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Eleventh National Quality Colloquium at Harvard Offers Basic and Advanced Patient Safety Certificate Programs; Early Bird Rate Ends Friday, June 8
  • A Hybrid Conference, Internet Event and Training Tool
  • An Executive Education Course on Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality Enhancement and Medical Errors Reduction for Healthcare Executives, Clinicians and Patient Care Staff
  • Onsite at Harvard University's Annenberg Hall and Faculty Club
  • Online In Your Own Office or Home live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months
  • August 13 - 15, 2012
  • Colloquium Hotels: The Inn at Harvard and Harvard Square Hotel, Cambridge, MA
  • www.QualityColloquium.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-7630
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.QualityColloquium.com


 
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DISCOUNT
- SAVE UP TO $800 -
Register by Friday, June 8, 2012 for Early Bird discount and save up to $800. Click Here to register.
 

WASHINGTON DC USA -- JUNE 1, 2012: The Eleventh National Quality Colloquium, www.QualityColloquium.com, will be held on August 13 - 15, 2012 on the campus of Harvard University. The Colloquium will be offered both onsite and live and archived for 6 months over the Internet.

FEATURING THE BASIC AND ADVANCED PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
The Quality Colloquium is offering two Patient Quality and Safety Certificate Programs in the form of optional courses within the conference for attendees wishing to delve deeper into the Colloquium's subject matter. Participants may select either Introduction to Quality and Patient Safety or Advanced Applications in Quality and Patient Safety Methods.

Completion of the Introductory Certificate is not a prerequisite to taking the Advanced Applications Certificate.

The Patient Safety Certificate Program's continuing professional education curriculum and requirements are as follows:
  • Completion of pre-conference readings
  • Consideration of a series of pre-conference questions
  • Attend either pre-conference Quality and Patient Safety Boot Camp (Introduction or Advanced), in person or online
  • Attend Colloquium either in person or online
  • Successful completion of the post-conference online examination relating to the pre-conference session attended.
INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY

Who Should Attend?
This program is designed for those who are interested in understanding and working successfully in an environment geared toward optimizing the quality of care and improving patient safety. This may include government agencies, consumer groups, quality organizations, health plans, hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and physician organizations, home health agencies, other providers of Medicare services (ambulance, DME, lab), nurses and other clinicians, medical coding and billing staff, health care financial and auditing personnel, and many others.

Course Description
This is a practical, in-depth course for professionals who want to understand patient safety issues in the context of their own local setting. The course will be geared to those who have limited training, but will also cater to those who have increasing levels of knowledge and training in the field. At the end of the course, participants will have 90 days to complete the on-line examination. Completion of the five elements of the training will earn the participants a certificate of completion.


 
ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN QUALITY
AND PATIENT SAFETY METHODS

Who Should Attend?
This program is designed for those who have successfully passed the Introduction to Quality and Patient Safety course or are health care executives who recognize the national need for executive leadership in healthcare quality and patient safety. This may include physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, risk management professionals, healthcare program administrators, pharmaceutical industry professionals, Health Information Technology professionals and analysts.

Certificates of Course Completion
The National Quality Colloquium is offering a Quality and Patient Safety Certificate Program in the form of 2 optional courses within the conference for attendees wishing to explore the Colloquium's subject matter in greater depth.


For more information go to www.QualityColloquium.com/certificate.html.

 

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FACULTY

Kathleen Jennison Goonan, MD
Executive Director, Center for Performance Excellence, Massachusetts General Hospital, Former Judge, Baldrige National Quality Award Program, Former Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, MA

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health and Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Edward A Walker, MD, MHA
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Cheryl M. Scott Group Health Cooperative Professor of Health Administration, Director, UW Healthcare Leadership Development Alliance, Seattle, WA

 
THE VENUES AT HARVARD

 
GRANTORS
SILVER
BRONZE
ADDITIONAL

 

 
MEDIA PARTNERS

 

 

 

 

 
QUALITY COLLOQUIUM
ONLINE ARCHIVE LOG IN
Click here to log into Quality Colloquium video archive.

 
BROCHURE AVAILABLE
Click here to view the brochure.
 

 
SPONSORED BY

 

 
FEATURING THE QUALITY AND PATIENT
SAFETY CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
:
The Quality Colloquium is offering two Patient Quality and Safety Certificate Programs in the form of optional courses within the conference for attendees wishing to delve deeper into the Colloquium's subject matter. Participants may select either Introduction to Quality and Patient Safety or Advanced Applications in Quality and Patient Safety Methods.
  • Click here for more information.

