UMass Memorial Cuts CLABSI Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center among the first-ever awardees in the National Awards Program to Recognize Progress in Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections CDC: Hospitals continue progress in preventing infections American Heart Association: Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the US - 2005 to 2010 Thomson Reuters Top 10 Health Systems of 2011 UMass Memorial Diabetes Scorecard Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Better-than-National Infection Rate Drops Further Following UV Room Disinfection Mercy Medical Center, Implements a Program to Decrease Pressure Ulcers Lawrence General Hospital: Runner Up: Med/surg unit boosts safety and satisfaction with initiative care MetroWest Medical Center Demystifies Outpatient Satisfaction Partners Study on Falls Featured in JAMA Winchester Hospital: A Focus on Outcomes Southcoast Health System: Reducing the Use of Safety Sitters Partners: Coordinating Care for High-Risk Patients New Bedford Rehab's use of volumetric capnography Winchester Hospital -- Reducing IV-associated bloodstream infection Newton-Wellesley Hospital: eMAP Rx for Medication Errors? Reducing Surgical Site Infections at New England Baptist Hospital Milton Hospital Reduces Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Positive Culture Led to Pressure Ulcer Improvements Beverly Hospital Implements Nurse-Led Program to Reduce Patient Falls Boston Medical Center Nurses Teach Pressure Ulcer Prevention Two Hospitals are Co-Winners of Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Award Making Strides at Jordan Hospital to Reduce Falls Telling Your Hospital's Story Public Reporting of Serious Reportable Events Winchester Hospital's Hand-Hygiene Competency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Wins $4.9 Million Grant for Program to Improve Patient Outcomes Within 30-Day Window of Discharge

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The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and MetroWest Medical Center
cordially invite you to attend a presentation, hosted on September 6, 2011 from 1-3pm, held at MetroWest Medical Center's Medical Arts Building at 85 Lincoln Street, Framingham, MA.  The seminar is entitled:


Advances in Patient Safety in Acute Care Hospitals
and Long Term Care Facilities
featuring

  • Andrei Soran, MSM, (Opening Remarks), Chief Executive Officer, MetroWest Medical Center
  • David Bates, MD, Chief Quality Officer and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of the Center of Patient Safety Research and Practice
  • Eyal Zimlichmanmy, MD, Research Associate, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lead Researcher, Department of Clinical Affairs, Partners Healthcare, past Assistant to the CEO, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
  • Harvey Brown, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Susan Windham-Bannister, PhD, (Moderator), President & CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center


This program is FREE of charge. MHA is posting this as a courtesy and because its' topics coincide well with M-LiNk's Mortality Initiative, for questions, please contact Angus G. McQuilken, Vice President for Communications, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, (617) 921-7749, amcquilken@masslifesciences.com or Beth Donnelly, Director, Community Relations, MetroWest Medical Center, (508) 383-1096, beth.donnelly@mwmc.com.  To register, please click here.