Education

Educational forums have formed an integral component of Coalition activities since its inception. The Coalition supplements its safety practice development efforts with education programs that are designed to engage hospital leadership, promote systems improvements, and move from a culture of blame to a culture of safety in an effort to reduce medical errors. Our past programs are listed under the major categories of Initiatives, Improvement Programs, and Leadership Forums.

Upcoming Educational Forums

New educational forums will be available soon!

Past Educational Forums - Initiatives

Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFAC)

Audio Conference Series

Including PFAC Members in Your Daily Work
June 15, 2010 Program Announcement

Integrating PFAC Members with Hospital Initiatives
March 9, 2010 Program Announcement

Selecting Council Members and Getting Started
September 18, 2009 Program Announcement

What are PFACs and how do I get started?
July 21, 2009 Program Announcement

Hospital Acquired Infection Prevention Collaborative

Education Programs

C. difficile Prevention Collaborative Team Workshop
June 24, 2010 Program Announcement

ICU Safe Care/CUSP Initiative
October 5, 2009 Program Announcement

Coalition/MHA Infection Prevention Summit
June 23, 2009 Program Announcement

HAI Action Workgroup: Meeting 2
February 4, 2009 Program Announcement

HAI Action Workgroup: Meeting 1
November 21, 2008 Program Announcement

Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections in Critical Care Settings
June 25, 2008 Program Announcement

Improving Hand Hygiene-A Systems Approach
April 10, 2008 Program Announcement

Infection Prevention Workshop Engaging Staff through Positive Deviance
November 16, 2007 Co-sponsored with BCBSMA Quality Symposium

Preventing MRSA: A Sharing and Networking Session
July 30, 2007 Program Announcement and Agenda

Audio Conferences

C. difficile Prevention Collaborative Kick-off call for Teams
June 2, 2010 Program Announcement

Final HAI Workgroup Coaching Call
May 13, 2009 Program Announcement

Ensuring Reliable Processes For Infection Prevention
April 9, 2009 Program Announcement

HAI Action Workgroup – Coaching Call
March 17, 2009 Program Announcement

Creating Reliable Processes for Infection Prevention
January 21, 2009 Program Announcement

HAI Action Workgroup
December 17,2008 Program Announcement

Challenges of Measuring Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Improving care while debating measures
November 6, 2008 Program Announcement

Hospital Infection Surveillance Systems:Choosing what's right for your hospital
September 11, 2008 Program Announcement

Infection Prevention In Critical Care
August 14, 2008 Program Announcement

Identifying And Preventing Sepsis: Teams Making Change
July 22, 2008 Program Announcement

Improving Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection: Working on the front lines
March 26, 2008 Program Announcement

Beyond The Bundle: VAP Success Stories In Massachusetts
February 27, 2008 Program Announcement

Facilitating Conversations To Engage Staff In Reducing MRSA And Other HAIs
January 31, 2008 Program Announcement

Engaging Front-line Staff in Infection Prevention
December 3, 2007

Leadership

C. difficile Prevention Collaborative Kick-off call for Hospital Senior Leaders
May 4, 2010 Program Announcement

Workshop for Hospital Senior Leaders: Leadership Strategies for Quality and Safety
June 23, 2009, Program Announcement

Leading Infection Prevention: Keys to Effective Executive Support
January 15, 2009, Program Announcement

Infection Prevention For Hospital Leadership
October 8, 2008, Program Announcement

Hospital Leadership Forum: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
June 25, 2008, Program Announcement

Anticoagulation Management

Anticoagulation Management Safety Series

• Patients with AF: Who Should be on Warfarin?
  November 20, 2009, Program Announcement
  To view pricing information and/or purchase the CD, Powerpoint Presentation, and Handouts, click here.
• Surgical Bridging Strategies by Clinical Guidelines
  October 28, 2009, Program Announcement
  To view pricing information and/or purchase the CD, Powerpoint Presentation, and Handouts, click here.
• Improving the Outcomes of Oral Anticoagulation: Home Monitoring of Warfarin Therapy
  September 22, 2009 – Webinar sponsored by the New York IPRO, 
  Program Announcement
  To listen to this program click here.
  To view the powerpoint presentation only click here.

Strategies for Safely Managing Patients on Warfarin – Morning Session
November 4, 2008, Program Announcement and Agenda

Strategies for Safely Managing Patients on Warfarin: Focus on Anticoagulation Services and Clinics
November 4, 2008, Program Announcement and Agenda

Process Improvement in the Hospital Setting: Lessons for Successful Implementation of VTE Prophylaxis from the Rochester Regional Thromboembolism Collaborative
June 17, 2008, Program Announcement
To download the Audio Conference, please click here.

Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism & Development of National Performance Measures
June 3, 2008, Program Announcement
To download the Audio Conference, please click here.

Accountability

Enabling Safer Health Care: A Statewide Effort To Align
Perspectives On Accountability And Responses To Adverse Events

A Workshop to Evaluate a New Approach to Accountability for Patient Safety
November 2004

A Workshop to Explore the Issue of Accountability for Patient Safety
September 2003 - Overview and Agenda

Reconciling Medications

June 2007 - Overview and Agenda
March 2006 - Agenda
December 2005 - Agenda
June 2005 - Agenda
October 2004 - Overview and Agenda
January 2004 - Overview and Agenda
September 2003 - Overview and Agenda
April 2003 - Overview and Agenda

Communicating Critical Test Results

July 2005 - Overview and Agenda
September 2004 - Overview and Agenda
March 2004 - Overview and Agenda
November 2003 - Overview and Agenda
May 2003 - Overview and Agenda

Restraints & Seclusion

A Forum on Restraints & Seclusion: Best Practices to Improve Patient Safety
October & November 2001 - Agenda

Past Educational Forums - Improvement

Testing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – Audio Conference
March 9, 2009, 4:00 pm – Program Announcement

Skilled Nursing Facility Medication Safety Forums
Presented in Collaboration with the Massachusetts Extended Care Federation — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Masspro — Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction
Program Announcements
June 10, 2008 - Program Agenda
April 28, 2009 - Program Agenda

Safe Handoffs at Change of Shift: Nurse Knowledge Exchange
December 2007 – Program Announcement
Program Audio CD and Powerpoint Presentation – to order, please go to the Patient Safety Store.

Communicating Unanticipated Outcomes and Medical Errors - May 2002 - Overview

FMEA & Proactive Risk Assessment
April 2005 - Overview and Agenda
January 2005 - Overview and Agenda

Improving Patient Safety In Physician Office Practices And
Ambulatory Settings - February 2004 - Overview and Agenda

Improving Physician Performance - June 2003 - Agenda

Improving The Safety And Quality Of ICU Care- September 2002 - Overview

Managing Workload To Avoid Overload - March 2004 - Overview and Agenda

Measuring And Improving Outcomes For CABG Surgery - February 2003 - Overview

Practical Strategies For Improving Medication Safety - November 2002 - Overview

Past Educational Forums -Leadership

2005 Patient Safety Leadership Forum
2005 Patient Safety Forum "Building a Championship Team" - March 2005
The MA Coalition was a co-sponsor for this event - Brochure

Leadership Briefing
Two New Statewide Patient Safety Initiatives: Reconciling Medications and Communicating Critical Test Results
March 2003 - Overview and Agenda

Improving Patient Safety:
Frontiers of Practice - October 2001

Patient Safety Leadership Forum - March 2001

Patient Safety Leadership Forum - March 2000

Creating A Culture Of Safety - July 1999