2016 Patient Safety & Quality Symposium: Hardwiring for High Reliability

A high reliability organization is one that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents can be expected due to risk factors and complexity. This year’s Symposium theme – Hardwiring for High Reliability – focuses on reaching far and wide through your organization. You’re on the right path, you have a plan and you’ve implemented it but how do you ingrain it in every person in the organization? Join us to learn ways to move from “almost” to “always.”


Leveraging Health Information Technology to Improve Patient Safety

This presentation summarizes successful uses of health IT in supporting and hardwiring quality and patient safety interventions.
Paul Sharek, MD, MPH

Paul Sharek, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine), Stanford School of Medicine
Medical Director, Center for Quality & Clinical Effectiveness, Chief Clinical Patient Safety Officer, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Leadership at the Intersection of Quality and Innovation

Daniel Barchi leads you on a journey of recognizing technology in medicine from the past and how current technology is used today.
Daniel Barchi, MEM

Daniel Barchi, MEM

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, New York Presbyterian

Healthcare Information Technology in High Reliability Organizations

Dr. Yu explores the role of healthcare information technology in improving the quality and the safety of care that is delivered in the healthcare industry.
Feliciano (Pele) Yu, MD, MSHI, MSPH, FHIMSS

Feliciano (Pele) Yu, MD, MSHI, MSPH, FHIMSS

Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Louis Children's Hospital

A Deeper Dive: Practical Health IT Strategies to Support High Reliability

In detail, Dr. Sharek reviews all the components of high reliability with his audience and, with the help of attendees, constructs a "take-home" list of practical health-IT supported interventions that are aligned with high reliability principles.
Paul Sharek, MD, MPH

Paul Sharek, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine), Stanford School of Medicine
Medical Director, Center for Quality & Clinical Effectiveness, Chief Clinical Patient Safety Officer, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Measuring Adverse Outcomes: Can Patients Tell Us Something That We Do Not Know?

Currently there are limitations associated with the methods in measuring adverse outcomes for patients. Dr. Sharma shares the success of Washington University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in this area.
Anshuman Sharma, MD, MBA

Anshuman Sharma, MD, MBA

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine

A Human Factors Gateway to HITs Safe Use

Through her interactive lecture, Dr. Khunlertkit shares how human factors methods could help in delivering the safe use of Health Information Technology. Current flaws in the HIT system are identified and ways to prevent potential errors are discussed.
Nana Khunlertkit, PhD

Nana Khunlertkit, PhD

Human Factors Specialist, Johns Hopkins University

Innovations in Pharmacy to Improve Patient Safety & Quality

Learn how to use Six Sigma concepts to better understand creating an error-proof environment in a pharmacy setting, and learn tips that can be implemented at home to make drug use safer, especially narcotics.
Steve Miller, MD

Steve Miller, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Express Scripts

Human Work-Arounds: The Illegal Normal

What is "illegal normal" and how does it impact healthcare practices? Dr. Laussen delves into defining and understanding "illegal normal" practices through his captivating presentation.
Peter Laussen, FCICM, MBBS

Peter Laussen, FCICM, MBBS

Chief, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children

Fast Cars and Fast Lessons

Risky situations occur in many different industries. Dr. Laussen fast tracks learning risk management lessons from the motor industry and how they can be applied to healthcare.
Peter Laussen, MBBS, FCICM

Peter Laussen, MBBS, FCICM

Chief, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children

Designing Hospital Units to Optimize Outcomes

Dr. Stein reviews and discusses traditional hospital care models and their flaws, while exploring the features of Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds and how ACU care models influence the outcomes of care provided.
Jason Stein, MD, SFHM

Jason Stein, MD, SFHM

Chief Executive Officer, 1Unit
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Centripital