Harvard Quality Colloquium CD-ROM Includes Video of All Speakers with Synced PowerPoint Presentations

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PRESS RELEASE:
Harvard Quality Colloquium CD-ROM Includes Video of All Speakers with Synced PowerPoint Presentations from Three and One-Half Groundbreaking Event on Healthcare Quality Enhancement, Patient Safety and Medical Errors Reduction

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 Sanders Theatre

Colloquium Hotels: The Inn at Harvard and Harvard Square Hotel, Cambridge, MA

August 22 - 25, 2004

www.QualityColloquium.com

PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Paul Tunnecliff
Phone: 800-684-4549 phone
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.qualitycolloquium.com

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- AUGUST 30, 2004: The Quality Colloquium, August 22 - 25, 2004, www.QualityColloquium.com, on the campus of Harvard University announced today the availability of a CD-ROM which includes video of all speakers with synced PowerPoint presentations from the groundbreaking three and one-half day event.

CD-ROM OF ALL PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE:

The Harvard Quality Colloquium is now offering a CD-ROM which includes video of its complete faculty of over 75 national experts with synced PowerPoint presentations from the recent Quality Colloquium, August 22 - 25, 2004, on the campus of Harvard University. The CD-ROM costs only $295. Three or more CD-ROMs can be purchased for $225 each; Ten or more CD-ROMs cost $195 each. For more information, go to www.QualityColloquium.com, call 800-684-4549, or email registration@hcconferences.com.

FEATURED FACULTY:

Stephanie C. Alexander
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Healthcare Informatics, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC

Nancy Berlinger
Deputy Director and Research Associate, The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY

Michael A. Berman, MD
Executive Vice President and Hospital Director, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

A. John Blair III, MD
President and CEO, Taconic IPA, Inc., Fishkill, NY

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
Director, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA

Beau Carter
Senior Health Policy and Strategy Consultant, Med-Vantage, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Barry P. Chaiken, MD
Chief Medical Officer, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, Physicians and Patient Safety Officer Section, Boston, MA

Samantha Collier, MD, MBA
Vice President, Medical Affairs, HealthGrades, Lakewood, CO

John R. Combes, MD
Senior Medical Advisor, Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and President, Health Technology Center, Former Director, California Department of Health Services, Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health, San Francisco, CA

Emme Deland, MBA
Senior Vice President, Clinical Program Planning and Strategic Development, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Suzanne F. Delbanco, PhD
Executive Director, The Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC

Charles R. Denham, MD
Chairman, Texas Medical Institute of Technology, Austin, TX

Yosef D. Dlugacz, PhD
Senior Vice President, North Shore-LIJ Health System (NY), Great Neck, NY

Eugene Fibuch
Associate Director of Medical Affairs and Medical Director for Quality for Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City MO

Timothy T. Flaherty, MD
Chair of the National Patient Safety Foundation, Former Chair and Board Member of the American Medical Association, Neenah, WI

Barry Fogel, MD, MBA
Principal and Executive Vice President, LTCQ, Inc., Lexington, MA

Kathleen Gallo, RN, PhD, MBA
Senior Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, NY

Beryl Goldman, RN, MS, NHA
Best Practices Implementation Director, Kendal Outreach, LLC, Kennett Square, PA

Tomas A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA
Vice President, Quality Initiatives, Director, Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Valley Baptist Health System, Harlingen, TX

Alice G. Gosfield, Esq.
Alice G. Gosfield & Associates, P.C., Philadelphia, PA

Robert Graham, MD
Acting Deputy Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD

Bob Harriman, PhD
Vice President of Quality and Safety, Baptist Hospital, Inc., Pensacola, FL

Martin J. Hatlie, Esq.
President, Partnership for Patient Safety, Co-founder, Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, Chicago, IL

Gerald Hickson, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

David R. Hunt, MD, FACS
Medical Officer, Quality Improvement Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

John K. Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Editor, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC

Brent C. James, MD, Mstat
Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Health Care, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH
Director, Quality Improvement Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD

