MLA '06: Continuing Education Symposium

CE 800 Meeting Symposium
Patient Safety: A Proactive Approach for Information Professionals

Sponsored by the Consumer and Patient Health Information and Hospital Libraries Sections and EBSCO/CINAHL.

Saturday, May 20, 2006, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Cost: $260
Includes a box lunch
6 MLA CE Contact Hours

Since the release of the Institute of Medicine's report, To Err Is Human, many hospitals in the United States and professional communities in health care have created distinct roles and initiatives to effectively apply their expertise to reduce errors in medicine. A defined role in patient safety for information professionals is necessary for health care communities to realize the possibilities of working proactively with this professional group. Improvements in safety can be gained by applying distinct information management competencies. New ways of applying these competencies and measuring improvements based on these applications can help document the impact that reliable information and knowledge processes can have on the safety of care. This symposium provides health sciences librarians the opportunity to interact with other health care professionals and consumers in defining the role of the librarian in patient safety.

For more detailed information, visit www.galter.northwestern.edu/PPECA/symposium.htm.

Speakers:
Geri Amori, senior director, The Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute, Shelburne, VT
Jim Conway, senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA: senior consultant, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; and board chair, Health Care Dimensions Hospice, Waltham, MA
Roxanne J. Goeltz, past president and cofounder, Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, Chicago, IL
Allen Vaida, executive director, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA

Panelists:
Jeannine Cyr Gluck, AHIP, director, Library and Continuing Medical Education, Eastern Connecticut Health Network-Manchester
Howard Fuller, librarian, Stanford Health Library, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA
Robert M. Joven, information and education services librarian, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center–Farmington
Linda Williams, information technology specialist and cybrarian, National Center for Patient Safety, Veterans Administration, Ann Arbor, MI
Diane G. Wolf, AHIP, associate director, Medical Library, Wilmington Hospital Library, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
Lorri Zipperer, cybrarian, Zipperer Project Management, Evanston, IL

For further information, or if you have other questions about MLA CE courses, contact Debra Cavanaugh, mlapd3@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094, x32.