounding Device-Related Failures

Yadin David
Director, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

David Finn
Chief Information Officer, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX


Achieving Patient-Centered Healthcare

Joseph Holtschlag
Manager, DOQ-IT, Masspro
Waltham, MA
Susan Ordway
Senior Director, HIT Services. Masspro
Waltham, MA


Evaluation of Safety: The Role of Patients in Identifying Best Practices

Jennifer Yessis, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
National Research Corporation - Canada
Markham, Ontario, Canada


Metrics and Quality Improvement in a New Zealand ICU

Leo Anthony Celi, MD
ICU Specialist, Otago District Health Board
Member, Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society
Dunedin, CA


S.K.I.N. Initiative: Reduction of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers

Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Lifespan Corporation
Brown University Medical School
Providence, RI

Edward D. Craven, MBA, CPHQ
Director, Innovation Strategy and Six Sigma Black Belt
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY


Medical Errors and the Courts

Alberto R. Ferreres, MD, JD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina




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