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VAHQ 34nd Annual Educational Conference
Virginia:  United in Quality and Innovation
November 3-5, 2011
Richmond, VA
Conference Speaker Bios and Pictures

Virginia's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization and HIT Regional Extension Center Dr. Cook

Care Transitions

Thelma Baker
EMR Implementation Best Practices / Panel Presentation! David Collins
Optimizing Patient Flow: Beyond the ED Frances Collins, Karin Cox
An Implementation Safety Net for EMR: The QHUB Kathy Wiley, Maria Hatfield
The Journey to High Value Healthcare Collaboratives: A Model for Proven Success Jan Englert
Riding the Wave from Good to Great: 2011 & Beyond Jacque Cole, RN, MS, CNOR, CPHQ, CMCN, CHC NAHQ Director-at-Large
Why Can't We Be "Friends?" Todd D. Anderson, Esq.
Health Information Technology as a Driver of Quality Improvement in the Future Jean D. Moody-Williams, RN, MPP Director, Quality Improvement Group

 

VAHQ 33nd Annual Educational Conference
November 4-5, 2010
Richmond, VA
Joint Commision Update 2011 Charlie Grainger, Healthcare Strategies

Redesigning Nursing Care Delivery with Lean

Sharon Hickman, Director Process Improvement
"Sam" Kees, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Performance pays Under Healthcare Reform Danielle A. Lloyd, MPH
If You do Nothing Else...Do This: Four Simple Strategies Healthcare Performance Improvement, LLC
Everything You Have Always Wanted to Know About "Meaningful Use" and Were Afraid to Ask  
Demystifying Medical Staff professional Practice Evaluation Sharon Dills, RN, BSN, MSN

Quality Improvement and The New Integrity Auditors: RAC, MAC, MIC and ZPIC

Catherine O'Leary, RN, BSN
Gwen Hitt, RN, BSN

Fair Response to Mistakes

L. Dale Harvey, M.S., RN,
Shelly van't Riet, M.S.H.A., CPHQ, Six Sigma Black Belt;

 

VAHQ 32nd Annual Educational Conference
October 15-16, 2009
Fredericksburg, VA
KEYNOTE: The State of Healthcare In Virginia JoAnne Wakeham, RN, PhD

Aligning Physicians To Meet The Quality Agenda

Kayur Patel, MD, FACP, MRO, CPE
Leading Safety Culture/High Reliability Efforts
Carole Stockmeier, MHA, CQM
QHIP and the Anthem Physician P4P Program
Rome Walker, MD
LEAN Thinking
Jason Kilgore, MBA, SSBB
Creating A Patient Flow Focused Organization
Brooke Wollenberg McDonnell, MBA, ASQ, CSSBB

The Fight Against UTI’s

Robin Hearne, RN

Disclosure in Health Care

Abraham Segres, MHA, CPHRM

 

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