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Programme Day 2

 
   
 09:55 Opening remarks from the Chair:
Dr. Samer H. Ellahham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FCCP,
Chief Quality Officer, Senior Consultant, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
 
  Session 4: Implementing a Culture of Safety
  Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey T. Chapman,Chair, Department of Quality and Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
10:00 Building the Culture of Patient Safety
  Ms. Paula Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Joint Commission and Joint Commission International, USA (TBC)
   
10:30 Developing Healthcare Quality & Safety - 5-step Foundational Approach to Igniting Organisational Quality Improvement
  Luke Feeney, KIMQ Consultant, Institute for Leadership & Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Reservoir House, Dublin, Ireland
   
11:00 Incident Reporting and Root Cause Analysis & Culture
  Dr. Toufik Tabbara, Chief General Surgery, Head of Quality Committee, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
   
11:30 Q&A Session
 
12:00 Lunch break
 
 Session 5: Key Concepts in Patient Safety
  Moderator: Dr. Samer H. Ellahham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, Chief Quality Officer, Senior Consultant, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
 
13:30

Applying High Reliability Organization Principles to Hospitals to Eliminate Serious Harm

  Uma R. Kotagal, M.B.B.S, MSc., Senior Vice President, Quality and Transformation, Executive Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA
   
14:00 An Evaluation of a Large Scale Organizational Intervention to Improve Patient Safety in the UK
  Dr. Maisoon Ghaleb, Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice/Patient Safety, School of Pharmacy, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
   
14:30 Patient Safety Comptence & Training
  Pekka Erkama, Managing Director, Huperman, Helsinki, Finland
   
15:00 Q&A Session
   
15:15  Coffee Break
   
 Session 6: Successful Patient Safety Projects
  Moderator: Dr. J. Michael Henderson, Chief Quality Officer, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
   
  Culture and Tools
15:45 Performance Improvement Tools to Drive Patient Safety
  Mr. Guido Bergomi, Director, Quality & Patient Safety, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
 
16:00 Safety Culture
 
  • Reviewing importance of culture in having an effective safety programme
  • Transparency

Pekka Erkama, Managing Director, Huperman, Helsinki, Finland

   
  Practical Examples
16:15

Practical Example: Medication Errors

 
  • Practical examples of reporting, root cause analysis
  • Action planning/execution addressing and resolving medication error issues

Dr. Ameer S. Ali, Pharm. D., Corporate Improvement Specialist Donald D. Wolf Jr. Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

 
16:30

Practical Example: Safety of Procedures

 
  • Practical examples of reporting, root cause analysis
  • Action planning/execution addressing and resolving procedural issues - eg. Radiation safety/dosing or pneumothorax with placement of central line

Dr. Mark Sands, Vice Chair, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

   
  Achieving Results
16:45 Panel Discussion
  Panel discussion with above speakers focusing on how to drive safety projects based on above examples to achieve successful and sustainable outcome.
   
17:45 Closing Remarks from the Chairs and End of Conference at 18.00
Leading Congress Supporter
 
SEHA - Abu Dhabi Health Services
 
Supporting Bodies
Organised by
Member of
 
UAE Ministry of Health
Dubai Health Authority
Health Authority - Abu Dhabi