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Accelerating Healthcare-Associated Infection Elimination: Health System, Hospital, and
Government Leadership Collaboration

Session Overview

This webinar will address the opportunities for dramatically reducing healthcare-associated infections through collaboration and leadership of health system, hospitals, and government organizations. Speakers include leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and hospital leaders of the TMIT "Greenlight Program" which develops leadership decision-support investment models that address clinical, operational, and financial performance.

Brief formal presentations will be made, followed by a generous Q&A period. The webinar will be webcast over the internet using TMIT's regular format, as well as our typical audio slide format. We welcome discussion points from the attendees and encourage all participants to invite their colleagues, especially the top-level decision makers, to join this interactive event.

This webinar will address the following Safe Practices:

Safe Practice 1: Culture of Safety Leadership Structures and Systems
Safe Practice 21: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention
Safe Practice 22: Surgical-Site Infection Prevention
Safe Practice 23: Daily Care of the Ventilated Patient
Safe Practice 24: Multidrug-Resistant Organism Prevention
Safe Practice 25: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention

Session Audio File and Downloads To view a complete version of the video with audio of the webinar, please click here. To download a complete version of the transcript of the webinar, click here. Speaker Slide Sets: To view the file, click the desired link (please note: the files may take several minutes to download). To save to your hard drive, right click on the link and choose "Save Target As." (In some browsers it might say "Save Link As.") Click here to download the combined speakers' slide set in PDF format. *The slide sets could take several minutes to download.* Click below to download the individual speakers' slide sets in PDF format. Charles Denham, MD Don Wright, MD, MPH Michael Rapp, MD, JD, FACEP Thomas Hamilton David Hunt, MD, FACS William Munier, MD, MBA Arjun Srinivasan, MD Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA Robert Cima, MD J. Michael Henderson, MD

Related Resources:
Greenlight Program Website

HHS Development of the HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

Greenlight Issues for the CFO: Investing in Patient Safety

Watch the Chasing Zero Documentary

Chasing Zero Hospital Leaders Toolbox

WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and Implementation Manual




LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Gain a snapshot view of the President's priorities and implications of health reform. Understand measures for ensuring healthcare quality and system improvements. Learn the major facets of developing a business case for healthcare-associated infection prevention. Identify successful hospital-level interventions for healthcare-associated infections. Review the role of public health in healthcare-associated infection elimination. CE Participation Documentation For CE credit information, please click here.	Register: Click here to register for this Webinar. When: October 28, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET We are accepting questions now that relate to the session topics. Please e-mail any questions related to the specific session to help@safetyleaders.org with the session title in the e-mail message header. Questions about the Webinar series? E-mail help@safetyleaders.org or call 512-457-7676 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT. Need technical assistance with registration? Call 512-457-7605 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT.

Introduction
	Charles Denham, MD Welcome and Greenlight Program Overview Charles R. Denham, MD, is a 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. Read more...

Speakers
	Don Wright, MD, MPH Accelerating Healthcare-Associated Infection Elimination Don Wright, MD, MPH, became the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Healthcare Quality on December 1, 2009. In this role, Dr. Wright leads the Office of Healthcare Quality within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science, and has broad responsibility for enhancing the quality of healthcare provided to all Americans. Read more...
	Michael Rapp, MD, JD, FACEP Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Programs to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Michael T. Rapp, MD, JD, FACEP, is director of the Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, based at its headquarters in Baltimore, MD. Read more...
	Thomas Hamilton Role of Regulations and Surveys in Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections Thomas E. Hamilton is Director of the Survey and Certification Group within CMS's Center for Medicaid and State Operations. The Group is responsible for quality assurance for more than 200,000 providers... Read more...
	David Hunt, MD, FACS Health Information Technology and Patient Safety David Hunt, MD, FACS, joined the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in October 2007. He currently serves as the Medical Director for National Provider Engagement in the Office of Provider Adoption and Support (OPAS). Read more...
	William Munier, MD, MBA Overview of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Efforts to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections William Munier, MD, MBA, is currently serving as Director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (the Center) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) within the Department of Health and Human Services. Read more...
	Arjun Srinivasan, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roles in Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections Arjun Srinivasan, MD, is the Associate Director for Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Programs in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more...
	Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA Efforts to Eliminate Hospital Acquired Infections at Brigham and Women's Hospital Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA, has held a number of senior leadership positions since he joined the Partners organization in 1998, as its first Chairman of Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Read more...
	Robert Cima, MD Economic Cost of a Surgical Site Infection Robert Cima, MD, is a Consultant in Colorectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as well as Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery in the area of Quality and Safety. He has been at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, since 2003. Read more...
	Stephen R. Grossbart, PhD A Cost of Harm Review Stephen R. Grossbart, PhD, is Chief Quality Officer at Catholic Healthcare Partners in Cincinnati, OH. Catholic Healthcare Partners is the largest health system in Ohio and one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S. With $4.7 billion in assets, CHP employs over 38,000 associates in more than 100 organizations... Read more...
	J. Michael Henderson, MD Physician Leadership and Team Building for Quality Improvement J. Michael Henderson, MD, is Chief Quality Officer at the Cleveland Clinic. His interest in quality was initially triggered in the surgical arena, implementing standardized approaches to perioperative processes, and becoming a champion for the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program of the American College of Surgeons. Read more...
	Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA Final Words Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA, is co-founder and past president of Parents of Infants and Children with Kernicterus (PICK). She co-founded Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS), a nonprofit organization that seeks safe healthcare systems through proactive partnership between consumers and care providers. Read more...