Press Release: Tenth National Quality Colloquium at Harvard Features Allan Korn, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, on Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives
  • Click here to view the brochure
  • A Hybrid Conference, Internet Event and Training Tool
  • An Executive Education Course on Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality Enhancement and Medical Errors Reduction for Healthcare Executives, Clinicians and Patient Care Staff
  • Onsite at Harvard University's Annenberg Hall and Faculty Club
  • Online In Your Own Office or Home live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months
  • August 15 - 18, 2011
  • Colloquium Hotels: The Inn at Harvard and Harvard Square Hotel, Cambridge, MA
  • www.QualityColloquium.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-7630
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.QualityColloquium.com


FEATURING ON HEALTH PLAN
PATIENT SAFETY INITIATIVES
Allan Korn, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Chicago, IL

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JULY 19, 2011: The Tenth National Quality Colloquium, www.QualityColloquium.com, will be held on August 15 - 18, 2011 on the campus of Harvard University.

BROCHURE AVAILABLE
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PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

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THE TENTH QUALITY COLLOQUIUM AT HARVARD

August 15 - 18, 2011
ONSITE
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA


OR
ONLINE
In your own office or home live via the Internet
with 24/7 access for six months


COLLOQUIUM CO CHAIRS

Kathleen Jennison Goonan, MD
Executive Director, Center for Performance Excellence, Massachusetts General Hospital, Former Judge, Baldrige National Quality Award Program, Former Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, MA

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health and Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Paul Wallace, MD
Senior Vice President and Director, Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, The Lewin Group, Former Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management Programs, The Care Management Institute, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente, Falls Church, VA
TRACK CHAIRS

Tom Bigda-Peyton, Ed.D.
President, Action Learning Systems, President, Center for Adaptive Solutions, Boston, MA




Teresa Clark, MBA, MPH
Vice President Social Sciences Practice, VHA, Inc, Irving, TX

Wendy Everett, ScD
President, New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI), Cambridge, MA

Trent T. Haywood, MD, JD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, VHA Inc., Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Irving, TX

Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA
Senior Consultant, Towers Watson, Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

David Longnecker, MD, FRCA
Health Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges, Robert D. Dripps Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Washington, DC

David Mayer, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum, Co-Executive Director, Institute for Patient Safety Excellence and Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Illinois - College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Martin D. Merry, MD, CM
Health Care Consultant, Senior Advisor for Medical Affairs, New Hampshire Hospital Association, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire, Boston, MA



Sean Patrick Murphy, MHA, JD
Senior Vice President & Corporate General Counsel, Solaris Health System, Edison, NJ

Russell J. Ricci, MD
Chairman, Advisory Board MediTech, President Emeritus, eHealth Initiative, Providence, RI
FEATURING TRACKS ON
  • Mini Summit 1: Ambulatory Care
  • Mini Summit 2: Using Data to Improve Health Care Safety, Quality and Efficiency
  • Mini Summit 3: Thinking Outside the Pillbox - Multi-Sector Solutions to Patient Medication Adherence
  • Mini Summit 4: Governance - Educating the Board of Trustees about Quality Improvement
  • Mini Summit 5: Value Based Purchasing
  • Mini Summit 6: Education for Quality & Safety
  • Mini Summit 7: The Patient Experience and Quality Improvement
  • Mini Summit 8: Building a 'Good to Great' Journey using Baldrige
  • Mini Summit 9: Bending the Cost Curve via 2nd Curve Health Care
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Samuel Shem, pen-name of Stephen Bergman, MD, PhD
Author, The House of God and The Spirit of the Place, Co-author and Producer, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Newton, MA

Maureen Bisognano, MS
President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Research Associate, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge, MA

Patrick (PJ) Brennan, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Univ. of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Troyen Brennan, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark, Former Chief Medical Officer, Aetna Inc., Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization, Boston, MA

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD

Richard H. L. Corder, FACHE, MHA
Assistant Vice President, Business Development, CRICO/RMF, Cambridge, MA

Maulik S. Joshi, DrPH
President, Health Research & Educational Trust, Senior Vice President of Research, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL

Allan M. Korn, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Office of Clinical Affairs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, IL

Rick May, MD
Vice President- Accelerated Clinical Excellence Team, HealthGrades: Guiding Americans to Their Best Health™, Denver, CO

Michael L. Millenson
President, Health Quality Advisors LLC, Mervin Shalowitz, M.D. Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Author, Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, Highland Park, IL

Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA
President, National Patient Safety Foundation, Boston, MA

Marc Roberts
Professor of Political Economy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Department of Global Health and Population, Boston, MA

Edward A. Walker, MD, MHA
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Cheryl M. Scott / Group Health Cooperative Professor of Health Administration, Founding Director, Healthcare Leadership Development Alliance, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Jed Weissberg, MD
Senior Vice President of Quality and Care Delivery Excellence, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
CONTENT OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Register for Preconference Patient Safety Boot Camp and/or Conference.

PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The Quality Colloquium is offering a Patient Safety Certificate Program in the form of an optional course within the conference for attendees wishing to take a deeper dive into the Summit's subject matter. The Program requirements are:
  • Completion of preconference readings - Click here to review pre-course reading
  • Completion of online training modules on Patient Safety
  • Consideration of a series of preconference questions - Click here to review pre-course questions
  • Attend Preconference Patient Safety Boot Camp either in person or online
  • Attend Summit either in person or online
  • Successful completion of a post-conference online examination - Click here to take sample examination.

Attendees who successfully complete Program requirements will receive a certificate of completion.


PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE
Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person.

Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction

LIVE AND ARCHIVED INTERNET ATTENDANCE
Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away for the office







INTERNET INTERFACE SAMPLE

Click here for a sample stream
THE GROUP REGISTRATION/ONLINE TRAINING ALTERNATIVE
By arranging to license online group access to the Patient Safety Certificate Program, health care providers can implement an organization-wide online Certificate Program on patient safety. The organization's training coordinator can assign and track online participation. Successful completion of the training can be evidenced by passing the post conference certificate examination.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HEALTH SYSTEM READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
COLLOQUIUM REGISTRATION

For Summit registration information, visit www.QualityColloquium.com/registration.php, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-7630.


COLLOQUIUM EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.QualityColloquium.com/promotional/index.html, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 452-0609 phone, (206) 319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.


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