2019 Patient Safety & Quality Symposium - Connecting the Dots: Highly Reliable Health Care Across the Continuum

Achieving high reliability is even more challenging when you factor in moving from the hospital to home or other facilities, whether they’re short or long-term. We’ll cover best practices for transitions of care across health care settings and between health care teams. We’ll address how payment models at the regional and national level impact care coordination for patients, providers and health care systems. And perhaps most importantly, how do health care disparities impact patient populations and providers in the continuum of care.


Disrupting Post-Acute Care: Leading Practices to Improve Care Coordination and Meet Demand

Joan Moss speaks about different approaches to transition of care and continuum of care challenges for chronic populations.
Joan Moss, MSN, RN

Joan Moss, MSN, RN

Senior Principal and CNO
Sg2

The “Typical” Medicare Patient in St. Louis: What You May Not Know

Sarah Fiacco, MSW, presents regional Medicare data on diagnoses, post-acute care utilization and demographics in order to highlight trends and opportunities.
Sara Fiacco, MSW

Sara Fiacco, MSW

Program Manager
Primaris

Staying Healthy in the World of Readmissions

This joint presentation gives an overview of the Stay Healthy Outpatient Program, which was created to help patients with chronic illnesses access care.
Lenise Cummings-Vaughn, MD, CMD, MD

Lenise Cummings-Vaughn, MD, CMD, MD

Medical Director, Associate Professor
Washington University School of Medicine
Kelly Dodds, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, ANP-BC

Kelly Dodds, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, ANP-BC

Nurse Practitioner
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Readmission Prevention Clinic and Stay Healthy Clinic
Maura Garascia, MSW, LCSW

Maura Garascia, MSW, LCSW

Manager, Case Management
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Behavioral Health Needs: Getting Ahead of the Curve

Joan Moss and Jayme L.M. Zage, PhD discuss how current payment and policy models will impact the demand for behavioral health services given its rise in health care.
Joan Moss, MSN, RN

Joan Moss, MSN, RN

Senior Principal and CNO
Sg2
Jayme Zage, PhD

Jayme Zage, PhD

Vice President
Sg2

Shifting Your Perspective: How to Improve Transitions of Care from a PCP and Hospitalist

Scott Groesch, MD, and Rachel Bardowell, MD, help provide perspective on various hospital teams in an effort to demonstrate gaps in patient care.
Scott Groesch, MD

Scott Groesch, MD

Primary Care Physician
WUCA/MMG Washington University School of Medicine
Rachel Bardowell, MD

Rachel Bardowell, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine

Using Quality Improvement to Optimize Discharge Efficiency

Christy White, MD, presents quality improvement methods to improve patient discharge efficiency in order to increase timely discharges.
Christy White, MD

Christy White, MD

Associate Professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Enhancing Quality of Care for Patients with Life-Limiting Illnesses

Patrick White, MD, discusses new opportunities, strategies and technologies that support patients with life-limiting illnesses, as well as their families.
Patrick White, MD

Patrick White, MD

Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Chief Medical Officer, BJC Home Care and BJC Hospice

Highly Reliable Hand-Offs: The SLCH Heart Center Experience

Jessica Mann, DNP, MSN, CPNP-AC, and Peter Manning, MD, give an update on a safe hand-off process for patients returning to the ICU following open heart surgery.
Jessica Mann, DNP, MSN, CPNP-AC

Jessica Mann, DNP, MSN, CPNP-AC

Clinical Lead-Heart Center
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Peter Manning, MD

Peter Manning, MD

Professor of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine

Advancing Health Equity in St. Louis and Beyond

Jason Purnell, PhD, MPH, discusses health equity and social determinants and their impact on health care and community response to health inequity.
Jason Purnell, MPH, PhD

Jason Purnell, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor
Brown School
Washington University School, St. Louis, MO