May 14 15, 2009 Las Vegas The one hospital safety event you need to attend Dean H. samet, chsp Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP) www.hospitalsafetycenter.com JOESPH CAPPIELLO STEVEN Mac ARTHUR BRAD KEYES, CHSP Register by March 13 and save!
Returning to Las Vegas for its biggest year yet, the 3rd Annual Safety Center Symposium will bring together a renowned panel of experts to guide you through the latest regulatory developments and best practices. What your colleagues said about the last Safety Center Symposium: Very good seminar. Great information that was well presented. I took away a lot of new information as well as ideas from other healthcare organizations to help improve my current policies and protocols. Great participant interaction. Ken Lebetkin Northeast s, Beverly, MA I would recommend this program. The ability to get an idea of what is happening across the country, and what they are doing to address various problems, is invaluable. Greg Vickers Portneuf Medical Center, Pocatello, ID Register by March 13 and SAVE! Call 800/650-6787 or visit www.hospitalsafetycenter.com. You ll be able to network with your peers from around the country as you learn about critical topics that affect your day-to-day job all while enjoying the world-class setting of Caesars Palace, in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. The 3rd Annual Safety Center Symposium is backed by HCPro s leading independent resources for safety officers and facility directors, including the Safety Center (hospitalsafetycenter.com), Briefings on Safety, and Healthcare Life Safety Compliance. Learning objectives for our program After attending the 3rd Annual Safety Center Symposium, participants will be able to: Describe the latest strategies for compliance with The Joint Commission s physical environment standards Implement new ideas to educate staff members and improve hospital safety programs Understand certain aspects of the Life Safety Code vital to healthcare occupancies Bolster emergency operations plans, including how they interface with community responders Who should attend Safety officers Facility directors Safety committee members Emergency management coordinators Directors of engineering Directors of plant operations fire marshals Survey prep coordinators
Faculty Dean H. Samet, CHSP STEVEN MacARTHUR Mr. Samet is the director of regulatory compliance services for Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. in Nashville, TN, where he is responsible for heading up and coordinating efforts of its compliance and facility management consulting team. He brings 30 years of combined construction management, safety, and Joint Commission experience. Prior to joining SSR, he served with The Joint Commission for 17 years and was the associate director, senior engineer, and a certified Joint Commission surveyor. His responsibilities included developing, interpreting, and surveying for The Joint Commission s environment of care standards. A former Joint Commission/JCR faculty member, speaker, and surveyor trainer, he was also The Joint Commission s chief liaison to the NFPA, ASHE, AIA, DOD, VA, IHS, and CMS for EC issues. He coauthored The Joint Commission s Environment of Care Essentials. He also has national and international construction management experience, primarily with hospitals, and is also a certified healthcare safety professional. Mr. MacArthur is a safety consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, MA. He brings more than 25 years of healthcare management and consulting to his work with hospitals, physician offices, and ambulatory care facilities across the country. He applies his management and safety experiences to help healthcare providers develop common sense solutions to their unique problems. He provides consultation in the areas of accreditation, regulatory compliance, on-site safety assessment and education programs, survey preparation for safety leaders, and the development of comprehensive programs related to the environment of care. MacArthur has authored several books, including Preparing for Mass Casualty Incidents: Readiness for Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Disasters, Safety Mail: Joint Commission Survey Readiness Tool, Interim Life Safety Measures Made Easy, Safety Manual for Physician Offices, and is a contributing editor for the HCPro, Inc. newsletter Briefings on Safety. MARGE McFARLANE, CHSP, MS (Risk Control), MS (ENPH), MT (ASCP) brad keyes, CHSP Ms. McFarlane is currently the Wisconsin Preparedness Program Exercise (HSEEP) coordinator and safety coordinator for Sacred Heart in Eau Claire, WI. Prior to serving in her current position with the state, she was the lead for the environment of care committee at Sacred Heart and has been involved with hospital safety since 1990. She participates in a wide range of activities related to emergency preparedness at the hospital, county, regional, and state level. She has over 34 years of hospital experience and is a frequent consultant and presenter in the areas of safety and risk management, bloodborne pathogens, OSHA compliance, infection control for