NAHQ 29th Annual Conference

NAHQ 29th Annual Conference

September 18-21, 2004
Royal Pacific Resort
at Universal Studios - a Loews Hotel
Orlando, FL


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Patient Safety

Data

Healthcare Continuum

Regulatory

 

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8-10:00am General Session
Establishing a Climate of Quality Throughout the Organization
Sister Mary Jean Ryan, FSM, President/CEO, SSM Health Care, St. Louis, MO
10:30am-
11:45am
(201) Seven Steps to Process Improvement
Matthew J. Savage, MBA, PQ Systems, Inc., Miamisburg, OH

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(202) Using Quality Tools to Achieve Excellence in Occupational Health
Vickie L. Kamataris, BSN COHN-S, General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT

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(203) Narratives in Patient Safety
Rosemary Gibson, MSc, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ

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(204) Health Literacy: The Power of Words-Communicating Risk
Sarah Tacket, RHIT CPHQ FNAHQ HQ AFMC/SGPQ, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

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1:00pm-
2:15pm
(301) Six Simple Steps to Master Data Information Display: A Guide to Selecting and Interpreting Quality-Related Charts and Graphs
Kristen Geissler, MD PT, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

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(302) Competency Assessment and JCAHO: One Medical Center's Huge Success Story
Lt. Col. Kimberly K. Armstrong, MSN RN, US Army, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX

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(303) Serving the Underserved: Establishing Measures to Integrate Mentally Retarded/ Developmentally Disabled (MR/DD) Patients into Traditional Healthcare Environments
Yosef Dlugacz, PhD, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY

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(304) Process Improvement: A Journey Down the Yellow Brick Road
Nancy Appling, BSN, VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN

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2:45pm-
4:00pm
(401) Adverse Event and Near Miss Reporting - Benchmarks Do Exist: A Review of Benchmarks and Best Reporting Practice from teh National Aggregate Medical Error Database
Thomas G. Lundquist, MD MMM, I-trax Health Management Solutions, Philadelphia, PA

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(402) Disease Management: The Theory
Sandeep Wadhwas, MD MBA, McKesson Health Solutions, Broomfield, CO

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(403) Shared Visions - New Pathways: The Joint Commission's New Accreditation Process
Linda S. Murphy-Knoll, MN, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

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(404) Lessons Learned about Staffing Effectiveness: The Quality Assessment and Research Connection
Lee Ann Hanna, MSN RN CPHQ, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN

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4:15pm-
5:30pm
(501) Tying Quality to the Bottom Line
Eileen Johnson, RN BC MSN CPHQ, HCA - Healthcare Corporation of America, Nashville, TN

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(502) Building an Effective Disease Management Program
Pamela Spinazola, RN MHA, ConnectiCare Inc and Affiliates, Farmington, CT

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(503) Discover the Magic of Hospital Continuois Readiness from an Organizational Perspective
Diane Storer Brown, PhD RN CPHQ FNAHQ, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region, Oakland, CA; Carolyn Days, MSN RN CPHQ, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region, Pasadena, CA

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(504) Am I Ready? Get Me Out of Here! Discharge Process Improvement
Julie Hamilton, MS CPHQ, Press Ganey Associates, Inc., Des Plaines, IL

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Monday 9:00am-
10:15am
(601) Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: Reducing Patient Falls
Ralph W. Maliszewski, MHMS BSN CPHQ, The Washington Hospital, Washington, PA

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(602) Regression Analysis: Soup to Nuts
Michael J. Cleary, PhD, PQ Systems, Inc., Miamisburg, OH

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(603) Using Your Public Ratings to Improve Quality
Samantha Collier, MD MBA, Health Grades, Inc., Lakewood, CO

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(604) Beyond Compliance: Improving HEDIS Scores
Virginia W. Bynum, PhD, Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health System, Sioux Falls, SD; Kyle Richards, MPS, Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health System, Sioux Falls, SD

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10:45am-
Noon
(701) Road to Implementation: Translating Surgical Infection Prevention (SIP) into Daily Practice
Janice Fitzgerald, MS RN, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

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(702) The Impact of National Quality Initiatives on the Role of the Healthcare Quality Professional
Shelley D. Voelz, RN BSN CPHQ, St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers, Beech Grove, IN

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(703) Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients: Overcoming Fear and Rebuilding Trust
Grena Porto, MS RN ARM CPHRM DFASHRM, QRS Healthcare Consulting, LLC, Pocopson, PA

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(704) Developing a Successful Outcomes - Oriented Quality Improvement and Accreditation Program
Joann Albright, PhD Licensed Psychologist, Magellan Behavioral Health, Inc.. Columbia, MD

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1:30pm-
3:30pm

Paper Presentations and State Leadership Sessions

State Leadership Issues
Using Quality Principles for Improvement of Organizational Performance
3:45pm-
5:00pm
(901) Challenges of Changing Behavior: Engaging Physicians in Improvement
Allen R. Wenne, MD, West Columbia Family Medicine and Primetime Medical Software, Inc., Lexington, SC

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(902) Not All Doctors Are Equal
Becky J. Cherney, President/CEO, Florida Health Care Coalition, Orlando, FL

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(903) External Quality Review: Different Dance, Different Song
Robert B. Carroll, CPHQ, Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc., Easton, MD

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(904) Patient Satisfaction Assessment Revisited
Jacqueline Fowler Byers, PhD RN CNAA, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

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Tuesday 8-10:00am General Session
Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Healthcare Performance
Michael B. Rothman, MPP, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
10:15am-Noon Quality Leadership Forum
Pay for Performance: Impact on the Healthcare Quality Industry
Michael B. Rothman, MPP, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ; J. Brett Bennett, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Karen Milgate, MPP, MedPAC, Washington, DC; Brian W. Lindberg, MNHS, Consumer Coalition for Quality Healthcare, Washington, DC; Becky J. Cherney, President/CEO, Florida Health Care Coalition, Orlando, FL; Diane Storer Brown (Moderator), PhD RN CPHQ FNAHQ, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region, Oakland, CA 

 

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