Meeting Materials

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2/23/10 Track 1 Meeting Agenda

2-23-10 Meeting Evaluation

Overview of 2010-2012 Patient Safety First… A California Partnership for Health
Catherine Carson, Vice President, Quality and PI , HASC
Mary Fermazin, MD, MPA Health Services Advisory Group

SCPSC 2009 Progress Report
Catherine Carson, Vice President, Quality and PI , HASC

Introduction of Premier Performance Improvement Portal
Michele Graynor, Program Director, Premier Healthcare Informatics

Sepsis: Pearls from Premier’s QUEST Collaborative
Leslie Schultz, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, CPHQ Senior Director, QUEST and Knowledge Transfer, Premier Healthcare Informatics

Interactive Breakout Sessions

SCIP Update, SCIP INF 4 & Card 2 Measures
Howard Pitluk, MD, MPH, FACS, Health Services Advisory Group

What Can You Do by Next Tuesday?
Mary Fermazin, MD, MPA Health Services Advisory Group
Catherine Carson, MPA, Hospital Association of Southern California
Making Improvement Faster
Who Does What by When template

01-28-2010- Colloquium Agenda

Colloquium Evaluation











12-15-2009 Track II Meeting Agenda

December 15, 2009 Event Evaluation Link

Wasted Effort: Backsliding After Improvement –
How to Hardwire Sustainability Into Your Project- Redwood

Bruce Spurlock, MD, Convergence Health Consulting

Results of AHRQ Hospital Surveys on Patient Safety; A Systems Experience- Redwood
Presented By Memorial Care

SCPSC Data Results
Bruce Spurlock, MD, Convergence Health Consulting

Breakout Sessions

(a) Risk Assessment of Pressure Ulcers: Use of the Braden Scale
(b) Reducing Pressure Ulcer Incidence
(c) Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Guidelines and Tool Kit

Microbial Biofilms: Unlocking the Mysteries Behind Infections
Marcia Ryder, PhD, MS, RN Independent Researcher, sponsored by Sage

06-16-2009 Track II Meeting Agenda

6-16-2009 Meeting Evaluations

Evidence Based Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Gaps in Implementation
Nancy Stotts, RN, Ed.D., FAAN, Department of Physiological Nursing,
University of California San Francisco

Panel Presentation : Antimicrobial Stewardship (for SCIP and for C.Diff)
Michelle Lee, Pharm.D., Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Carla Higbee, RN, MSN, FNP, California Hospital Medical Center
Richard Nelson, Pham.D., Eisenhower Medical Center

Interactive Breakout Sessions

Standardizing Handoff Communication
Peter Kraslawsky, Account Executive, The White Stone Group

What Can You Do By Next Tuesday?
Mary Fermazin, MD, MPA, Health Services Advisory Group
Bruce Spurlock, MD, Convergence Health Consulting


Memo from Mark Gamble, HASC Vice President to SCPSC Meeting Registrants.

05-07-2009 Track I Agenda

05-07-2009 Meeting Evaluation

MRSA and SCIP Updates
Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPA, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality

VTE Quality Measures and Medical Thrombo-prophylaxis
T. Brian Callister, MD, Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Reno, Nevada
David Patterson, MD, Medical Directorr, Casa Colina Hospital, Pomona

Systematic Care for Sepsis and Shock
Bryant Nguyen, MD, MS, Loma Linda University Medical Center

What Can You Do by Next Tuesday? – Colonial A&B
Mary Fermazin, MD, MPA Health Services Advisory Group
Bruce Spurlock, MD, Convergence Health Consulting

Please Note: VTE Quality Measures and Medical Thrombo-prophylaxis Presentation & VTE – Tipping Point Presentation are not available for printing.

02-3-2009- Track I Agenda

Track I Meeting Evaluation

Overview of Track I Topics: SCIP, MRSA, Sepsis, and CLBSI
Howard Pitluk, MD, MPH, FACS, Health Services Advisory Group
Bruce Spurlock, MD, Convergence Health Consulting


SCIP Measure Improvement
Clifford Ko, MD, UCLA School of Medicine

New California MRSA Active Surveillance Requirements
Dawn Terashita Gastelum, MD, MPH, LA County Department of Public Health

Implementing Sepsis Bundles
Edna DeLeon, Huntington Memorial Hospital

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Andrea Silvey ,PhD, MSN, Health Services Advisory Group

Data Streams and 2009 AIM
Bruce Spurlock, MD, Convergence Health Consulting
Charlie Chapin, MS, CHCA, Health Services Advisory Group


SCPSC Colloquium Brochure

SCPSC Colloquium Evaluation

SCPSC Breakout Sessions


2007-2008 Archives