Safety Share

September 26, 2005

Premier audio conference:
The safety and quality continuum – using an electronic incident record to aggregate
disparate data

Register for our next program on September 28 from 2-3 p.m. (Eastern) when we interview Sanjaya Kumar, M.D., M.Sc., M.P.H., President and Chief Medical Officer, Quantros, Inc.

The program will feature a presentation from Dr. Kumar, who will discuss:

  • The value of collecting data in a centralized electronic incident record and using it for interventions at the facility and system level
  • The emerging need for safety and quality data consolidation
  • The multiple utility of quality and safety data

Then we invite you to ask your questions live.

Prior to joining Quantros, Dr. Kumar was the clinical project specialist for the Louisiana Health Care Review (QIO). He also was a clinical informatics officer for IBM in charge of developing clinical workflow and data-driven management systems for healthcare environments. Before entering the healthcare technology business, Dr. Kumar was a practicing physician specializing in internal medicine and cardiology. Today, he is widely recognized as a thought leader for patient safety and continuous quality improvement methodologies.

A live recording and handouts will be available at no charge for this program. Previously recorded Premier Informatics Advisor Live audio conference topics include:

  • From SIP to SCIP: Preparing for additions to the SIP measures
  • Keeping our environment healthy:
    green product practices
  • Achieving clinical/operational excellence in the ED
  • IHI's 100,000 Lives Campaign
  • Public reporting and quality measurement
  • Performance dashboards: balancing outcomes, satisfaction, and cost
  • Physician engagement
  • Labor management for quality,
    safety, and efficiency
  • Automated incident/error reporting and
    root cause analysis

Register now for the September 28, 2005 program
as space is limited.

Additional information about this and previous programs, the audio recordings, and on-line registration is available at:
https://premierinc.com/advisorlive

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