Last chance to register for the FREE 2012 Patient Safety Summit

Your final chance to register for the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation’s (DFWHC Foundation) annual Patient Safety Summit, “Health Crusaders, Call for Quality,” is rapidly approaching. The event takes place August 16-17 at the Hurst Conference Center, at Highway 183 and Precinct Line Road, Hurst, Texas. Times are 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. August 16 and 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. August 17.

Deadline to register is this Friday, August 10.

This event is free of charge, but you must preregister. Register online at www.2012patientsafetysummit.eventbright.com.

This year’s summit will team the DFWHC Foundation and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Region VI together to bring attendees essential information to support successful safety cultural transformation. The education summit provides peer-to-peer learning opportunities designed for practitioners across the continuum of care to help transform the patient safety process. Speakers are the most respected leaders in their field and will present vital information targeting all healthcare organizations.

Speakers include Robert M. Wachter, MD, professor and associate chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and author of Understanding Patient Safety; Alicia Cole, survivor of Necrotizing Fasciitis and a patient safety advocate; Lisa H. Lubomski, PhD, assistant professor, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality, Johns Hopkins University; and Jane Brock, MD, MSPH, chief medical officer for the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Colorado and the lead contractor for the CMS Readmissions Initiative.

Approved Nursing Contact Hours is available for each day, with 5.5 hours for Aug. 16 and 4.0 hours for Aug. 17. Huguley Memorial Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This two-day education conference is made possible through the Hospital Engagement Network (HENs) Contract from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

For additional information, please contact Carol Young at 972-717-4279 or e-mail cyoung@dfwhcfoundation.org.