When: May 20–22, 2009

Where: Gaylord National

The National Patient Safety Foundation's annual congress brings stakeholders together in a collegial environment that provides practical information about the latest progress in the field of patient safety.  Implementation strategies for proven best practices share the stage with the latest research and new knowledge.

Conference Highlights

• Lucian Leape Institute members and authors of the IOM report “To Err is Human” review a decade’s progress and look to the future. Plenary moderated by Janet Corrigan, President and CEO of the National Quality Forum

• Leadership Day, an interactive pre-Congress executive-level event hosted and facilitated by leaders in healthcare, including Gregg Meyer, MD, SVP for Quality and Patient Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Richard Bohmer, MD, Harvard Business School

• Lucian Leape, MD, David Lawrence, MD, CEO (retired), Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, join forces to present the patient safety imperative for healthcare reform

• Julianne Morath, RN, MS, Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Vanderbilt Medical Center and Paul O’Neill, former Chairman and CEO of Alcoa and 72nd Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, will discuss the integration of joy and meaning in work and workforce safety

• Paul O’Neill and David Lawrence will also hold a unique interactive session providing views on the past decade in patient safety and a review of transformative work at Alcoa

• Breakfast Roundtables with distinguished members of the Lucian Leape Institute
  Alan Aviles, President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, will discuss how a resource-challenged system has become a beacon for patient safety

• Master story-teller Kevin Carroll on enriching and enlivening work livesParticipants and presenters represent key decision makers in healthcare organizations from around the world, including chief executives, board members, solution providers, and policy makers.

• The Congress also draws practitioners, academicians, researchers, field experts, and patient advocates. This diverse audience creates a dynamic atmosphere where myriad perspectives and interested parties come other to learn and share ideas.

For more conference details, visit the  NSPF website…