On Thursday, December 10th, Common Good, with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will hold a forum titled “Fulfilling The Promise: Advancing Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Innovations” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The forum is intended to educate “states, health care systems, and other interested entities and individuals…about patient safety and medical liability reform innovations, and how to develop viable proposals for submission to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality next January.” Philip K. Howard will be among the speakers, listed below:
- Dr. Lucian L. Leape, Chair, Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation
- Michelle Mello, Professor of Law and Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- Randall R. Bovbjerg, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Center, The Urban Institute
- Nancy Foster, Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association
- Dr. Albert L. Strunk, Deputy Executive Vice President, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Elaine Brightwater, Senior Project Coordinator, Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico
- Richard C. Boothman, Chief Risk Officer, University of Michigan Health System
- E. Donald Elliott, Professor (adj) of Law, Yale Law School and Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington DC
- Gordon H. Smith, Executive Vice President, Maine Medical Association
- Dr. Alan C. Woodward, Former President, Massachusetts Medical Society
- Martin J. Hatlie, President, Partnership for Patient Safety
- David J. Oakley, Counsel, Healthcare, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Robert J. Walling, Principal and Consultant, Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc.
- Philip K. Howard, Chair, Common Good
Questions the forum will address include:
- How can projects be designed to address both patient safety and medical liability?
- What are the best ways to include key stakeholders in projects?
- How can projects be measured and evaluated?
The forum will run from 8:00AM (including a continental breakfast at 8) until 2:00PM. To RSVP for the forum, e-mail your name and contact information to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Space is limited, but the event will be webcast live, beginning at 8:30AM on December 10th, from the following site: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=64481.
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