Patient Safety:
Moving From Concept to Reality

The critical issues of patient safety have received a great deal of attention as of late. Several questions remain, among them: How do we act effectively in the face of uncertainty? How do we move ahead strategically, make gains and sustain them? How can we best implement and sustain given current realities?

The Chicago Patient Safety Forum hosted a day-long examination of current ideas towards realistic, effective and beneficial implementation of patient safety strategies.

Date:	Friday, March 9, 2007
Time:	Registration and Continental Breakfast: 7:00am - 8:30am Program Content: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Location:	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois 300 East Randolph St. Chicago, IL

A DVD-ROM with video and presentation materials will be available soon. Watch the CPSF newsletter for the announcement.
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Keynote Speaker: David E. Garets President/CEO, HIMSS Analytics "The Pursuit of the Enterprise EMR (and the EHR!)"
Interactive Breakouts: Two breakout sessions (AM and PM). Workshops 1-7 repeated in both. Safety Culture: 1. Implementing a Culture of Safety Learning and Sharing: 2. Medication Reconciliation: Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities 3. Implementing Strategies to Improve Communication Patient Experience: 4. Full Disclosure: One Hospital's Experience 5. Involving Patients in Patient Safety Teams (Advisory Councils, Root     Cause Teams, Design Teams) Solutions for Change: 6. Implementing Health Information Technologies (E-Rx, EHR) 7. Human Factors Special Session (AM Only) - Senior Executives Patient Safety Roundtable                                        (for CEO, COO, CMO, CNO, CIO)
Afternoon Panel: 2007 IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign - Illinois Kickoff Lee B. Sacks, MD; Advocate Healthcare (Moderator) Lance Peterson, Evanston Northwesten Hospital (MRSA) Jill Stemmerman, St. Anthony's Hospital (Pressure Ulcers) Marla Husch, RPh, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (High Alert Meds) Doreen E. Jantz-Makofski, RN, MPA, CAPA, Rush-Copley Medical Center (SCIP Bundle) All Day Exhibit Chicago Patient Safety Forum was pleased to have the National Center for Patient Safety bring their Hands-On Patient Safety Museum on human factors engineering to our 2007 Annual Meeting.
CPSF receives support from: Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute Michael Reese Health Trust Grant Healthcare Foundation Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois MEDecision American College of Physicians Reva and David Logan Foundation Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Illinois Foundation for Quality Health Care Rush-Copley Medical Center TechAlliance Aetna Alexian Brothers Medical Center AllScripts Chicago Medical Society Illinois Academy of Family Physicians Illinois Hospital Association Illinois Nurses Association Jewel-Osco Walgreens