EMPSF 1st Annual Patient Safety Summit Patient Safety in Emergency Care: Excellence in Outcomes May 5-6, 2011 Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada The 1st Annual Emergency Care Patient Safety Summit: Excellence in Outcomes sponsored by the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation will bring together a distinguished group of key stakeholders and thought leaders devoted to solving the patient safety challenges associated with providing emergency care in the pre-hospital and Emergency Department (ED) setting. Attendees will include emergency medicine providers, nursing, administrators, EMS, pharmacy, risk management and patient safety officers and researchers. This two-day event provides a forum for participants to learn from experts in the field of emergency care patient safety. Educational sessions will focus on best practices and evidence based solutions that have been applied and demonstrated to be successful in various ED s across the country. Attendees will ideally include teams of multi-disciplinary providers working in the ED or EMS setting who have the responsibility caring for the emergently ill. In addition, administrators who oversee these areas and have operational or budgetary authority for the ED or EMS program should attend. Why Attend? ~ Network with peers and participate in break-out sessions in a highly collaborative environment ~ Leave with the knowledge & networking support to: Describe the most common patient safety challenges facing ED patients & providers today Identify the individuals & best practices that have contributed to creating a culture of safety in the ED or EMS setting Utilize specific strategies that have been proven to resolve patient safety problems in the ED or EMS setting & be able to adapt them to your own setting Participate in a collaborative discussion with our guest panelists from ACEP, ASHRM, ENA & NPSF Interface in an intimate environment during our Town Hall Session providing group participation in solving challenges in the ED & EMS setting Learn from the latest researchers at our dynamic Poster Sessions & Fellows Corner Meet top vendors providing solutions in the emergency care patient safety arena Use the knowledge gained to help accelerate the pace of change necessary to make patient and provider safety a reality in the often chaotic and challenging emergency care setting
Register: http://www.empsf.org under Events. A team discount of 10% for multi-disciplinary providers of 3 or more available by downloading forms from the site. On-line registration for individuals is available beginning January 25, 2011. Four Seasons Room Reservations: http://www.fourseasons.com/lasvegas/minisite/meeting/empsf/ Reservations must be made prior to April 8 th to be eligible for the Group Discount Rate. All reservations made after this date will be subject to availability. A limited number of rooms will be available at a discounted rate for extended weekend stay. For Exhibitor and/or Sponsorship Opportunities download links on our website at http://www.empsf.org or contact Dianne Vass, Executive Director at dvass@empsf.org or telephone 916.357.6723/toll free: 888.294.4624. Agenda and Schedule EMPSF 1 st Annual Patient Safety Summit Patient Safety in Emergency Care: Excellence in Outcomes Thursday, May 5th May 5 th - 6 th, 2011 Four Seasons Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada Four Seasons Ballroom 4 7:00 am 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast FS Ballroom Foyer - Exhibit Area Open Ballroom 2 & 3 8:00 am 8:15 am Welcome Dianne Vass, Executive Director, EMPSF, Lori Bonn, Director of Development & Communications, EMPSF and Ramon Johnson, MD, FACEP 2011 Chairman of EMPSF 8:15 am 9:30 am Opening Panel - Future Challenges and Opportunities for ED Providers - Moderator Robert Wears, MD, MS, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Panel Members - Sandra Schneider, MD, President of ACEP, AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, MS, President of ENA, Diane Pinakiewicz, MBA, President of NPSF and Michelle Hoppes, RN, MS, President of ASHRM 9:30 am 10:30 am Safety in Boarding - Peter Viccellio, MD, FACEP, Chairman Department of Emergency Medicine - Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York 10:30 am 10:45 am Break with Exhibitors 10:45 am 11:45 am Boomer Risk: Decreasing Risk and Improving Patient Safety for the Geriatric Patient in the ED Graham Billingham, MD, FACEP, President & CEO EPIC, RRG, Immediate Past Chairman, EMPSF 11:45 am 12:45 pm Optimizing Hand-offs to Assure Safety in Transitions of Care: From the Field to the Unit John (Jack) Kelly, DO and David Jaslow, MD, MPH, EMT-P, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 12:45 pm 2:00 pm Lunch with Round Table Discussions & Exhibitors Four Seasons Ballroom 2&3 Round Table Topics: Data Sharing Success Stories Specialty EDs (e.g., elder centers or psych centers) within the ED Gaining Leadership Support for ED safety Creating Safety Champions within the ED Creative Discharge Strategies to Assure Continuity of Care Using EMPSF s PSO to Advance ED Patient Safety Boarding Best Practices Working with Nursing Leaders to Influence Change (triage, reassessment, etc.) Marketing Strategies that Manage Patient Expectations (ED wait times, time guarantees, etc.) Legislative and Regulatory Issues Impacting ED Practice 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Building a Conceptual Model for ED Procedural Safety: Implications for Practice - Jesse Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE, Associate Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Caring for our Most Vulnerable Patients (Part 1) Unique Safety Concerns of Pediatric Patients -Susan McDaniel Hohenhaus, MA, RN, FAEN, Director, Institute for Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention, Emergency Nurses Association and Michael Gerardi, MD, FACEP, President Superior Insurance Company and Senior VP, Emergency Medical Associates, Livingston, NJ 4:00 pm 4:15 pm Break with Exhibitors 4:15 pm 5:30 pm Town Hall Session - Reports back from lunch Round Table Topics and Discussion: What Can EMPSF Do to Advance Safety in our Nation s Emergency Departments? 5:30 pm 7:45 pm Cocktail and Hors D oeuvres Reception Poster Presentations and Networking with Exhibitors Posters will be available throughout the meeting in the Exhibit Area and will include stand by discussions during the cocktail reception.
