General Sessions
Sunday, March 14 • 4:45–5:45pm
Opening Keynote: Impacting Quality
Janet Corrigan, PhD
Session 3729, 1.0 CH Track: P
Dr. Corrigan is President and CEO of The National Quality Forum, a private, not-for-profit standard-setting organization established in 1999. The NQF mission includes: setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach activities. From 1998 to 2005, Dr. Corrigan was Senior Board Director at the Institute of Medicine (IOM). She provided leadership for IOM’s Quality Chasm Series which produced ten reports during her tenure including: To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Prior to joining IOM in 1998, Dr. Corrigan was Executive Director of the President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry.
Monday, March 15 • 8–9:30am
Safer Surgery: Reducing Complications and Disparities
Atul Gawande, MD
Session 3730, 1.5 CH Track: P
As a practicing surgeon and an accomplished writer, teacher and speaker, Dr. Atul Gawande offers audiences a unique perspective on the practice of medicine, the reform of healthcare, and the human struggle to do better, to improve performance. He received the MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the “genius prize,” for his writing and his efforts to improve surgical practice. Dr. Gawande is one of the most influential voices on healthcare reform in America today. He also speaks on how to improve care and lower costs. Dr. Gawande is the author of two brilliant books on medicine, culture and human experience. His latest book, Better: “A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance”, uses the high stakes challenges he faces as a surgeon to explore the universal struggle to perform well— what it takes to excel in any area of human endeavor. His previous book, “Complications”, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2002 and is published in more than a hundred countries. Dr. Gawande holds distinguished positions in all of his professional roles. He is a practicing surgeon, an assistant professor of surgery and public health, and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He also is a columnist for The New England Journal of Medicine. He leads the World Health Organization’s global campaign to reduce avoidable deaths and complications in surgery and to reduce deaths at child delivery. Dr. Gawande has a wonderful gift for telling true tales that bring to life the issues at stake in the ancient human endeavor of healing.
Monday, March 15 • 4:45–6pm
Jerry G. Peers Lectureship
What is New with Healthcare Reform?
Paul H. Keckley, PhD
Session 3771, 1.0 CH Track: P
Paul H. Keckley, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (The Center), a part of Deloitte LLP. He provides strategic guidance on the development of Center research and thought leadership. Paul has had 30 years of experience in academic medicine and the private sector. He is well-regarded for his knowledge of health care economics, health policy and trend analysis.
Prior to joining Deloitte, Paul served in several key roles at Vanderbilt University. He was the executive director of the Vanderbilt Center for Evidence-based Medicine (VCEBM), associate professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and an associate professor of Health Management at the Owen Graduate School of Business. He oversaw many clinical outsourcing ventures involving care team training, clinical information technology, data management, and evidence-based pathway construction and integration. Paul also has engaged in several joint ventures, including specialty hospitals in the United Kingdom, development of primary care delivery systems in Botswana, partnerships with two Fortune 100 companies pursuing innovative approaches to chronic care management and others that are in early-stage development.
Paul is an active member of several societies and editorial boards, and has authored numerous articles and three books. He has been profiled by ABC’s “20/20”, CBS’s “60 Minutes”, CNN’s “Fox News”, and The Wall Street Journal; he also has been a keynote speaker at several national industry meetings. Paul has testified for state Medicaid Review Committees in Utah and Tennessee about the potential impact of evidence-based standards on benefits for enrollees.
Tuesday, March 16 • 5:30–6:30pm
A Look at Issues Facing the Obama Administration
David Gergen, Political Analyst
Session 3791, 1.0 CH Track: P
Upon entering office, President Barack Obama inherited a substantial list of problems. He immediately needed to address not only the economy but also the situation in Iraq, where neither the status quo, nor a precipitous withdrawal, is an option. The series of economic issues facing the country including a climbing deficit, falling dollar, and exploding growth in Social Security and Medicare will demand not only attention, but a bi-partisan solution. In addition, the looming expiration of the Kyoto Treaty will force President Barack Obama to reevaluate our climate change diplomacy and environmental leadership mandate. While on the presidential campaign trail, the media focuses on the horse race and the candidates’ tactical maneuvers for additional votes. But, President Barack Obama faces difficult decisions that will have a lasting global impact. David Gergen, a trusted advisor to four Presidents, outlines for audiences what is in store and how the issues will be framed.
Wednesday, March 17 • 3:30–5:30pm
Perioperative QuizBowl: Evidence-Based Practice
Cecil King, RN, MS, CNOR
Judy Pins, RN, BSN, MHRD, MBA
Kathleen Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, CNE, ANEF
Peter Graves, RN, BSN, CNOR
Renae Battie, RN,MN,CNOR
Session 3806, 1.5 CH, Track:
Providing high-quality patient care requires that perioperative nurses understand the evidence available to make the best decision possible. Using an innovative teaching style similar to a game show, teams of perioperative nurses will put their knowledge to the test and compete to be the winners of the Perioperative QuizBowl 2010. The audience will have the opportunity to learn more than 50 aspects of best perioperative practices while having fun cheering for their favorite team. The audience will also have a chance to participate by responding to questions utilizing the audience-response system. During the breaks in QuizBowl action, the Chapter and Writers Awards will be announced.
Thursday, March 18 • 3–4pm
Closing Education Session - Are You Infected?
Charles “Chuck” Denham, MD
Session 3836, 1.0 CH Track: P
Leadership is as contagious as the pathogens that strike our patients. The power of the human spirit, our values, and the force magnifier of social networks are untapped resources nurses and nursing leaders can leverage to bring the care back to health care and the trust back to the public trust. You will be briefed and equipped with some of the most powerful leadership concepts, tools, and resources that can be used by frontline nurses and nursing leaders to improve the care that is delivered.