The theme is “Bringing Patient Safety To Life: What’s worked, what hasn’t, and what to do about it.” The conference features renowned faculty who will present solutions to safety issues relevant to us as providers and patients. It will address topics including climate change, artificial intelligence and even the creation of a National Patient Safety Board. It will be inspirational, entertaining, and educational!
Keynotes include:
Umair A. Shah, MD, Secretary of Health, Washington State: Opening Keynote
Karthik Sivashanker, MD, Vice President of Equitable Health Systems in the Center for Health Equity at the American Medical Association. “Operationalizing Racial Justice and Equity in Health Care”.
Tejal Gandhi, MD: Chief Safety and Transformation Officer at Press Ganey. “Takeaways from the Pandemic: A Practical, Positive Spin on What Works”.
Patricia McGaffigan, President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety, and IHI’s senior sponsor for the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety. “Strengthening our Resilience - Implementation of Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.”
Saul Weingart, MD: Professor of Medicine at Brown University's Warren Alpert School of Medicine and past President of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. “Finding the Patient in Patient Safety”
Plus, eight breakout sessions with regional, national, and international experts.
Information
Venue: Virtual
Dates: October 17 & 18, Time: 7:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Pacific.
Fees: We kept the fees the same as two years ago!
Healthcare professionals and anyone seeking continuing educational credits, $75.
Patients, their families, and students, Free
Discounts are offered for registrants with CPHQ, CPPS, and BCPA certifications.
CE Credits: Yes. See registration page for the list.
Registration questions? Contact wpsc@qualityhealth.org or call Steve Levy, Executive Director, 206-204-7383.
