In its 12th year, the NPSF Patient Safety Congress continues to set the standard for educational excellence for attendees. The deeply engaging program is carefully crafted by experts in the field, with sessions, faculty and speakers delivering rich content with significant impact.
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Who Should Attend
Healthcare executives • Board members • Administrators • Clinicians • Patient safety officers • Risk managers • Quality improvement directors • Physicians • Nurses • Pharmacists • Solutions providers • Government officials • Policy professionals • Patient advocates • Family caregivers • Patient and family supporters • Educators • Researchers
NEW!Interactive Simulation Environments in the Learning & Simulation Center
For the first time ever, the NPSF Patient Safety Congress will feature interactive, engaging simulations depicting realistic healthcare scenarios in the context of patient safety. Using a variety of simulation modalities, the demonstrations will create unparalleled educational opportunities for attendees and are an innovative extension of the NPSF Congress program's commitment to exceptional education. Simulations in the Learning and Simulation Center are an exciting addition to the program and not to be missed!
BREAKOUT EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 18-19
Best Practices, Delivering Solutions
Tracks and Sessions
(preliminary listing):
Behaviors and Cultural Attributes that Drive Performance
Implementation of Team Training in an Ambulatory Specialty Care Setting
Imagine - Believe - Achieve: Engaging Staff in Patient Safety
Advancing Quality in Nursing Care: Innovation in Peer Review and Oversight
TeamSTEPPS, Just Culture, and Patient Safety
Preparing the Next Generation of Physicians
Harmonizing and Integrating Operational Practice with Policy and Regulatory Mandates
Five sessions to be announced
Implications of Health Reform for Patient Safety
Health Reform in Massachusetts: Moving Ahead on Quality
Creating State and Federal Dialogue to Advance Quality Improvement: Patient Safety and Non-payment for Preventable Conditions
Health Information Technology (HIT)
Creating a Statewide Patient Safety Coalition - the California Journey
Additional session to be announced
Enhancing Process Reliability and Safety
Implementing Medical Team Training
Reliable Medication Administration with Process Improvement, Front Line Clinician Support, Technology and Data
Reducing Risks in Surgery Enhanced Communication and Compliance with Safety Protocols
TRIM - "Lean" on the Frontline
Additional session to be announced
Managing Complex Care across the Continuum
Novel Approaches to Improving Medication Management
Home Health Care in the Future
Improving Transitions of Care
Hospital at Home
Rapid Response Teams: Do We Need Them?
Managing Crowding and Overuse of Services: Implications on Patient Safety
Preventing Emergency Department Deaths
Overuse of Services: Medical Imaging and Risks of Ionizing Radiation
Optimizing Patient Flow
Eliminating Barriers to Patient Flow to Improve Care Quality
Overcrowding Solutions – One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Beyond Best Practices
Hot Topics
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)
Beyond Sorry
Innovation in Peer Review
Reforming the Discharge Process and Reducing Readmissions: Impact of Health Care Reform
Additional session to be announced
Check back soon for more session titles and faculty!
PRE-CONGRESS PROGRAMS: Monday, May 17
Interactive programs offer a unique opportunity for key constituent groups to
learn from acclaimed patient safety experts and to share and innovate with peers.
Leadership Day
Created exclusively for C-suite and board level participants to explore the
executive-level role in improving safety.
Community Engagement from the Patient & Family Perspective
Developed to provide models for partnership for the community, patient and family representative and healthcare workers.
Measurement Boot Camp
This half-day program is a deep dive into measurement programs designed to evaluate the effectiveness of patient safety efforts.
Simulation Fundamentals to Advance Your Patient Safety Agenda
A half-day program on the application of simulation in today’s healthcare, with demonstrations and discussion.
PLENARIES: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 18-19
Insightful, motivational and entertaining, the four plenaries presented at the NPSF Congress each year feature influential keynote speakers addressing today’s most relevant issues, offering perspective, new thinking and encouragement. Featuring the popular Lucian Leape Institute's Town Hall Plenary: Distinguished members of LLI will discuss the latest white paper, Unmet Needs: Teaching Physicians to Provide Safe Patient Care.
BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES
In-depth, interactive talks with leaders in the field, these roundtable events continue to be a Congress favorite with attendees, providing access and insights unique to the NPSF program.
RESEARCH & SOLUTIONS POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The Research and Solutions poster display provides a forum for the presentation of results from hundreds of patient safety research projects and practical applications.
Research Posters highlight cutting-edge patient safety research, whether basic or applied research. Emphasis is on research projects that have been implemented in practical settings and that include discussion of the challenges and barriers to implementation.
Solutions Posters highlight the use of patient safety approaches, methods, and tools and the resulting changes that have led to demonstrable reductions in risk of harm, or improved safety in any area of health care.
NPSF Call for 2010 Research and Solutions Poster Presentations
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
NPSF is committed to providing the most complete educational experience possible to Congress attendees. Continuing Education credits will be available for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and risk managers. The number of credits per session will be listed in the on-site program. Complete instructions for receiving credit will be available at the NPSF Information Booth at Congress.
2009 Attendee Sampling