construction, emergency preparedness, and hospital exercise design. JOSEPH CAPPIELLO Mr. Keyes is a safety engineer and consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. His expertise lies in the management of the environment of care, development of leadership effectiveness, and efficiency in work processes. This work focuses on life safety issues, assessing an organization s preparedness for survey, evaluating processes in achieving preparedness, and guiding organizations toward compliance. Prior to joining The Greeley Company, Keyes has worked in the healthcare field in various capacities for more than 30 years, most recently in the position of safety officer for a large Midwest hospital. He also was one of the original Life Safety Code specialists for The Joint Commission, and has more than three years of experience with hospital accreditation surveys. The author of HCPro s Life Safety Compliance Manual, which explains The Joint Commission s 2009 life safety standards, he has also written a variety of articles addressing features of healthcare fire protection and The Joint Commission s building maintenance program. Mr. Cappiello is chair of Cappiello & Associates and the former vice president for accreditation field operations at The Joint Commission. He spent 10 years at The Joint Commission directing key internal functions, as well as serving as a surveyor. He led Joint Commission initiatives on emergency management and disaster response, personally debriefing nearly 300 healthcare organizations following disasters. He testified before Congress following his experiences with Hurricane Katrina and before the National Transportation Safety Board following the evacuation of Houston during Hurricane Rita. He is a frequently requested speaker on both the national and international stage and is a contributing author to several publications on emergency preparedness and response. Before joining The Joint Commission, Cappiello served as a project manager for a national healthcare reengineering firm and as an executive director of a large academic medical center. He has more than 30 years of diverse experience in delivery system integration, operations reengineering, strategic planning, healthcare policy development, and emergency planning. Carl Hammerschlag, MD Author, Physician, and Healer keynote speaker Dr. Hammerschlag, an internationally recognized speaker, author, physician, and healer, uses his own extraordinary life experiences that have given him a unique perspective about how people can restore balance in their lives. Using the language of science, the power of legends, and his vast clinical experience, he tells a fascinating story that helps people become the principal agents in their own lives. His work with Native Americans has been chronicled in three critically acclaimed books: The Dancing Healers, The Theft of the Spirit, and Healing Ceremonies. He is a master storyteller. A Yale-trained psychiatrist, he has spent more than 20 years working with Native Americans. He is an expert on how to survive in rapidly changing cultures and is a leading proponent of psychoneuroimmunology (mindbody- spirit medicine). He speaks about health and wellness, healing, leadership, and authenticity. He has delivered motivational keynote speeches to corporate and business clients. www.hospitalsafetycenter.com 3
Agenda wednesday May 13, 2009 4:30 7:00 pm Pre-registration thursday May 14, 2009 7:00 am 8:00 am Registration/continental breakfast/exhibits 8:00 am 9:00 am Keynote address: Carl Hammerschlag, MD Healthcare at the Crossroads: Sustaining our Healing Spirit 9:15 am 10:15 am The Joint Commission s New Scoring System: How it will change your future surveys Dean Samet, CHSP Safety professionals have their hands full in 2009 with The Joint Commission s overhaul of the physical environment requirements. Not only have the environment of care, life safety, and emergency management standards been broken out into separate chapters in the accreditation manual, but surveyors are also using a brand new scoring model that centers on the criticality of deficiencies. 10:15 am 10:30 am Break/exhibits Learn how criticality-based scoring impacts the physical environment standards and what it means for surveys in 2009 and beyond. You ll also get a brief introduction to a new alternative to The Joint Commission s accreditation program, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (NIAHO), which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently approved for accrediting hospitals. 10:30 am 11:30 am Better Ways to Integrate Emergency Operations Planning with Your Community Joseph Cappiello The Joint Commission and the Federal National Incident Management System (NIMS) mandate cooperative relationships between hospitals and community authorities when it comes to disaster plans. Local organizations must play a role in a healthcare facility s emergency management efforts. Learn about strategies that have proven successful in getting community agencies more involved with disaster preparation at the hospital level and how those strategies fit into emergency management compliance. 