Conferences

An invited conference sponsored by the Center for Safety and Clinical Excellence was held to review and summarize expert opinion concerning safety issues associated with heparin therapy in the acute care setting. The program brought together a multidisciplinary group of experts to review data, present published work and collaborate on recommendations and guiding principles to improve the safety of heparin therapy.

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View Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD's presentation via video

Over the course of one and one-half days, the conference made it possible for infection-control experts from the United States, South America, and Europe to hear leading-edge presentations, engage in wide-ranging discussions, and create and strengthen professional relationships. The distinguished faculty and attendees represented clinical practice, research, and infectious disease organizations, both nationally and internationally.

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View Peter Provnovost, MD's presentation via video

The 7th Invited Conference brought together 50 of the world's leading experts from Australia, Europe, Canada, and across the United States to focus on the latest developments in IIT. This life-saving yet potentially hazardous treatment for post-operative and acutely ill patients seeks to maintain blood glucose (blood sugar) within a tightly controlled range.

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Conference Report

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation was a key supporter in helping the Center for Medication Safety and Clinical Improvement develop content and recruit speakers to participate in this program. The conference was attended by over fifty thought leaders and experts from the US, New Zealand, England and Belgium who joined together to explore these topics.

Conference Report - Sedation Therapy (pdf - 3.86 Mb)

Conference Report - Pain Management and Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Improving Safety and Quality of Care (pdf - 628 kb)

Nationally-recognized experts in health-care met to discuss the use of technology in the dispensing and administration of pharmaceuticals. Together, they developed several process-improvement strategies to enhance the safety of drug dispensing and administration.

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A highly-regarded conference, held on June 11, 2004, brought together health-care experts from across the United States to focus on the use of a leading-edge, intravenous medication safety system. Called Smart IV, this sophisticated system averts high-risk medication errors, significantly increasing patient safety and decreasing costs. The system also provides previously unavailable data to measure medication safety and best practice improvements.

Conference Report - Conference Proceedings (pdf - 447 KB)

A distinguished group of health-care experts from clinical practice, academia, organizations and government convened November 7, 2003. Philip J. Schneider, MS, FASHP, Director of the Latiolais Leadership Program and Clinical Professor at the Ohio State University, chaired the conference and moderated the roundtable discussion on the use of an intravenous medication safety system to manage high-risk intravenous drug administration and provide actionable data for best practice improvements.

Conference Report - Conference Proceedings (pdf - 298 KB)

Nationally-recognized experts from multiple health-care disciplines gathered on April 25, 2003, to discuss the benefits and challenges of bar code medication administration. Philip J. Schneider, MS, FASHP, Director of the Latiolais Leadership Program and Clinical Professor at the Ohio State University, chaired the conference and moderated the roundtable discussion.

Conference Report - Conference Proceedings (pdf - 4.3 MB)

A prestigious group of nationally-recognized experts from several health-care industry disciplines met on Nov. 7, 2002, to address the critical nature of medication administration errors and discuss potential solutions. David Bates, MD, Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis at Brigham and Women's Hospital, chaired the conference. Philip J. Schneider, MS, FASHP, Director of the Latiolais Leadership Program and Clinical Professor at the Ohio State University, moderated the roundtable discussion. Complimenting the conference, Dr. Bates said, "If we want to achieve the dream described in the Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, we're going to need industry to take leadership in ways like this."

Conference Report - Executive Summary (pdf - 132 KB)
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