Agenda

Monday, August 17 | Day 1
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 a.m. Welcome
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

Tom Daschle, former Senator, architect of President Obama's healthcare plan and author of Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis

“Cost Effective Healthcare”
9:15 – 9:45 a.m. Break
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President of the Institute of Medicine

“The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research”
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Dr. Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, Medical Director of the Hospital Interventions Quality Improvement Organization Support Center and the Hospital Quality of Care Measures Special Study

“Patient Safety and The Surgical Care Improvement Project”
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. break
11:30 – 12:00 P.m.

Dr. Andrew Kramer, Professor of Medicine, Head of Division of Healthcare Policy and Research, University of Colorado at Denver

“Discoveries Grant Program 2009”

12:00 – 12:30 p.m.

Sue MacInnes, RD, LD,

“Prevention Above All- Targeted Interventions. Practical Solutions”
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 p.m.

Preventing UTI's — Intervention 1
Deborah Adler, Principal, Deborah Adler, LLC

“Changing Behavior by Design”
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Dea Kent, RN, MSN, NP-C, CWOCN

“Effects of Just in Time education at the point of care”
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.

Trent T. Haywood, MD, JD SVP & Chief Medical Officer, VHA, Inc. Former Deputy Chief Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

“Social Practice: Improvement Through An Understanding of Clinical Context”

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.

Dr. Alan F. Rothfeld, MD, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center

“Reducing Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infections By Reducing the Use of Urinary Catheters in a General Hospital”
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.

Sue MacInnes RD LD - Panel Discussion

“CAUTI Prevention; Are you there yet?”
A Comprehensive Program Solution
DAY 1 Closing Remarks

4:45 p.m. Adjourn
7:00 p.m. Dinner — TBD

Tuesday, August 18 | Day 2
6:00 – 7:00 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Arrive at White House for Tour
9:00 a.m. Depart White House for Ritz Carlton
9:30 – 10:15 a.m.

HAND HYGIENE- Intervention 2
Professor Didier Pittet, MD, MS
Infection Control Program
University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland

“Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategies” -5 moments of hand hygiene, overcoming barriers and confusion; results oriented strategies: Introduction of the WHO document, it’s development and key take a-ways.
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.

Günter Kampf, MD
Department of Scientific Affairs
Bode Chemie, Hamburg Germany

“How effective are your hand sanitizing techniques; new discoveries and considerations”

11:00 – 11:30 p.m. Panel discussion with questions
11:30 – 12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.

PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION- Intervention 3
Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ETN, FAPWCA, FAAN
Faculty, Excelsior College School of Nursing, and President, Ayello Harris and Associates, New York

“CMS POA and pressure ulcers: implications for hospital administration and clinicians”
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Caroline Fife, MD
Director of Clinical Research at the Memorial Hermann Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, Associate Professor- University of Texas Medical Center

Kevin W. Yankowsky, JD
Partner in the Health law litigation group of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, Texas

“Legal Implications of Pressure Ulcers”
1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion on Pressure Ulcers
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

John Nance, JD
Founding member of the National Patient Safety Foundation, one of the foremost thought leaders on change in America’s healthcare system and a regular contributor to ABC World News and Good Morning America.

“Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care”
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
3:30 p.m. Adjourn