11:30 am 12:30 pm Life safety Drawings: The backbone of rated wall maintenance Brad Keyes, CHSP A good set of life safety drawings sets the foundation for tracking compliance with rated walls. Safety professionals first need to know the locations of these walls in order to effectively maintain them. While you probably realize not all rated walls are the same, did you know that not all two-hour, fire-rated walls have the same purpose? Also, in some cases smoke walls must just limit the passage of smoke, while in other situations, they may also be fire-rated. Explore the fundamental differences between fire-rated walls and smoke-rated walls and the need to effectively document these walls on your fire protection drawings. 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch (on your own) 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Answering Your Concerns: Q&A with our experts Joseph Cappiello; Brad Keyes, CHSP; Steven MacArthur; Marge McFarlane CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP); and Dean Samet, CHSP In what is always a lively session, we ll open the floor to our attendees to ask about any topic that interests or worries them. Our presenters will be in the hot seat as they take your questions. Audience members will have the opportunity to discuss points directly with the speakers or submit their queries earlier in the day. 3:00 pm 3:30 pm Break/exhibits 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Exclusive Panel Discussion On the Options for Healthcare Accreditation This special session features executives from The Joint Commission, DNV Healthcare Inc., and the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. Speakers will include Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN, executive vice president in the Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations at The Joint Commission; Patrick Horine, executive vice president of Accreditation Services at DNV Healthcare Inc.; Rebecca Wise, chief operating officer at DNV Healthcare Inc.; and George A. Reuther, chief operation officer at the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. Each organization will have 15 minutes to present, followed by 45 minutes of Q&A. Join us for what will undoubtedly be an interesting discussion on how all three organizations are changing accreditation in healthcare. 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Networking reception/exhibits 6:00 pm Adjourn Register by March 13 and SAVE! Call 800/650-6787 or visit www.hospitalsafetycenter.com. 4 www.hospitalsafetycenter.com
Agenda friday May 15, 2009 7:00 am 8:00 am Continental breakfast/exhibits Register by March 13 and save! 8:00 am 9:00 am New Ideas to Educate Workers in the Challenging Regulatory Environment Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP) Many safety professionals know firsthand how limited their time is for safety education during new employee orientation and annual refresher sessions. There are additional ways to achieve staff education goals while also complying with myriad regulatory requirements in this regard. Learn new techniques to better train employees about safety concerns, including ways to further engage busy workers. 9:00 am 10:00 am From Online to the Front Line: Critical topics from Mac s Safety Space blog Steven MacArthur Steven MacArthur s popular Mac s Safety Space blog (www.hospitalsafetycenter.com/blog) tackles all things safety. His informative, fun posts run the gamut from risk assessments, to Joint Commission tidbits, to OSHA compliance. In this unique session, Mac will further explain and dig into blog topics that have received many hits from readers or that he has found to be nagging concerns for safety professionals. Actual posts and comments from the blog will appear in front of the audience, straight from the Web. Don t be surprised to see discussions during this session go live on the blog. 10:00 am 10:15 am Break/exhibits 10:15 am 11:15 am Meeting the Challenges to Life Safety Compliance Brad Keyes, CHSP The Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies mandate that hospitals maintain their facilities in accordance with the 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code. Surveyors and inspectors are finding that those responsible for life safety compliance don t always perform effective evaluations of their facilities, even though they think they do. A basic understanding of the Life Safety Code is a must, but effectively evaluating a facility for compliance can be a challenging task. This session will discuss strategies to meet the challenges to life safety compliance through different methods of evaluation, the process of documenting life safety deficiencies, and the alternative approach to compliance through equivalencies. 11:15 am 12:15 pm Strengthen the Links Between HICS, NIMS, and The Joint Commission Requirements Joseph Cappiello and Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP) Emergency planners in hospitals must stay familiar with The Joint Commission s emergency management standards, NIMS, and possibly the Incident Command System (HICS). 