Agenda

Opening Remarks

8:30-9:00 a.m.—John M. Eisenberg, M.D., Operating Chair, Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC)

Panel 1: Consumers and Purchasers

9:00-9:05 a.m.—Introduction by Jennifer L. Eames, California HealthCare Foundation
9:05-9:30 a.m.—Panel members present testimony
Susan E. Sheridan, Consumer, Boise, ID
Robert F. Meenan, The Arthritis Foundation
Steve Wetzell, Leapfrog Group
Mary Jane England, Washington Business Group on Health
Gregg Lehman, National Business Coalition on Health
9:30-9:55 a.m.—Comment period

Panel 2: Broad-based System Approaches

9:55-10:00 a.m.—Introduction by Tom Garthwaite, Department of Veterans Affairs
10:00-10:30 a.m.—Panel members present testimony
Gordon Sprenger, American Hospital Association
Saul N. Weingart, Harvard Executive Session on Medical Error and Patient Safety
Robert M. Crane, Kaiser Permanente
Dale Bratzler, American Health Quality Association
David Woods, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Robert Wears, MedTeams Consortium
10:30-11:00 a.m.—Comment period

11:00-11:15 a.m.—Break

Panel 3: Particular System Issues

11:15-11:20 a.m.—Introduction by Lewis Sandy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
11:20-11:40 a.m.—Panel members present testimony
Michael Cohen, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (medication errors)
Patricia W. Underwood, American Nurses Association (hospital staffing)
Mark E. Bruley, ECRI, Vice President of Accident and Forensic Investigation (medical devices)
Joanne Lynn, Americans for Better Care of the Dying and Center to Improve Care of Dying, RAND (end of life care, pain management)
11:40 am-12:00 noon—Comment period

12:00 noon-12:30 p.m.—Public comment/open microphone addressing questions from morning presentations

12:30-1:30 p.m.—Lunch

Panel 4: Reporting Issues and Learning Approaches

1:30-1:35 p.m.—Introduction by Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Kaiser Family Foundation

1:35-2:00 p.m.—Panel members present testimony
Lucy A. Savitz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
N. Stephen Ober, Synergy Health Care, Inc.
Marie Dotseth, Minnesota Department of Health
Timothy T. Flaherty, American Medical Association Board of Trustees
Roger M. Macklis, American Medical Group Association
2:00-2:25 p.m.—Comment period

2:25-2:40 p.m.—Break

Panel 5: State Coalitions and Public Policy Advocates

2:40-2:45 p.m.—Introduction by Karen Davis, The Commonwealth Fund
2:45-3:05 p.m.—Panel members present testimony
Jim Winn, Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc.
Paul M. Schyve, Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Sharon Martin, Texas Forum on Health
Randolph R. Peto, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
3:05-3:25 p.m.—Comment period

3:25-4:05 p.m.—Public comment/open microphone addressing questions from afternoon presentations

4:05-4:45 p.m.—Closing statements

Current as of September 2000

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