Institute for Healthcare Studies Seminar Series Lectures

Hosted Conferences:

Northwestern Center for Patient Safety Kickoff Conference

Over 200 healthcare leaders joined the Center on May 11th, 2007 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.  A variety of lectures on patient safety were presented.  To view a slide show of the day's event, please visit   http://www.flickr.com/photos/8463999@N04/show/

Speakers for the conference included:

Gary Noskin, MD Northwestern University Director, Center for Patient Safety	Dr. Albert Wu Johns Hopkins Partnerships With Patients - A Prescription for Safety	Christine Park, MD Northwestern University L&D Team Training	Chris Beach, MD Northwestern University Transitions In Care In Emergency Medicine
Jane Holl, MD, MPH Children's Memorial Hospital Northwestern University Clinician to Clinician Communication in Pediatric Patient Safety	Bill Grobman, MD, MBA Northwestern University Development of a Shoulder Dystocia Protocol	Lee Lindquist, MD, MPH Northwestern University Kris Gleason, RPh Northwestern Memorial Hospital Outpatient Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (Out-MATCH)	Donna Woods, EdM, PhD Northwestern University Clinician to Clinician Communication in Pediatric Patient Safety
William Rutherford, MD Western Michigan University Patient Safety from an Aviation Perspective	Albert Wu, MD Johns Hopkins Disclosure of Adverse Events

Other Recent Activities:


Members of the Northwestern Center for Patient Safety participated in the Chicago Patient Safety Forum's Annual Meeting.  Northwestern contributed posters and presenters to the 2007 conference.



Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Patient Safety faculty, Chris Beach, MD (Far left), and John Vozenilek, MD (far right) are joined by colleagues Abra Berg (mid left) and Dr. Sarah Donlan (mid right) with their poster titled "Transitioning Patients from the Ed to the Hospital: Observations of Handoff Communication."  Click here to download a copy of their poster.

Leaders in HIT (Health Information Technology), Abel Kho, MD and David Liebovitz, MD present their poster during the 2007 Chicago Patient Safety Forum Annual Scientific Meeting.  Their presentation was titled "Reduction in Preventable Codes by Implementation of a Rapid Response Team."


Kristine Gleason, RPh,  and Molly McDaniel, PharmD, also from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, produced two posters based on their Medication Reconciliation and Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) research.