Gary S. Kaplan, MD
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Paul Keckley, PhD
Director, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Advisor, HealthGate, Nashville, TN

Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH
President and CEO, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC

Richard H. Lee
Deputy Secretary for Quality Assurance Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Harrisburg, PA

John Lester
Neurology Information Systems Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Tammy Sue Lundstrom, MD
Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Detroit Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

George F. Lynn, MBA
President, AtlantiCare, Chair-Elect, American Hospital Association, Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Linda Magno
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative, Executive Director, Foundation for eHealth Initiative and Connecting for Health, Washington, DC

Robert J. Margolis, MD
Managing Partner, HealthCare Partners Medical Group, Torrance, CA

Sherry Marshall, RN, CPHQ, CPUR
Vice President of Quality, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO

Susan McGann, RN
Virtua Health System, Marlton, NJ

Arthur Miller, Esq.
Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

L. Craig Miller, MD, FCCP
Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs, Baptist Health Care, Pensacola, FL

Richard Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer, Virtua Health System, Marlton, NJ

Dolores L. Mitchell
Executive Director, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission, Boston, MA

Malcolm H. Morrison, PhD
President and CCC Chief Executive Officer, Morrison Informatics, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA

Karen Nelson, RN, CPHQ, CPUR
Assistant Vice President, Quality Management, North Shore - LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NJ

Sue Nonemaker, RN, MS
Senior Research Associate, Research and Training Institute, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, New Freedom, PA

Roxanne O'Brasky
President, International Society of Six Sigma Professionals
Scottsdale, AZ

Peggy E. O'Kane
President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC

Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President; Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Carolyn Pexton
Director of Communications, Performance Solutions, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI

William G. Plested, III, MD
Trustee, American Medical Association, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees AMA, Chicago, IL

Jane Poulter, BSN, MSA
Senior Staff, Baldrige National Quality Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Barbra G. Rabson
Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Watertown, MA

Andrea Restifo, RN, MPA
Vice President, Quality Management, North Shore - LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NJ

Victoria L. Rich, RN, PhD
Chief Nursing Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sheera Rosenfeld
Senior Consultant, The Health Strategies Consultancy LLC, Washington, DC

David Share, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Center for Health Care Quality and Evaluative Studies, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Susan E. Sheridan, MBA, MIM
President, Parents of Infants and Children with Kernicterus, Co-founder, Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, Eagle, ID

David Shulkin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital, Chief Quality Officer, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Steven R. Smith, Esq.
Principal, Ober Kaler, Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Dimensions Health Corporation, Washington, DC

Susanne Stoiber, MS
Executive Officer, Institute of Medicine, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Halth/Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Mary Beth Thomas, MSN, CPHQ
Investigation Dispute Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Pittsburgh, PA

Edwin Trautman, PhD
President, RMF Strategies, Vice President, Risk Management Foundation, Cambridge, MA

Mark Van Kooy, MD
Virtua Master Black Belt, Operations Improvement, Virtua Health, Marlton, NJ

Robert Wachter, MD
Chief of the Medical Service, UCSF Medical Center, Co Author of Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, San Francisco, CA

Paul Wallace, MD
Executive Director, Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute (CMI), Oakland, CA

Benjamin C. Williams
Former Editor, Harvard Health Policy Review, Administrative Resident, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Cambridge, MA

P.J. Woods, PhD, MBA, RN
Chief Nursing Officer and Assoicate Dean, Clinical Nursing Services, University of New Mexico Health Services Center, Alburquerque, NM

Debbie Young, RN, BSN, CNOR, CNIV
Charleston Area Medical Center, Memorial Surgery, Charleston, WV

CD-ROM ORDER INFORMATION:

For CD-ROM ordering Information, go to the Harvard Quality Colloquium website http://www.qualitycolloquium.com.

For on-line purchase, visit:
http://www.ehcca.com/commerce/product/index.php?id_home=18&acc=prod&id_product=27

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