Chicago Seminar on Medical Errors

Fixing the Slow Progress of Medical Error Reduction – Discovering the Missing Pieces in Solution Implementation

 The slow progress in medical error reduction after the Institute of Medicine report of 1999 is associated with many factors including the missing pieces of the puzzle. Join us in Chicago at a luncheon conference for fixing the slow progress of reducing medical errors. We will be discussing the result of the studies that identify the missing pieces of the puzzle of effective solution implementation to systemic failures and medical errors.

 Date: Tuesday June 1, 2004   Location: Best Western Inn of Chicago, 162 East Ohio Street at North Michigan Avenue, Downtown Chicago

Speakers

Yinka Vidal, BS. MA. HASCP. - Research-journalist, author of three books and one of the nation’s leading pioneers of war on medical errors since 1977

 Ann McGuire, MD. - Rheumatologist, specialist in hospital quality improvement and regulatory requirements 

 Donna Johnson, BA. – Time-management expert, corporate trainer and motivational speaker

 Jerry Raskin - CEO, ASKDATA System, educator and trainer of health-care workers 

    Topics: 1. The Anatomy and Prevention of Medical Errors and Systemic Failures

               2. Managing the Challenges Facing Quality Improvement Officers

               3. Fixing the Slow Progress of Reducing Medical Errors – Discovering the Missing Pieces

               4. Physicians Talking to Other Physicians About Medical Errors

               5. Presenting the New Book: Managing Crises on the Job While Fixing Medical Errors

               6. Time and Stress Management on the Job

               7. Computer-assisted Programs for Health-care Workers

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