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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Avedis Donabedian Award in Quality Improvement Session
4322.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Avedis Donabedian Award in Quality Improvement Session
Patient safey has become major issue in health care deliver Dr. Tejal Gandhi is a leading contributor to the field and will be honored and deliver the annual Donabedian lecture. Addtional comments and presentation from Dr. Patricia Byrne (chair Quality Improvement Committee of Medical Care Section) and Dr. Gordon Schiff (Chair Elect of Medical Care Section and Chair Avedis Donabedian Award Committee of APHA)
Learning Objectives: 1. Summarize inpatient and outpatient patient safety activities and lessons from Brigham and Women's Hospital 2. Draw on conceptual ideas of Dr. Avedis Donabedian to broaden our understanding and context of patient safety work 3. Discuss recent and current innovation projects, particulalry using information technology and electronic order entry with decison support, to improve patient safety and quality. 4. Present Donabedian Award to Dr. Tejal Gandhi and highlight her contributions to quality and patient safety
Organizer(s):Gordon D. Schiff, MD
Patricia J. Byrnes
Patricia J. Byrnes
Presider(s):Gordon D. Schiff, MD
4:30 PMIntroduction - Avedis Donabedian Award in Quality Improvement Session
4:40 PMDiagnosis Error in Medicine: Linking the Work of the AHRQ Diagnosis Error and Evaluation Research Project and Drs. Donabedian and Gandhi  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gordon D. Schiff, MD
5:00 PMPatient Safety and Quality: Lessons from Partners Health Care and Dr. Donabedian  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tejal Gandhi, MD MPH
5:35 PMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA