33rd Annual Educational Conference

Collaboration: The Spark Behind Quality




Legend:
                       Leadership       Regulatory/Patient Safety
 Continuum      Informatics

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Sunday Time
 

Preconference Workshop:
CPHQ Study & Review Session
Nancy Claflin & Susan Mellott

8 AM – 5 PM

Preconference Workshop:
Using Shewhart Control Charts: or Help! Which One Do I Choose When?!
Sandra Murray

 
8 AM – 5 PM

Preconference Workshop:Putting Safety Culture to Work in Health Care
Craig Clapper

 

 8 AM - noon

Preconference Workshop:
We Have a Team but Where's the Coach?
Cindy Schisler

 

1 PM - 5 PM

 

Monday
 8:00 - 10:00 am

Opening General Session
Karyn Buxman

     
10:30am-
11:45am

Partnering with Patients to Improve Quality
Deborah Bonin

Collaboration Management Technology: An Innovation Approach for Quality Improvement Initiatives
Timothy McNamara

From the Cockpit to the Nursing Unit
Gary Sculli

Using The Joint Commission 2009 Leadership Standards to Spark Collaborative & Effective Quality Leadership
Anne Heins

1:00pm-
2:15pm

Continuity And Coordination Between Behavioral And Medical Care
Anne Boffa

Using SPC for Quality Improvement - Easier than you Think!
Nikolas Matthes

From the Cockpit to the Nursing Unit: Act 2--Effective Followership
Anita Garrison

What Can the Collapse of American Business Teach us about Quality

Kristine Tomzik

3:00pm-
4:00pm
Paper Presentations

Is the Sky Really Falling?  Model-Based Report Cards for Nursing Outcomes
Byron Gajewski

Setting Priorities:  Getting Laser Focus Using Data from Large Datasets
Diane Storer Brown
 

Medical Staff Performance Measurement: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Peer Review Program
Jan Weaver

The Value of Onsite Support in the Adoption and Performance of Pay for Performance Programs
William Anderson

Assessing Multiple Hospitalizations for Managed Medicaid
Griselda Chapa


Post Cesarean Section Pain Management
Linda Liewer

Patient Safety Culture in Hospitals
Robert Wolosin

 

 
Mistake Proofing Clinical Healthcare – Output of a Recent Event
Samuel Hoskins

3:00pm-
4:00pm
State Leadership Sessions
2007 State Association for Excellence Award Winner
Arkansas Association for Healthcare Quality
State Leadership Session   
Cathy Munn, NAHQ President Elect
Anniekay Erby, NAHQ Senior Operations Manager

4:15pm -
5:30 pm

Lessons from the Other Side of the Fence - Grass is not always Green for Health Plans
Joyce Hall

How to Powerfully View Data When “Yucky” events are Rare! (Intermediate to Advanced)
Sandra Murray

The Relationship Between Volume and Patient Harm
Alberta Pedroja


Disruptive Behavior: The New Leadership Imperative
Paul Green

Tuesday

8:00am-
9:15am

Redefining Quality for Team-Based Care Management in Primary Care
David Dorr

Electronic Decision Support and Evidence-based Practice to Improve Care for Pressure Ulcer and Fall Risk
Martha Satwicz

The One-Two Punch:Early Warning Scoring Systems and Rapid Response Teams

Lee Anne Hanna

Partnering in Difficult Discussions
Paulette DiAngi
9:30 am-
10:45 am

Applying the Chronic Care Model Across Settings
Dorothy Andrae

Tools for Collaboration: Brainstorming and Affinity Diagrams
Eileen Johnson

Partnership for Patient Care Proactive Risk Assessment Initiative
Kathryn Pelczarski

Making the Connection:  Using Lean to Create the Strategic Connection Among Associates and the Healthcare Organization Roadmap
Timothy Kostelnik

11:15 am-
12:30 pm 

Preventive Care - Fostering Improvement by Auditing PCP's
Sue Nowak-Small

Now that We are Stable, how do We Communicate this Information?
Matt Savage

The Joint Commission, Regulatory/Accreditation Agencies and Litigation
Lisa Shear

The Journey to Clinical Excellence: Five Essential Strategies
Samantha Collier

1:30 pm-
2:45 pm

Is There an Improvement Project Lurking in Your Data?
Jay Arthur

Electronic Medical Record: Helping or Hindering Us?
Jan Fitzgerald

Improving Collaboration to Enhance Quality and Patient Safety: Three Case Examples
Bernard Horak

Attaining Excellence without Crushing Motivation
Jean Dols

3:00pm-
4:15pm

The Role of Home Health in Care Transitions and Reducing Hospitalizations
Marian Essey


Get Organized: It's Hard to Collaborate when you can't Find your Notes
Agnes McCarthy

Preparing for the Future - Linking Complication and Readmission Outcomes with Payment Policy
Norbert Goldfield

Quality Systems Assessment: A Tool for Healthcare Leaders
Barbara Rebold

Wednesday

9:00am-
10:15 am

Closing General Session
Mark R. Chassin, President of Joint Commission

 

 

 

 

10:30am-12

Quality Forum
Collaboration Across the Continuum:  Will it Really Make a Difference?

Participating Panelists:
Helen Burstin, NQF
Kathie Kendrick, AHRQ
Chuck Mowll, Joint Commission
David Schulke, AHQA

 


 

 

 

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