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18th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

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Date:
Tuesday Dec. 12, 2006
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Time:
8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Organization:
Duke University Health System
Description:

A free educational event
(Pre-registration responses will be used for related communication via email and to coordinate CME.)


When: Tuesday, 12/12/2006 (8 a.m. – 4:15 pm) and Wednesday, 12/13/2006 (8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.)

Where: Duke University School of Nursing Auditorium at 307 Trent Drive (ground floor), Durham, NC 27705.

Who: DUHS physicians, staff, administration, patients, and invited colleagues.

How: Pre-register for this free event by registering online.

Materials: Materials for satellite broadcast sessions are posted online at the IHI's site. Please check back frequently to see if additional presentations have been added.

Why:

  • You will earn CME or CEU credits (Nursing or Human Resources) for attending these presentations.
  • Dr. Donald Berwick, IHI’s inspiring leader will launch the Forum with a vivid plenary address. The theme of this year’s conference is “Building a Health Care System that Works. Here. There. Everywhere.”
  • Eight additional presentations will add to your knowledge about managing change, partnering with our patients in new and creative ways, and measuring progress in the world of health care.

Attending this broadcast will:

  • Recharge your professional battery
  • Offer creative and successful solutions to increase patient and staff satisfaction
  • Showcase lessons you can immediately apply to your work in health care
  • Gather local colleagues who share a passion to improve the quality of health care delivery.

Schedule

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 (live via satellite broadcast)

Session

Time

Topic/Speaker

Plenary Session 1

8 – 9 a.m.

Plenary Speech, Dr. Donald Berwick

Session A

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Creating Value-Based Competition on Results

Session B

11:15 – 12:30 p.m.

Nursing 2015: Fast Forward to the Future

Plenary Session 2

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Plenary Speech, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, PhD

Session C

3:00 – 4:15 p.m.

The Next Phase of the 100K Lives Campaign



Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Session

Time

Topic/Speaker

Plenary Session 3 8 – 9 a.m. Plenary Speech, David Whyte
Session D 9:10 – 10:25 a.m. Inconvenient Truths: Challenges in Transforming Health Care
Session E 10:45 – 12 p.m. Top Ten Improvement Ideas
Plenary Session 4 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Plenary Speech, Lawrence L. Weed, MD
Contact:
Contact Maureen Velazquez (maureen.velazquez@duke.edu, 919-416-5219) with any questions about this event.
Location:
Duke University School of Nursing Auditorium at 307 Trent Drive (ground floor), Durham, NC 27705.