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AHAP conference 2009 leadership session

For those of you who did not get a chance to attend the 3rd Annual AHAP Conference that took place in Las Vegas two week ago, and for those of you who did attend and would like a chance to listen to the leadership session, here is your chance. The session touched on how best to engage your hospital’s leaders in both creating a culture of safety and demonstrating involvement in patient safety to comply with Joint Commission standards.

The presentation, given by Ken Rohde, consultant for The Greeley Company, opened the 2009 conference.

To find a copy of the slides that accompanied the presentation titled “The 2009 Leadership Standards: A Toolbox Approach,” click here.

To listen to the audio recorded at the session, click the link below. You will first hear Jodi Eisenberg, Chair of AHAP, introduce Ken.

For those who attended the conference, we hope you enjoyed it and would love any additional feedback you’d like to offer for how we can improve the conference in the coming years.

Price drops for hotel rooms at AHAP conference

Hey blog readers,

Just wanted to give you a heads up that for those of you interested in going (or already signed up for) the 3rd Annual AHAP Conference taking place May14-15 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, the price of staying at Caesar’s has dropped from $239 to $199 per night. This is available if you mention you are attending the AHAP conference when booking your room, and the rate is only good if you sign up by March 13, 2009. If you need any more information about the conference, please click here, or visit the AHAP homepage.

Thanks, hope to see you there!

NPSG update

Hello,

I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware that The Joint Commission updated its Facts about the National Patient Safety Goals page, summing up what changes and updates we can expect to see in 2009 surrounding the NPSGs.

On a related note, senior Greeley Company consultants Patricia Pejakovich, RN, BSN, MPA, CPHQ, CSHA, and WendySue Woods, RN, MHSA, CSHA, will be presenting on the NPSGs at the upcoming AHAP Conference:

Making the 2009 NPSGs Come to Life:  There have been many new additions to the 2009 NPSGs, including new goals about patient identification for blood transfusions, infection control and prevention, and medication reconciliation. Learn how proven strategies for compliance with these, as well as the existing goals.

If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out the full agenda for this year’s conference here.

AHAP Conference update

Hello, everyone. We’ve just completed this year’s full-color AHAP Conference brochure, and we wanted to share an advance copy with our members. We’re very proud of the conference we’re putting together for you this year and excited to have the chance to meet with everyone again in May.

Make sure to keep an eye out for the print brochure, which will be arriving in the next few weeks. But for now, please take a look at here if you’d like an early preview of what we’re offering at this year’s AHAP Conference.

Agenda for AHAP conference posted

Hello AHAP blog readers,

The Agenda for the 2009 AHAP annual conference has been posted (click here to see the full agenda). I thought you might like to know about a few highlights:

As listed below, we’ll be having an accreditation panel with speakers from the Joint Commission, HFAP, and DNV.

Additionally, both days of the conference will start out with a general session (after the keynote speaker on the first day). Day one’s session will be lead by Ken Rohde, a Senior Consultant for The Greeley Company. He’ll talk about the 2009 Joint Commission leadership standards and how your facility’s leaders can emphasize creating a culture of safety.

The second day’s general session will be lead by Kurt Patton, principal at Patton Healthcare Consulting. He’ll be discussing The Joint Commission’s scoring changes for 2009.

Hope to see you at the conference!

Exclusive panel discussion on the options for healthcare accreditation

Our 2009 conference will include a special session featuring executives from The Joint Commission, DNV Healthcare Inc., and the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.

Speakers will include Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN, Executive Vice President in the Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations at The Joint Commission, Patrick Horine, Executive Vice President of Accreditation Services at DNV Healthcare Inc., Rebecca Wise, Chief Operating Officer at DNV Healthcare Inc., and George A. Reuther, Chief Operation Officer at the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.

Each organization will have 15 minutes to present, followed by 45 minutes of Q&A. Join us for what will undoubtedly be an interesting discussion on how all three organizations are changing accreditation in healthcare.

TJC, DNV, and HFAP all to speak at conference

We’ve now confirmed speakers from The Joint Commission, DNV Healthcare, and HFAP for the May 2009 conference. Should be a great conference!

Working group call on critical test results

In case you missed them, we’ve posted our October 16 and October 28 calls on critical test results. Listen to them now by clicking here

Joining us on the calls was Gayla J. Jackson, RN, BSN. Gayla is a member of the AHAP advisory board and nurse manager at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA. She has 26 years of experience in acute care and was one of the 17 advisory committee participants chosen to work on a three-year federal grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The AHRQ provided funding to The Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors along with the Massachusetts Hospital Association for the purpose of identifying, choosing, and implementing two patient safety initiatives, one of which was communicating critical test results.

I hope you all found these calls useful. And look for Gayla at the 3rd annual AHAP conference in May. She will be joining us in Las Vegas for the second year in a row.

Speakers for 3rd Annual AHAP conference

Just wanted to follow up on Matt’s posting and offer some details on our 2009 conference. We’ve already confirmed the following speakers and topics:

Details for 2009 AHAP conference coming soon

Hello, everyone. I just wanted to let you know that we’ll be announcing speakers and topics very soon for the upcoming AHAP Conference May 14-15 in Las Vegas. Make sure to keep an eye on this blog for additional information in the comings days and weeks.

As always, you can find the basics about AHAP’s annual conference here.