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Save the Date
Primum Non Nocere: Keeping Patients Safe
July 21, 2007 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
You are invited to attend a series of lectures on "Keeping Patients
Safe." Verde Valley Medical Center is actively involved in the 5 Million
Lives Campaign, which challenges American hospitals to adopt 12 changes
in care that save lives and
reduce patient injuries.
Our July CME will focus on some of those
interventions
with special guest speakers providing valuable insights and new
information.
We hope you will plan to attend! 6 hours of CME/CEU’s.
Schedule:
8 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Culture in Safety
Faculty: Robert Bell, M.D.
9 a.m. Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Surgical
Infection
Improvements, including preventing Surgical Complications, Central Line
Infections, and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Faculty: Howard Pitluk, M.D., MPH, FACS, Health Services Advisory Group
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Preventing Harm from Adverse Drug Events & High-Alert
Medications
Faculty: Linda McCoy, PharmD
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:15 p.m. Evidence-Based Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction &
Congestive Heart Failure
Faculty: Bruce Peek, M.D.
1:20 p.m. Deploying Rapid Response Teams
Faculty: John Burke, M.D. and Lori Spears, R.N.
2:20 p.m. Break
2:35 p.m. Preventing Pressure Ulcers
Faculty: Sue Wilson, R.N., W.O.C.N.
More Information to Come! Everyone is invited to attend this FREE
symposium.
RSVP to Karen, ext. 36444 or 928 639-6444.
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