A key component in the continued effort by Michigan health care providers to improve patient safety is the involvement of physicians. The MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality will be presenting at the Michigan State Medical Society Foundation’s 145th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in October. The meeting will be attended by physicians of all specialties, residents, students, nurses, and all other health care professionals. The MHA Keystone Center will use this opportunity to engage these caregivers through an afternoon course entitled: “Safer Patient Care Through Evidence-based Medicine: Practical Tools and Tips from the MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality.”
The MHA Keystone Center has assembled an acclaimed group of speakers for the course. J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, associate professor of Psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine; and director, Patient Safety, Training and Research for Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, will speak on how the MHA Keystone Center helps Michigan hospitals implement a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, known as CUSP, to improve the culture of safety in their medical/surgical, obstetric and surgical departments.
Robert J. Welsh, MD, chief, Thoracic Surgery, SICU Intensivist at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak will report on the MHA Keystone Center’s efforts to reduce surgical site infections and serious adverse events. He will explain the use of briefings and debriefings for procedures to improve communication and teamwork.
G. Eric Knox, MD, professor, OB-GYN at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, will discuss how the MHA Keystone: Obstetrics collaborative is making care safer for Michigan mothers and infants through the use of evidence-based strategies.
Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine (FTA) at Wayne State University School of Medicine; and medical director, Infection Control at St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, will present the MHA Keystone Center’s catheter-associated urinary tract Infection prevention plan. This intervention is following in the footsteps of the award winning and nationally recognized collaborative to reduce central-line-associated bloodstream infections.
The ASM provides the MHA Keystone Center with a terrific opportunity to inform and reaffirm its credibility with Michigan’s medical community in order to ensure quality, cost-effective and accessible care for patients.
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