     
  • Click here for special certificate program registration discount package.
THE FOLLING PLENARY SESSIONS:
  • Empowering and Engaging Patients and Families to Ensure Safety
  • Patient-Centered Care and Shared Decision Making
  • Developing a Culture of Quality (Patient Safety and Lean)
  • Creating a Baldrige Quality Culture
  • How to Provide Outstanding Quality-Driven Care
  • How to Create a Premier Healthcare Organization
  • The Role of Leadership, Governance, Workforce Development in Quality and Safety
  • Teaching the Next Generation of Healthcare Providers to be Leaders in Quality
  • Improving Ambulatory Patient Care
  • Innovation in Clinical Decision Support - A New Role for Watson in Health Care
  • The Role of Innovation in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality
FEATURED MINI SUMMITS:
  • Best Practices in Hospital Patient Safety
  • Technology to Improve Health Care Safety, Quality and Efficiency
  • Engaging and Empowering Patients for Quality and Safety
  • Operational Excellence with High Performance
  • Value Based Purchasing
  • Education in Quality and Safety
  • New Delivery Models and Patent Safety - ACOs and Medical Homes
  • Improving Governance in Hospitals for Quality
  • Population Health and Patient Safety

ELEVENTH QUALITY COLLOQUIUM AT HARVARD

August 13 - 15, 2012
 
ONSITE
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

 

OR
ONLINE
In your own office or home live via the Internet
with 24/7 access for six months

 

 
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Michael J. Barry, MD
President, Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, Medical Director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Past President, Society for Medical Decision-Making (SMDM), Past President, Society of General Internal Medicine, Boston, MA

Maureen Bisognano, MS
President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Research Associate, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge, MA

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer, Partners Health Care System, Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System and Harvard Medical School, Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Boston, MA

William A. Conway, MD
Sr. Vice President & Chief Quality Officer, Henry Ford Health System, Chief Medical Officer, Henry Ford Hospital, Breech Chair for Health Care Quality Improvement, Detroit, MI

Michael J. Dowling
President and Chief Executive Officer, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Former State Director of Health, Education and Human Services and Deputy Secretary to the Governor, New York, New York, NY

Steven T. Hester, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President and, Chief Medical Officer, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY

Helen Haskell
Founder and President, Mothers Against Medical Error

Marc Roberts
Professor of Political Economy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Josko J. Silobrcic, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Partner and Senior Medical Scientist, Care Delivery Systems, IBM Research; Adjunct Faculty in Health Care Management, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH
Director, The Institute for Ethics and Center for Patient Safety, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL

 
COLLOQUIUM CO CHAIRS

Kathleen Jennison Goonan, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Goonan Performance Strategies, LLC, Associate in Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Former Judge, Baldrige National Quality Award Program, Former Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, MA

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health and Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Paul Wallace, MD
Senior Vice President and Director, Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, The Lewin Group, Former Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management Programs, The Care Management Institute, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente, Falls Church, VA

 
TRACK CO CHAIRS

Tom Bigda-Peyton, EdD
President, Action Learning Systems, President, Center for Adaptive Solutions, Boston, MA

Dave deBronkart
"e-Patient Dave", Patient, Consultant, Blogger; Co-Chair, Society for Participatory Medicine, Nashua, NH




Anita Krishnan, PhD, MS
Director, Healthcare Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit, New York, NY

Jeffrey Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, One Medical, San Francisco, CA

Martin D. Merry, MD, CM
Health Care Consultant, Senior Advisor for Medical Affairs, New Hampshire Hospital Association, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire, Boston, MA

Tracey A. Moorhead
President and Chief Executive Officer, Care Continuum Alliance, Washington, DC

James Pelegano, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Population Health, Program Director, Masters of Healthcare Management and Quality, Jefferson School of Population Health, Philadelphia, PA

Laurel Pickering, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northeast Business Group on Health, New York, NY

 
CONTENT OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Register for one of the Preconference Boot Camps -- Introduction to Quality and Patient Safety or Advanced Applications in Quality and Patient Safety Methods -- and/or Conference.

 

QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The Quality Colloquium is offering a Quality and Patient Safety Certificate Program in the form of an optional course within the conference for attendees wishing to take a deeper dive into the Summit's subject matter. The Program requirements are:
  • Completion of preconference readings
  • Consideration of a series of preconference questions
  • Attend the introductory or advanced Preconference Boot Camp, either in person or online
  • Attend the Colloquium, either in person or online
  • Successfully complete the introductory or advanced post-conference online examination - Click here to take sample examination.

Attendees who successfully complete Program requirements will receive a certificate of completion.



 
PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE
Simply register, travel to the conference city, and attend in person.

Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction

LIVE AND ARCHIVED INTERNET ATTENDANCE
Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away for the office







 

 
INTERNET INTERFACE SAMPLE
 


Click here for a sample stream

SPECIAL BENEFIT FOR QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY CERTIFICATE HOLDERS:
Participants who successfully complete the Quality and Patient Safety Certificate Program offered in conjunction with the Eleventh Annual National Quality Colloquium are eligible to receive a 15% tuition discount for courses taken as part of the Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Safety (MS-HQS) degree program offered through Thomas Jefferson University's School of Population Health. To be eligible for this discount, National Quality Colloquium students must meet all admissions requirements for the program and must enroll by July 1, 2013. For more information about Jefferson's MS-HQS:
www.jefferson.edu/population_health.

COLLOQUIUM REGISTRATION

For Summit registration information, visit www.QualityColloquium.com/registration.php, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-7630.


 
COLLOQUIUM EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.QualityColloquium.com/promotional/index.html, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 452-0609 phone, (206) 319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.

 


 


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