The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is honored to have been asked to present or put together expert panels.
If you’d like a speaker for patient safety, the liability and costs of malpractice, or the need for better practices, please contact us.
Upcoming Conferences
American Society for Preventive Cardiology – the liability of prior authorizations and non-medication switching.
BIO Patient & Health Advocacy Summit
PPAHS Presents
International Conference on Opioids (June 5-7, 2016)
Poster presentation on the survey of nurses with the American Hospital Association.
Medical Malpractice Catastrophic Injury (February 29 – March 1, 2016)
ACI Medical Liability conference (2015)
To view a pdf of the presentation made at the ACI conference, please click here.
AORN Surgical Conference & Expo (March 8-10, 2015)
- Panel session “Excellence in Opioid Safety
- Panel:
- Kenneth Rothfield, MD, MBA (System Chief Medical Officer, St. Vincent’s Healthcare)
- Lynn Razzano, MSN, RN, ONCC (Clinical Nurse Consultant, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)
- Amy Ketchum, MS, RN, OCNS-C
International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2015
- Panel session “Recommendations for Reducing Death and Disability among Stroke Victims”
- Panel:
- Mark J. Alberts, MD (Clinical Vice-Chair for Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, UT Southwestern Medical Center)
- Laurie Paletz, BSN, PHN, RN-BC (Stroke Program Coordinator, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
- Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)
- For a pdf of the presentation given at ISC, please click here.
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 2014 Annual Meeting
- Panel session “Venous Thromboembolism (VTE): Safety Recommendations Targeting Maternal Patients”
- Panel:
- Sue Gullo, MS, RN (Director, Perinatal Improvement Community, Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
- Peter Cherouny, MD (Emeritus Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont, Chair and Lead Faculty of the IHI Perinatal Improvement Community)
- Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)
- Announcement and invitation
Crittenden Medical Conference 2014
- Panel session “Reducing Hospital Readmissions: Practice Strategies and Recommendations”
- Panel:
- Gregory Maynard, MD, MCS, SFHM (Health Sciences Professor of Medicine; Director, UC San Diego Center for Innovation and Improvement Science)
- Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)
- Related materials:
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Surgical & Conference Expo 2014
- Poster “First National Survey of Hospitals on Patient-Controlled Analgesia Practices”
- Related materials:
IHI Perinatal Improvement Community webinar on OB VTE Safety Recommendations
- Panel:
- Sue Gullo, MS, RN (Director, Perinatal Improvement Community, Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
- Peter Cherouny, MD (Emeritus Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont, Chair and Lead Faculty of the IHI Perinatal Improvement Community)
- Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)
- Related information:
- Listen to this call’s recording here
- Follow along with the call’s slides here
- Review the OB VTE Safety Recommendations Tool here
- Invitation
Society for Technology in Anesthesia 2014 Annual Meeting
- Presentation “Attitudes To Alarm Fatigue and Alarm Management Tools Hospitals Want: Hospital Responses to Survey on Opioid Management”
- Abstract
- PPAHS STA Presentation
- 24×7 Magazine article on technological wish list
25th Annual IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
- Poster “First National Survey of Hospitals on Patient-Controlled Analgesia Practices” – please click here for a copy.
- Related article.
Partnership for Patients 2013 Annual Conference
Panel session “First National Survey of Hospitals on Patient-Controlled Analgesia Practices: Results and Practice Implications”
- Panel:
- Harold Oglesby, RRT, Manager, Pulmonary Medicine, St. Joseph’s Hospital/Candler Health System
- Michael Wong, JD, Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
- For materials related to the session:
Panel session “Venous Thromboembolism (VTE): Safety Recommendations Targeting Maternal Patients”
- Panel:
- Sue Gullo, MS, RN (Director, Perinatal Improvement Community, Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
- Peter Cherouny, MD (Emeritus Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Vermont, Chair and Lead Faculty of the IHI Perinatal Improvement Community)
- Michael Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)
- For a pdf of the presentation, please click Partnership for Patients VTE Presentation
National Perinatal Association’s 34th Annual Conference
- Poster “OB VTE Safety Recommendations for the Prevention of VTE in Maternal Patients”
- For materials related to the poster:
Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) 2013 Annual Meeting
- Poster “First National Survey of Patient-Controlled Analgesia Practices”
- For materials related to the poster:
International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2013 Annual Meeting
- Poster “Patient Safety Checklist Addresses Opioid Warnings from Joint Commission”
- For materials related to the poster:
California Hospital Engagement Network
- Webinar “Preventing Opioid-Related Adverse Events: Patient Stories and Best Practices”
- Panel:
- Lenore Alexander, Mothers Against Medical Errors
- Debra Fox, Wesley Medical Center
- Malinda Loflin, Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
- Dr. Mark Parmenter, Scripps Health System
- Michael Wong, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
- For a copy of the presentation, please click Preventing Opioid Related Adverse Events – FINAL
Crittenden Medical Conference 2013
- Featured panel session “Safe Use of Opioids in Hospitals: Addressing The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert” – for a copy of the brochure, please click Crittenden Medical 2012 Feature Session
- Panel:
- Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, MPH Boston Children’s Hospital
- Frank Overdyk, MD Hofstra University School of Medicine
- Debbie Fox, MBA, RRT-NPS, FAARC Wesley Medical Center
- Michael Wong, JD Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
- Forpdf’s of the presentation, please click:
60th Congress of the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
- Poster “Addressing Opioid Warnings from The Joint Commission: Unrecognized Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression and PCA Safety Checklist” – for a pdf copy, please click PPAHS AORN Poster 2013
- For the handout of the poster, please click here.
- For a copy of the article on the poster presentation, please click here.
IHI 24th Annual National Forum
- Poster “Patient Safety Checklist Helps Address Opioid Warnings from The Joint Commission”
- For a pdf of the poster, please click PPAHS Poster at IHI
- For the article on the poster presentation, please click here.
Eleventh Quality Colloquium at Harvard
- Poster “Reducing Healthcare Costs While Improving Patient Health Outcomes and Safety: Checklist and Case Studies in Making Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Safer” – please click PPAHS Harvard Poster
- For a handout of the poster, please click PPAHS Harvard Handout
Crittenden Medical Conference 2012
- Panel session “Back to the Future: The Role of Patient Safety Organizations in Protecting Peer Review and Quality Assurance Materials Developed in Past Incidents”
- Panel:
- Andrew S. Bolin, Esq., Partner – Beytin, McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Bolin & Willers, P.A. (moderator)
- Barbara Rebold, RN, MS, CPHQ, Director, Operations, ECRI Institute PSO – ECRI Institute
- Michael Wong, JD – Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety
- For a pdf of PPAHS’s presentation, please PPAHS Crittenden Conf Presentation 2012.
- For The DoctorWeighsIn article on the PPAHS presentation, please click here.
I am so impressed with your organization. Let’s explore ways that our organization
and others can work together to improve patient health.
Richard Willner
The Center for Peer Review Justice
http://www.PeerReview.org