Some of the posters, which will be featured, include work completed by EMPSF research fellows and small grant recipients. They include: Implementation of a Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Blood Culture Contamination in an ED: An Interrupted Time Series Study Wesley Self, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Antibiotic Use by ED Physicians Roberta Capp, MD, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA Does Teammate Familiarity Impact Perceptions of Teamwork in the Emergency Department? - Daniel Patterson, PhD, EMT-B, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Validation of a Simulated Team Experience and Assessment Methodology (Sim-TEAM) - Rosemarie Fernandez, MD, Assistant Professor Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI Patient Safety and the Disposition Decision - Lisa Calder, MD, MSc, FRCPC -Associate Scientist Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Assistant Professor and Attending Staff Physician Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa Teaching Modules for Pediatric ED Patient Safety - Phyllis Hendry, MD, FAAP, FACEP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine; Assistant Chair for Research, Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville and Colleen J. Kalynych, MSH, EdD, Director of Research and Educational Development, University of Florida College of Medicine/Jacksonville, Department of Emergency Medicine Friday, May 6 th 7:00 am 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast FS Ballroom Foyer Exhibit Area Open Ballroom 2 & 3 8:00 am 9:00 am The Importance of Communication and Teamwork in Emergency Care - Mary Patterson, MD, MEd, Medical Director, Cincinnati Children's Center for Simulation and Research; Attending Physician, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 9:00 am 10:00 am Effective Use of Technology in the ED - Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS, FACEP, Director National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare, MedStar Health, Washington, DC 10:00 am 10:15 am Break with Exhibitors 10:15 am 11:15 am Creating a Safe Environment for Patients and Providers The Escalation of Violence in the ED Anticipating, Planning and Eliminating the Risk - AnnMarie Papa, DNP, RN, MS, Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, President of ENA 11:15 am 12:15 pm Reducing Medication Errors in the ED The Value of Adding a Pharmacist to the Team - Joe Spillane, Pharm.D, DABAT, Shands Hospital at The University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 12:15 pm 12:45 pm Closing Session Wrap-up, Comments & Discussion
REGISTRATION FORM 1 ST ANNUAL PATIENT SAFETY SUMMIT-PATIENT SAFETY IN EMERGENCY CARE: EXCELLENCE IN OUTCOMES May 5-6, 2011, Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, NV PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE Send this form and appropriate fees to EMPSF by fax or mail. NO PHONE REGISTRATIONS. This form may be photocopied. NAME: Part of a Team Yes No TITLE for Badge: MD, DO, PHD, RN: INSTITUTION: ADDRESS: CITY, STATE & ZIP: CONTACT NUMBER: FAX: EMAIL: CONFERENCE FEE SCHEDULE: PHYSICIANS/GENERAL $495 NURSES/EMS/PA $250 RESIDENT/FELLOW $200 TEAMS OF 3 or more receive a 10% discount and must register names& pay total registration fees at the same time. PHYSICIANS/GENERAL Quantity @$495 Total NURSES/EMS/PA Quantity @$250 Total RESIDENT/FELLOW Quantity @$200 Total TEAM Registration Combination of Above Total TEAMS OF 3 OR MORE calculate a 10%discount and please provide the above contact information with your registration for all team members. (Photo copy the form above and mail or fax contact information with your registration). PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CHECK (payable in US funds to EMPSF) or BY CREDIT CARD. Full refund of fees will be made if cancellation is received by MARCH 15, 2011. NO REFUNDS AFTER APRIL 15, 2011. Send Check or Credit Card Information MasterCard Visa AMOUNT NAME AS IT APPEARS ON CARD CREDIT CARD BILLING ADDRESS CARD NUMBER CVS EXPIRATION DATE SIGNATURE ZIP CODE MAIL CHECKS TO: EMPSF, 1024 IRON POINT ROAD, FOLSOM, CA 95630 OR FAX CREDIT CARD INFORMATION TO: 916.404.5398
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