The Joint Commission and JCR
Annual Conference Set for
June 23-25 in Chicago

 

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(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – April 22, 2010) Health care leaders today struggle to improve quality, reduce errors and increase patient safety and satisfaction while containing costs.  Meeting these challenges and focusing on organizational improvement is the subject of The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources’ Annual Conference on Quality and Patient Safety.
           
The 2010 conference, scheduled for June 23-25 at the Hilton Chicago, will share practical improvement strategies that successful organizations have applied to drive change and sustain organizational transformation.  Speakers will include John J. Nance, J.D., the nationally known author of “Why Hospitals Should Fly.”  Nance, an aviation expert for ABC News and Good Morning America, contends that hospitals will “fly” only by embracing a new paradigm of patient-centered care.  Named the American Healthcare Executives’ 2009 book of the year, “Why Hospitals Should Fly” uses the experience from other industries—most notably aviation—as the foundation for its answers to solving quality and patient safety problems.  Other key speakers will include John Arne Øvretveit, BSc(hons), MPhil, PHD, C. Psychol, C.Sci, MHSM, professor and director of research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and professor of Health Management, Bergen University, Norway, will discuss his work on "Leading Evidence-Informed Value Improvement.”  Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., president, The Joint Commission, will speak about “Quality and Safety Challenges in the Aftermath of Health Reform.”
           
Faculty for the three educational track sessions—selected from abstract submissions—have experience in performance improvement activities and results that prove the effectiveness of their best practices.  The three educational tracks that attendees can choose from are Engaging Staff and Patients, Organizational Transformation, and Clinicians at the Forefront of Change. 
           
An optional pre-conference workshop, Using National Patient Safety Goals to Protect Patients 2010-2011 and Beyond, will be held prior to the start of the conference on June 23 at the Hilton Chicago.  At the workshop, expert Joint Commission Resources staff will focus on the standards that organizations have found most challenging in 2010 and expectations for 2011, as well as provide updates related to the Patient Safety Advisory Group, a group of experienced physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other patient safety experts who advise The Joint Commission in the development of National Patient Safety Goals and Sentinel Event Alerts.  
           
Cost of the national conference is $995 or discounted at $895 for registration by May 24.  A discounted rate of $849 is also available for three participants from the same organization.  Cost of pre-conference is $249, or $229 for registration by May 24.  To register, please call The Joint Commission’s Customer Service Center at 1.877.223.6866 or visit www.jcrinc.com.