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MLA Distance Education

Keeping Patients Safe: Roles for Information Professionals

Keeping Patients Safe: Roles for Information Professionals

MLA's Educational Webcast
Held November 16, 2005
Wraparound discussion session I
(optional for registered sites)		 Allow 1/2 hour
Webcast begins Two hours
Wraparound discussion session II
(optional for registered sites) 		Allow one hour

To top of page Part I: Overview of Patient Safety and Issues Related to Patient Safety

Potential issues to be addressed include:
  • Background on patient safety
    • Definitions
    • How medicine got to the current state of safety
    • IOM report: "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System"
  • Elements of safety
    • Clinical environment and complexity: what is the reality?
    • Information access and management
      • Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
      • Electronic health records
      • Knowledge-based information
    • A culture of safety
      • Leadership support
      • A willingness to learn
      • Open and transparent coversation
      • Multidisciplinary teams
  • Question and answer period

To top of page Part II: Successful Programs in Patient Safety

  • Development and implementation of a successful safety plan
  • Other hospital success stories
  • Question and answer period

To top of page Part III: Role of the Librarian in Patient Safety

  • The current landscape and where librarians can be
  • Practical applications
    • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) patient safety goals and how information serves them
    • Involvement on review board or team
    • Infusion of knowledge-based resources, including the librarian at the bedside and in the unit
    • Support of an informed consumer for improved safety
  • Resources
    • Agencies (e.g., ONCHIT, JCAHO, NPSF, NQF, IHI, AHRQ, etc.)
  • Question and answer period

To top of page Part IV: Conclusion

Wraparound discussion session II Allow one hour

For more information, contact Debra Cavanaugh, mlapd3@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x32.

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