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VAHQ's 31st Annual Education Conference Quality Improvement
October 2 & 3, 2008
Wintergreen Resort And Conference Center

Download Presentation Topic	Facilitator(s)
From the Cockpit to the Nursing Unit	Gary Sculli Keynote Speaker
The Changing Face of Peer Review	Michael L. Goodman, Esquire Goodman, Allen, and Filetti, PLLC
2009 Joint Commission Standards Update	Charles Grainer Healthcare Strategies
Patient Safety and Prevention: We need your help!	Thelma M. Baker, MSHA,RHIA, CPHQ Virginia Health Quality Center
Integrating Patient Safety, Quality and Performance Improvement with Risk Management: Lessons Learned	Priscilla Shuler Administrator, Quality and Performance Improvement University of Virginia
Lee Memorial Health System- Experience with Surviving a RAC Audit	Victoria DiTomaso Patient Account Manager
Common Cause Analysis FMEA	Dale Harvey Director of Performance Improvement VCU Health System
MRSA Search & Destroy: The Dark Side	Michael Edmond, MD,MPH,MPA Professor Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease VCU Health System
Behavioral Health Update	Deborah Tanner Riverside Health System
FMEA- Tissue Issuance and Storage	Karen McHale Inova Health System

VAHQ's 30th Annual Education Conference Quality Improvement Putting the Pieces Together for the Future October 4-5, 2007 The Woodlands, Williamsburg, Virginia

Presentation Topic	Facilitator(s)
> Ethics Essentials in Quality Improvement	Patricia O’Donnell, PHD. LICSW Director Inova Center for Ethics
> Medication Reconciliation	Dr. Charles Frazier VP Clinical Innovations Riverside Health System
> Pillars of Quality	Barbara Youngberg VP-Insurance, Risk & Quality and Legal Services Univ. Healthsystem Consortium Inc.
> SWAT down your pressure ulcer rates	Christine Newcomer, MSN, RN. CWOCN- Inova Loudoun Hospital
> Publication Workshop	Lecia A. Albright, B.S. CPHQ Owner LARA Consulting
> Raise Your Professional Profile	Thomas M. Smith, RN, MA, CPHQ Director, Performance Improvement / Case Management Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
> Panel Projects	Debbie Braziel Hardeep Cynthia Rawls
> Potty Papers	Centra Health

VAHQ's 29th Annual Education Conference Quality Improvement RIDING THE WAVE: The Evolving Role of the Healthcare Quality Professional October 12-13, 2006 The Woodlands, Williamsburg, Virginia

Presentation Topic	Facilitator(s)
> Transparency and Public Reporting in Health Care	Judy Perry VP for Patient Safety INOVA Health System
> Taking Data to the Next Level	Susan Mellott, Ph.D, CEO Mellott and Associates
> A Journey in Patient Safety and the Event that Changed our Hospital	Jonathan Flanders Lean/Patient Safety Officer Memorial Health University Medical Center
> Lean Six Sigma Interactive Healthcare Case Study	Dr. Victor Gray CV Gray & Associated, LLC
> Patient Safety Legislation	Page Gravely
> Bon Secours - St. Francis > Bon Secours - Maryview	JCAHO Roundtable Discussion

VAHQ's 28th Annual Education Conference "HEALTHCARE SAFETY & QUALITY: Making it Happen for 2005 and Beyond" October 13-14, 2005 Sheraton Richmond West Hotel, Richmond, VA 23230

Presentation Topic	Facilitator(s)
> To Err is Human: A Nurse's Recovery from a Sentinel Event	Eugenia M. Brandenburg, RN Sentara
> JCAHO 2006 Update and Roundtable	Joe Flannery MS, MHAField Representative- JCAHO
> IHI 100K Lives Campaign in Virginia	Sallie Cook, M.D., Chief Medical Officer,Virginia Health Quality Center
> Rapid Response Teams (PowerPoint)	Kyle Gunnerson, MD Intensivist and Assistant Professor VCU Medical Center
> The Physician's Role in Quality Improvement	Crystal Polatty, MD, Section Chief Quality Improvement Acute Care Medical Service, McGuire Veteran's Administration Hospital Judy Thomas, RNBC, MSN Quality Management McGuire Veteran's Administration Hospital Mark Zunk, RN, BSN, MSA, CPHQ Quality Manager McGuire Veteran's Administration Hospital
> Creating a Culture of Safety: The Experiences & Lessons Learned	Shannon M. Sayles, RN, MS, MA Director of Patient Safety Initiative Sentara