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- Conference Focuses Attention On Importance Of Patient- And Family-centered Care, Health Education, Communication
Health education, communicating with physicians, and patient- and family-centered care that empowers patients to be their own best health advocates, were some of the topics discussed at the Health Watch USA conference in Lexington this month. Joycelyn...
- Health Watch Usa Hosts Chief Medical Director Of Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services In Lexington And Online July 31
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and with a few clicks on the computer, you can attend virtually. Conway will...
- Kentucky And Online Audiences Hear Discussion Of Proposed System For Patients To Report Medical Errors; Comments Due July 8
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration is creating a new system for patients to report medical mistakes because existing systems fail to do so, and if all goes as planned, the pilot program will launch this fall, a federal official...
- Infections, Other Safety Issues Plague Hospitals, Maybe More So When Nursing Is Cut; Here's A Good Series On It
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that nearly 1 million patient-safety incidents, including infections that patients acquired in hospitals, occurred among Medicare patients over the years 2006, 2007, 2008. In all, the incidents -- which represented...
- Health Care Transparency And Patient Advocacy Conference To Be Held Nov. 11 In Lexington
Focusing on issues like hospital- and health care-acquired infections, the impact of medical errors and infections on patients, and the importance of transparency, the Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy Conference will be held Nov. 11 in Lexington....
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Health Watch USA to hold major conference on health-care transparency and patient safety Friday, Nov. 13 in Lexington
Health Watch USA will hold its annual conference, "Healthcare Transparency & Patient Safety," Nov. 13 at the Four-Points Sheraton in Lexington, Kentucky. The Somerset-based organization tries to promote health care value, transparency, quality and patient advocacy, says its website.
The conference will address the importance of full disclosure and its importance to both the patient and in quality assurance; the lax oversight of medical device safety; the importance of strong infectious disease safety standards; healthcare policy issues that came to light during the Ebola Outbreaks in the U.S.; and the current problems related to healthcare quality assurance. Click here for the agenda.
Keynote speakers include Peter Eisler, investigative reporter for USA Today, who will discuss the newspaper's role in assurance of medical quality; Briana Aguirre, nurse and health-care quality advocate, who treated the first patient with Ebola in Texas; and Kaci Hickox, nurse and health-care quality advocate, who treated patients with Ebola in Africa and was quarantined upon her return to the U.S, despite being asymptomatic and with no history of breaking any contact precaution protocols.
There will also be presentations by Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. surgeon general; Dr. Richard Wild, chief medical officer in the Atlanta Regional Office Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Rice Leach, health commissioner for Lexington and Fayette County; Dr. Stephen Tower; Dr. Daniel Saman; Patient Advocate David Antoon; Patient Advocate Kathy Day, RN; and Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
The registration fee varies, with group discounts available. Attendance without CEUs is $48; attendance with CEUs is $96; and the full-time student rate is $35. Click here to register. For more information, contact Cathy Kavanagh at 606-426-7278 or send e-mail to [email protected].
The conference will address the importance of full disclosure and its importance to both the patient and in quality assurance; the lax oversight of medical device safety; the importance of strong infectious disease safety standards; healthcare policy issues that came to light during the Ebola Outbreaks in the U.S.; and the current problems related to healthcare quality assurance. Click here for the agenda.
Keynote speakers include Peter Eisler, investigative reporter for USA Today, who will discuss the newspaper's role in assurance of medical quality; Briana Aguirre, nurse and health-care quality advocate, who treated the first patient with Ebola in Texas; and Kaci Hickox, nurse and health-care quality advocate, who treated patients with Ebola in Africa and was quarantined upon her return to the U.S, despite being asymptomatic and with no history of breaking any contact precaution protocols.
There will also be presentations by Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. surgeon general; Dr. Richard Wild, chief medical officer in the Atlanta Regional Office Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Rice Leach, health commissioner for Lexington and Fayette County; Dr. Stephen Tower; Dr. Daniel Saman; Patient Advocate David Antoon; Patient Advocate Kathy Day, RN; and Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
The registration fee varies, with group discounts available. Attendance without CEUs is $48; attendance with CEUs is $96; and the full-time student rate is $35. Click here to register. For more information, contact Cathy Kavanagh at 606-426-7278 or send e-mail to [email protected].
- Conference Focuses Attention On Importance Of Patient- And Family-centered Care, Health Education, Communication
Health education, communicating with physicians, and patient- and family-centered care that empowers patients to be their own best health advocates, were some of the topics discussed at the Health Watch USA conference in Lexington this month. Joycelyn...
- Health Watch Usa Hosts Chief Medical Director Of Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services In Lexington And Online July 31
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and with a few clicks on the computer, you can attend virtually. Conway will...
- Kentucky And Online Audiences Hear Discussion Of Proposed System For Patients To Report Medical Errors; Comments Due July 8
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration is creating a new system for patients to report medical mistakes because existing systems fail to do so, and if all goes as planned, the pilot program will launch this fall, a federal official...
- Infections, Other Safety Issues Plague Hospitals, Maybe More So When Nursing Is Cut; Here's A Good Series On It
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that nearly 1 million patient-safety incidents, including infections that patients acquired in hospitals, occurred among Medicare patients over the years 2006, 2007, 2008. In all, the incidents -- which represented...
- Health Care Transparency And Patient Advocacy Conference To Be Held Nov. 11 In Lexington
Focusing on issues like hospital- and health care-acquired infections, the impact of medical errors and infections on patients, and the importance of transparency, the Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy Conference will be held Nov. 11 in Lexington....