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2008 Patient Safety Congress

Download the 2008 Congress Program

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
May 14 – 16, 2008

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

6:30am-6:00pm
Registration open
7:00am-8:00am
Continental Breakfast


Pre-Congress Programs

8:00am-4:00pm
Leadership Day
8:00am-4:00pm
Patient Safety 101
8:00am-4:00pm
Community Engagement from the Patient and Family Perspective  
6:00pm-8:00pm
Welcoming Reception sponsored by Hospira

THURSDAY May 15, 2008
CONGRESS

7:00am-8:00am
Continental Breakfast
7:00am-6:00pm
Registration open
8:00am-8:30am 
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15am-9:30am
Opening Plenary

Through the Eyes of the Patient: The Quality and Safety Imperative For Informed Medical Decision Making

Michael Barry, MD and Floyd Fowler, MD

Drs. Barry and Fowler will present research findings from the first national study on the quality of decision making in the US. This session will also feature two patients from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and their perspectives on the quality and safety implications of informed medical decision making.  

9:30am-10:00am
Break
10:00am-11:00am
Breakout Session #1

Sessions 101 - 110

11:00am-11:15am 
Break
11:15am-12:15pm
Breakout Session #2

Sessions 201 - 210

12:15pm-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm
Breakout Session #3

Sessions 301 - 310

3:00pm-3:30pm
Break
3:30pm-5:00pm 
Plenary

Lucian Leape Institute At the National Patient Safety Foundation Town Hall Plenary: Transforming Concepts for Patient Safety

Lucian Leape, MD:
Carolyn M. Clancy MD;
David Lawrence, MD:
Donald Berwick, MD, MPP;
Julianne Morath, RN, MS;
James Conway, MAM, CHE;
Dennis O’Leary, MD

5:00pm-7:00pm
Exhibit Hall Reception
8:00pm-11:00pm
Special Event at the Wild Horse Saloon (tickets available for purchase)

FRIDAY May 16, 2008
CONGRESS

7:00am-10:00am 
Registration open
6:30am-8:30am 
Continental Breakfast
7:30am-8:30am 
Breakfast Roundtables
8:45am-10:00am 
Plenary -
 A Whole New Mind

Daniel Pink, Best-Selling Author
(book signing 10:00 – 10:30 am)
10:00am–10:30am
Book Signing and Break
10:30am-12:00pm
Breakout Session #4

Sessions 401 - 410

12:00pm-1:00pm 
Lunch
1:00pm-2:15pm 
Breakout Session #5

Sessions 501 - 510
2:15pm-2:45pm
Break
2:45pm-4:00pm 

Plenary -

How Leaders Influence Learning, Collaboration and Innovation: A Dialogue

Amy C. Edmondson, PhD
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Chair, Doctoral Programs
Harvard Business School

Lee A. Carter
Chairman, Board of Trustees Cincinnati
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Gary S. Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE
Chairman and CEO
Virginia Mason Medical Center

Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSc
Senior Vice President Center for Quality & Safety
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Physicians Organization

4:30pm 
Adjourn
 
 

Download the 2008 Congress Tracks At-A-Glance Here (pdf)

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