Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts to Present at National Events in December
2008-12-05 00:07:02 -
www.premierinc.com - Leaders from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the country in December, sharing insights regarding healthcare legislation and supply chain efficiency, as well as quality improvement based on the QUEST: High Performing Hospital collaborative.
Susan DeVore, chief operating officer, will discuss lessons learned in patient quality and safety through the QUEST project at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care on December 10 in Nashville, Tenn.
In addition, the following Premier experts will present findings from the QUEST project at the IHI forum:
- Eugene A. Kroch, Ph.D., vice president and chief scientist
- June Buckle, ScD, RN, director, clinical services
- Kathy Belk, BA, senior research analyst
Blair Childs, senior vice president of Public Affairs, will cover legislative activities in healthcare at Premier alliance member Bon Secours Health System on December 11 in Marriottsville, Md.
Joe Pleasant, FHIMSS, senior vice president and chief information officer, will discuss Global Location Number standards at the Healthcare Distribution Management Association roundtable discussion on December 4 in Alexandria, Va.
Richard Bankowitz, MD, MBA, vice president and medical director, will cover QUEST as a featured speaker at the sixth annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Healthcare Quality December 4 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Carol Davis-Smith, director of Premier Consulting Solutions, will discuss the clinical engineer's role in clinical capital planning and budgeting at the Yankee Alliance Clinical Engineering Committee meeting on December 5 in Worcester, Mass.
Kathryn Boucher, CPA, ARM, ACI, Premier"s director of Captive Management, will explain how to most effectively interpret the information contained in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Annual Statements during a teleconference for the International Center for Captive Insurance Education on December 18.
ABOUT QUEST
QUEST is a voluntary, three-year project with 166 not-for-profit hospitals across 31 states designed to springboard hospitals to new levels of performance. Using benchmarked data from the Premier healthcare alliance"s clinical database, Premier and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement identified the main factors that lead to deaths, errors and excessive costs. Using this information, hospitals are able to share best practices and systematically initiate efforts proven to dramatically improve quality and patient outcomes. QUEST"s three-year performance improvement targets are to:
- Save lives " Achieve a mortality rate that is 17 percent less than expected.
- Safely reduce the cost of care " Reduce inpatient costs below the midpoint among participating hospitals.
- Deliver the most reliable and effective care " Deliver every recommended evidence-based care measure for each patient.
- Improve patient safety (year 2 measure) " Prevent incidents of harm in more than 20 categories, including healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) and birth injuries.
- Increase satisfaction (year 2 measure) " Dramatically improve the patient care experience.
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are transforming healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information. A subsidiary operates one of the nation's largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups. A world leader in helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic improvements in care, Premier is working with the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
Premier Inc.
Alven Weil, 704-733-5797
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