SHM QI Training:

Hospital Medicine 2008
Quality Improvement Precourse
Thursday, April 3, 2008
The Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
San Diego, CA

High Impact Quality Improvement: How to Ensure a Successful Project

8:00 AM to 5:15 PM

Course Director Janet Nagamine, MD Kaiser Permanente

Course Director Jason Stein, MD Emory University School of Medicine

Course Overview
This pre-course will enable hospitalists to become leaders of breakthrough levels of quality and safety, through the effective implementation of evidence-based, high-reliability interventions. Participants will learn techniques for designing, implementing, and evaluating quality improvement projects. The participant may choose from one of three sessions: VTE, Glycemic Control, or Care Transitions.
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Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Apply basic quality improvement concepts including setting aims, establishing measures, and selecting changes to a specific improvement project
• Improve the quality of patient care using important clinical processes in areas such as preventing VTE, managing hyperglycemia, or managing care transitions
• Describe the history of the hospital quality and safety movement over the past 20 years and major concepts that have emerged

*When registering, please select a breakout session: VTE, Glycemic Control (GC), or Care Transition (CT).