12:15 pm Adjourn Close out the Safety Center Symposium by learning sensible strategies to meet the mandates of all three sources, including where overlap compliance exists among NIMS, HICS, and The Joint Commission. Speakers and/or agenda subject to change. About your sponsor The Safety Center is a one-stop, in-depth Web resource created for hospital safety professionals. This online resource cuts through the regulatory clutter, delivering only the most practical, up-to-the-minute information related to healthcare safety, as well as the tools and expert advice that safety officers need to get their job done right. Save hours of time normally spent searching through books, files, clippings, and the Internet, and find exactly what you need, when you need it. To join, please visit www.hospitalsafetycenter.com for more information or call our customer service center at 800/650-6787. www.hospitalsafetycenter.com 5
Information The program includes one-and-a-half days of intensive, interactive learning, course downloads, continental breakfast each day, morning and afternoon breaks, and a networking reception. To register, call HCPro, Inc. at 800/650-6787 or sign up online at www.hcmarketplace.com/seminars. Schedule Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:30 pm 7:00 pm Pre-registration Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:00 am 8:00 am Registration/continental breakfast/exhibits 8:00 am 12:30 pm Seminar 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch (on your own) 2:00 pm 5:00 pm Seminar 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Networking reception/exhibits 6:00 pm Adjourn Friday, May 15, 2009 7:00 am 8:00 am Continental breakfast/exhibits 8:00 am 12:15 pm Seminar 12:15 pm Adjourn Morning and afternoon breaks announced by faculty. Faculty Disclosure Statement HCPro, Inc. has confirmed that none of the faculty/ presenters or contributors have any relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this educational activity. Cancellation policy 1. All cancellations must be confirmed in writing. Written cancellations received by HCPro, Inc. 30 days or more prior to the seminar are eligible for a refund, less a $200 cancellation fee. 2. Written cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the seminar date(s) are not eligible for refunds but are eligible for payment transfer (credit) to another HCPro, Inc. seminar (less the $200). The credit will be valid for up to 6 months from date of cancelled seminar. 3. Participant(s) who do not cancel in writing will be considered as no shows and will not be eligible for refunds/credits. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) We encourage participation by all individuals. If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs will help us better serve you. Please notify us of your needs at least two weeks in advance of the program by calling 800/650-6787. Exhibiting information Please contact: Margo Padios, Exhibit Sales Manager HCPro, Inc., 200 Hoods Lane, P.O. Box 1168, Marblehead, MA 01945 Tel: 781/639-1872, ext. 3145, Fax: 781/639-0529, mpadios@hcpro.com The Safety Center is a one-stop, in-depth Web resource created for hospital safety professionals. This online resource cuts through the regulatory clutter, delivering only the most practical up-to-the-minute information related to healthcare safety, as well as the tools and expert advice that safety officers need to get their job done right. Make your hotel reservation by April 13 and SAVE! Save hours of time normally spent searching through books, files, clippings and the Internet, and find exactly what you need, when you need it. Caesars Palace 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89109 r e s e r v at i o n s : 866/227-5938 www.caesarspalace.com Discounted Room Rate $239 For the special discounted rate, reservations must be made by April 13, 2009. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis and may sell out before the April 13th cutoff date. Make your hotel reservations early to guarantee space and availability. Caesars Palace is one of the world s best-known resort-casinos, celebrating the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome, in an 85-acre destination location that sets the standard for excitement and luxury. Reigning at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars Palace ranks among the world s top luxury resorts known for their originality and beauty and features more than 3,300 hotel guest rooms and suites, 26 diverse restaurants and cafes, the 4.5-acre Garden of the Gods pools and gardens, and a world-class health spa and salon services. Its 4,100-seat Coliseum spotlights world-class entertainers such as Cher, Elton John, and Jerry Seinfeld, and sits just steps away from celebrity chef restaurants and The Forum Shops. 6 www.hospitalsafetycenter.com
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May 14 15, 2009 Las Vegas 200 Hoods Lane Marblehead, MA 01945 The one hospital safety event you need to attend Dean H. samet, chsp Marge McFarlane, CHSP, MS(Risk Control), MS(ENPH), MT(ASCP) www.hospitalsafetycenter.com JOESPH CAPPIELLO STEVEN Mac ARTHUR BRAD KEYES, CHSP Register by March 13 and save!