The "No Outcome-No Income Tsunami" is here. A crisis of harm and waste is upon us. Enormous financial forces are being coupled with safety. CEOs, officers, quality leaders, and especially hospital trustees must play new roles to survive and thrive. Hear trustees and quality leaders discuss a practical approach to addressing the tough issues such as radiology safety; how to deal with a medical accident; and dealing with value-based purchasing. The tectonic shift from a provider-centered, volume-driven payment system to a patient-centered, value-driven payment system has caused a powerful wave. Surfers will leverage the power of the wave and make things happen; swimmers will capsize and watch what happens; and the sinkers will perish and wonder what happened. Be a surfer and bring your best board!

This webinar will be related to Safe Practice 1, Leadership Structures and Systems, Safe Practice 3, Teamwork Training and Skill Building, Safe Practice 4, Risks and Hazards, and Chapter 9, Opportunities for Patient and Family Involvement, of the NQF-Endorsed^® Safe Practices for Better Healthcare.

We will be highlighting TMIT's new SpeakerLink.org website.

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Note: Slides 25 and 26 were replaced on February 23rd with revised slides for clarification purposes.

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CE Participation Documentation

Texas Medical Institute of Technology, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15996, will be issuing 1.5 contact hours for this webinar.

Nurse Faculty: Justine Medina

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Charles R. Denham, MD, is the founder and the chairman of Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT), a non-profit medical research organization dedicated to driving adoption of clinical solutions in patient safety and healthcare performance improvement.
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Dan Ford, MBA, is a Vice President of Furst Group, a healthcare executive search firm; a patient advocate; a member of ISMP's Board of Directors; a former member of NQF's Patient Safety Committee; and a former member of patient safety, quality, patient- and family-centered care committees of AzHHA, CHN and APIPS in Arizona, and CHP, IHI, and The Joint Commission nationally. In 2011 he was invited to join the Advisory Board of the GE Healthcare PSO.
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Rosemary Gibson is a nationally-recognized leader in patient safety and principal author of The Treatment Trap, a book that highlights the overuse of unnecessary medical care. She is a section editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine series "Less is More," which publishes narratives of patient experience.
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Charles R. Denham, MD, is the founder and the chairman of Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT), a non-profit medical research organization dedicated to driving adoption of clinical solutions in patient safety and healthcare performance improvement.
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William R. Scharf, MD, is a Physician Change Agent in the division of Strategic Effectiveness with OSF HealthCare Systems. He was graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, and received his medical degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago.
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During the past 19 years with HCC Corporation, Franck Guilloteau has led multiple projects, spanning industry segments from aerospace and consumer products to software and fitness. He has assisted in development of the Spectrum Systems^™, which is used by global suppliers as part of their production solution development.
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David S. Parda, MD, FACP, is chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) and West Penn Allegheny Health System Radiation Oncology Network. He has developed eight primary programs in radiation oncology (clinical program, technical program, clinical research program, IT program, residency training/education program, industry collaboration program, translational/correlative science program, community outreach program) to integrate a network of nine radiation oncology clinics in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio with advanced technologies and data collection processes to optimize standard and advancing patient care.
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Thomas Knight, MD, is the Chief Quality Officer at The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Texas. He has extensive experience in disease management and quality improvement and has served as a vice president, medical director, and consultant in these areas for the past 20 years in multiple provider-based organizations around the United States.
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