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Winter Business Roundtable

Purchasers + Providers Together on Quality & Patient Safety

Thursday, December 7, 2006

8:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Venue: Greater Richmond Convention Center

Brochure Agenda

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dennis C. White

Click here for his bio Click here for Keynote slides

Vice President Value-Based Purchasing

National Business Coalition on Health

 

"Employers Driving Change

in the Health Marketplace"

 

 

OTHER SPEAKERS:

Alistair Erskine, MD

VCU Health System

Bio

CPOE Slides

 

Tim Tobin

Allegheny Regional Hospital

Bio

Safe Practices-Rural Slides

Raymond Troiano, MD

Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital

Bio

IPS Slides

Safe Practices -Urban Slides

 

Sarah Collins Boyd

The Leapfrog Group

Bio

Leapfrog 2007 Slides

Carol Sale, RN, MSN

Sentara Healthcare

Bio

Safe Practices (NQF) Leap 2007 Slides

 

 

Leapfrog Awards Program - four "Leaps for Patient Safety"

Just a few photos from the Awards ceremony...

Allegheny Regional Hospital Chesapeake General Hospital RiversideRegional & RiversideTappahannock Hospitals Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

 

  • implementing Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
  • achieving the best results possible on high risk procedures (high risk treatments)
  • staffing intensive care units with trained specialists (ICU)
  • implement 27 other essential hospital safety practices (safe practices score)

Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survery

Click here to see how your hospitals reports

 

"Does your hospital have safe practices?"

November 2006, Virginia Business Magazine

Click here to read article:

 

"Sentara Norfolk General Among Leapfrog's "Top Hospitals" List 2006" Read More...

 

Hear from employers:

  • Dennis White ...National Business Coalition on Health
  • Eileen Ciccotelli ...Virginia Business Coalition on Health
  • Robert Cramer ....Norfolk Southern Corporation
  • Paige Rider ...Philip Morris USA
  • Kathleen Thomas ...Landmark Communications, Inc.
  • Many other ....check back for more details

Hear from healthcare leaders:

  • Sarah Collins Boyd ...The Leapfrog Group
  • Raymond Troiano, MD ...Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
  • Timothy Tobin ...Allegheny Regional Hospital 
  • Carol Sale ...Sentara Healthcare (formerly of Texas Medical Institute on Health)
  • Alistair Erskine, MD, DOIM ...VCU Health System
  • Cynthia Rawlinson ... Valley Health-Winchester Medical Center, Inc.

Program Features:

  • Networking with your colleagues
  • Vendor Expo and Breaks
  • Luncheon Buffet
  • Leapfrog Survey Awards for all hospitals completing the Survey
  • Special recognition for "Top Hospitals" list
  • Special recognition for fully meeting CPOE, IPS, EVHR and NQF Leaps

Sponsors:

 

 
 

 

Exhibitors:

 

 

B2HealthSolutions

 

 

 

Virginia Department of Health
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 






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