Emergency Medicine and Patient Safety Communities to Convene at 2nd Annual Patient Safety Summit

Leaders from Clinical and Patient Safety Societies Among Distinguished Speakers

FOLSOM, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation (EMPSF) announced today the speakers for the 2nd Annual Emergency Care Patient Safety Summit to be held in San Antonio, Texas on March 22-23, 2012.   Among the speakers will be David Seaberg, MD, FACEP, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Andrew Sama MD, FACEP, president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians; Gail Pisarcik Lenehan Ed.D., president of the Emergency Nurses Association; Mary Anne Hilliard JD, president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; and Diane Pinakiewicz MBA, president of the National Patient Safety Foundation.  The annual conference is devoted to advancing patient safety knowledge associated with providing emergency care in the pre-hospital and emergency department settings.

"We are thrilled to bring back so many of the leaders of the emergency medicine and patient safety community to our annual summit," said Dianne Vass, executive director of EMPSF. "Creating a forum where stakeholders from across the breadth of the emergency care and patient safety communities can come together to share latest research, bring fresh perspectives and simply connect with one other is vital to improving the safety of the front lines of our health care system."

The theme of this year's conference is "From Insights to Outcomes – Getting Results!" and builds upon the success of EMPSF's inaugural summit in 2011 where over 100 emergency physicians, nurses, administrators, patient safety officers, EMT professionals and others allied to this field attended. Some of the presentation topics given by nationally recognized experts include:

• Crowding and Boarding Issues
• Human Factors and Systems Safety Engineering in Emergency Medicine
• Call Back Systems - Extending the Patient Safety Net
• Building High Functioning Teams - Where is My TeamStepps Coach?
• Medication Errors and Role of the Pharmacist in the ED
• Standardization, Patient Safety and Medical Error
• Electronic Medical Records: Taking the Good with the Bad
• Emergency Department Performance Measures:  Safety and Satisfaction
• Telemedicine – A Tool for Improving Access to Specialty Care & Impacting Patient Safety  

The annual summit is one of many patient safety initiatives sponsored by EMPSF. Each year the foundation, in association with the ACEP Emergency Medicine Foundation, funds a  $75,000 patient safety research training grant in the field of emergency care.  Past recipients include Wesley Self MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Rosemarie Fernandez MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Lisa Calder MD, Ottawa Health Research Institute; Daniel Patterson Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; and Terry Fairbanks MD, University of Rochester.

In February, EMPSF launched a new patient safety educational webinar series inviting thought leaders from across the emergency care spectrum to address key challenges and opportunities.

More information on the 2012 Emergency Care Patient Safety Summit is available at the foundation's website www.empsf.org. Sponsorship, exhibiting as well as registration opportunities are still available. A podcast with Dianne Vass, executive director of EMPSF, discussing the plans for the Summit is also available.

About EMPSF

The Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation is the only non-profit organization in the nation dedicated whose sole mission is dedicated to advancing patient safety across the emergency care continuum through education, research, collaboration and training.

Contact
Dianne Vass
Executive Director
1-888-294-4624
[email protected]

SOURCE Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation