PRESS RELEASE:
Seventh Quality Colloquium Features David Shulkin, MD, President and CEO, Beth Israel Medical Center
  • An Executive Education Course on Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality Enhancement and Medical Errors Reduction for Healthcare Executives, Clinicians and Patient Care Staff
  • Classes Held in Harvard University's Annenberg Hall and Saunders Theatre, Cambridge, MA
  • Colloquium Hotels: The Inn at Harvard and Harvard Square Hotel
  • August 18 - 21, 2008
  • www.QualityColloquium.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.QualityColloquium.com

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 18, 2008: The Seventh Quality Colloquium, www.QualityColloquium.com, August 18 - 21, 2008, on the campus of Harvard University today announced the addition of David Shulkin, MD, the President and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center to its keynote speakers.

THE VENUES AT HARVARD

Classes Held: Harvard University's Annenberg Hall, Science Center and the Harvard Faculty Club
Congress Hotel: The Inn at Harvard and Harvard Square Hotel

FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David J. Shulkin, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Beth Israel Medical Center, Founder, Patient Safety Officer Society, New York, NY
Click here for more about Dr. Shulkin.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Paul Barach, MD, MPH
Professor, Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine, Center for Patient Safety, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

Amy Edmondson, PhD
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, and Chair, Doctoral Programs, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA

Brent C. James, MD, M.Stat.
Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Julie K. Johnson, MSPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Michael L. Millenson
Mervin Shalowitz, M.D. Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Professor and Chair, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

PURCHASERS AND PATIENT SAFETY

Francois de Brantes
Officer and Director, Bridges to Excellence, Fairfield, CT

Thomas Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD
Director, Value-Based Purchasing, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

CLINICIANS AND PATIENT SAFETY

Vineet Arora, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

John Hickner, MD, MSc
Professor of Family Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

LAW, ETHICS AND PATIENT SAFETY

Deborah Bachrach, Esq.
Medicaid Director, Department of Health, State of New York, Albany, NY

Timothy McDonald, MD, JD
Associate Chief Medical Officer, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Lewis Morris, Esq.
Chief Counsel, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

James G. Sheehan, Esq.
New York State Medicaid Inspector General, Albany, NY

Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD
Distinguished Service Professor, Public Health and Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

PATIENT SAFETY AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

David C. Classen, MD
Chief Medical Officer, First Consulting Group, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation, Washington, DC

PATIENT SAFETY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Frank Becker, PhD
Professor and Chair, Program in Real Estate, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Skip Gregory, PhD, NCARB
Bureau Chief, Office of Healthcare Plans and Construction, Agency for Healthcare Administration, Tallahassee, FL

Bill Rostenberg, FAIA, FACHA
Principal and Director Health Design, Anshen and Allen, San Francisco, CA

Blair L. Sadler, Esq.
Former President of Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, San Diego, CA

Craig Zimring, PhD
Professor, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

QUALITY LESSONS FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES

Jim Bouey
Former Director Safety and Airworthiness, Boeing, Seattle, WA

John S. Carroll, PhD
Professor of Behavior and Policy Sciences, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Capt. William R. Hamman, MD, PhD
Co-Director College of Aviation, United Airlines Training Center, Denver, CO

INTERNATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY INITIATIVES

Alex Jadad, MD
Founder and Lead Innovator, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Richard J. Lilford, PhD, FRCOG, FRCP, MFPHM
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Head of the Division, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Odet Sarabia Gonzalez
Advisor of the Vice Ministry of Quality and Innovation, Ministry of Health Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Quirino Piacevoli, MD
Professor and Head Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, A.C.O. San Filippo Neri, via G. Rome, Rome, Italy

COLLOQUIUM TRACKS
  • Quality and Incentives: Value-Based Purchasing, Pay for Performance and Transparency
  • Teams and Team Communication (Transitions of Care)
  • A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement - Six Sigma and Beyond
  • Quality and Health Information Technology (EMR, CPOE, etc.)
  • Pediatric Quality and Safety
  • The Role of Built Environment on Patient and Provider Safety and Well Being

COLLOQUIUM POSTCONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
  • Workshop I: : Improving the Testing Process for Ambulatory Care
  • Workshop II: Baldrige as a Roadmap to Quality Improvement
  • Workshop III: Designing Safe and Effective Handovers
  • Workshop IV: Disclosure

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