Tickets going fast – register today for the “Third Annual Sepsis Conference” on Sept. 11!

Posted by Chris Wilson | Date: May 13th, 2024 | Categories: Blog | Tags: Baylor Scott & White Health, Children's Health System, Community Health, Conference, cook children's, DFWHC Foundation, educational event, educational meeting, fort worth, infection awareness, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, networking, Nurses, nursing education, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Patient Safety, Safety, sepsis, Sepsis Alliance, sepsis strike force, Septicemia, Tarrant County, Texas Health Resources, ut southwestern medical center

Tickets are going surprisingly fast for the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s “Third Annual Sepsis Conference” on Wednesday, September 11 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Tarrant County College Trinity River Campus in Fort Worth. The event will be held in the school’s Action A, B and C Rooms. Register today!

This event is pre-registration only. Through July 31, early-bird tickets are available for only $35. After August 1, cost is $45 per person. Fee includes breakfast and lunch provided by Jason’s Deli.

This year’s event will be themed “Strike Out Sepsis,” with speakers and agenda to be announced soon.

You can register here.

A poster submission abstract deadline has been set for May 31. They can be downloaded here.

Topics for posters and presentations can be from any of these categories:

• EMS;
• Emergency Department;
• Inpatient;
• Community Health/Patient perspective/story;
• Early Identification;
• Sepsis Awareness.

The event will be hosted by the Sepsis Strike Force. Coordinated by Patti Taylor, director of quality and patient safety at the DFWHC Foundation, the group was formed in 2017 with the intention of providing evidence-based clinical guidelines, protocols and best practices regarding sepsis. The group’s membership includes representatives from Baylor Scott & White Health, Children’s Health, Cook Children’s, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Parkland Health, Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern.

For questions, please contact Patti at ptaylor@dfwhcfoundation.org.

JPS Health Network will provide continuing education credits.

JPS HEALTH NETWORK IS ACCREDITED AS A PROVIDER OF NURSING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTERS COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION. THIS ACTIVITY IS JOINTLY PROVIDED BY JPS HEALTH NETWORK AND THE DFW HOSPITAL COUNCIL FOUNDATION.