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BOSTON 2007 CONFERENCE

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PROGRAM IN DETAIL MONDAY 1 OCTOBER 2007

0900 Official Opening – Essex Ballroom
Welcome from ISQua’s President: John Helfrick, USA

Making the most of the Conference:
David Bates, USA, Conference Chair

0930 A1 Picker Plenary Presentation
Chair: David Bates
    “The Role of Information Technology in Achieving a High Performance Health System: The International Experience”
Karen Davis,USA
SLIDES
    Response: Richard Grol, NLD SLIDES
1030 BREAK
1100-1230 Concurrent Track Sessions
  A2 Patients – Invited session
Essex North Center
Making primary care more patient-centered
Leader: Melinda K.Abrams, USA and panel
Session supported by The Commonwealth Fund
    Susan Edgman-Levitan SLIDES
    Sarah Hudson Scholle SLIDES
  A3

Health Information Technology – Invited session
Essex Center
Intersection of Quality/Safety and Informatics/Decision Support
Leaders: Janet Corrigan and Don Detmer, USA
Session supported by Baylor Health Care Systems

SLIDES
  A4 Measures/Indicators – Brief paper presentations
Essex South
    039 Do patient sociodemographic characteristics affect primary care practice sites’ performance on quality measures?
Friedberg MW, Safran DG, Singer JA, Coltin KI, Zheng J, Howitt K, Schneider EC
ABSTRACT  
    054 Experiences in 6 countries and 51 hospitals with pilot testing the W.H.O performance assessment tool for quality improvement
Groene O, Kutryba B
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    192

Nationwide performance measurement can improve the quality of care
Bartels PD, Mainz J, Hansen A-M, Ingeman A, Bunk A, Nakano A, Kaersvang L

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    257

Performance measurement: Does perception influence reality?
Mebane-Sims IL,Williams SC, Schmaltz S, Koss RG, Loeb JM

ABSTRACT  
    304

Assessment of the feasibility of general practice level analysis for quality monitoring purposes
Abi-Aad G,Azima H

ABSTRACT SLIDES
  A5 Accreditation/Evaluation – Brief paper presentations
Essex North West
    586

Patient safety: Performance measurement
Greco P, Russell SJ, Dean C, Peters J

ABSTRACT  
    466

Development of a new national quality program in Denmark: Combining the power of quantitative indicators with qualitative standards
Mainz J, Crisp H, Krog BR, Eberhard M, Flarup L,Villadsen AM, Ibsen C, Engel C, Schmidt SE, Rasmussen G, Muddimann R,Wright R, Hundborg K

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    553

The Accreditation of Australian general practices - The journey into the electronic age with AccreditationPro
Choong R, Aloizos AmJ, Vecchio M, Moody J, Petrakis N, Fahey K

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    490 Business excellence: Going beyond the compliance journey
Given L
ABSTRACT SLIDES
  A6 Patient Safety – Invited sessions
Staffordshire
The anatomy and physiology of the International Classification for Patient Safety: What do the words mean?
Leader: Thomas Perneger, Switzerland, and panel

and
   

A global agenda for patient safety research: First public release from the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety
Leader: David Bates, USA

SLIDES
  A7 Systems – Brief paper presentations
St George A & B
    407

Transforming acute care: Potential savings from improving safety in US hospitals
Jha AK, Chan DC, Ridgway AR, Franz C, Bates DW

   
    543

The way different viewers understand patient process:An interdisciplinary approach in mapping patient process across the community
Hayerizadeh BF, Faghihi MR, Goudarzi F, Ghorbati M, Hosseinzadeh F, Shahrami A, Haerizadeh M, Ghanbari S, Kheiltash A, Zarghi,A, Hariri A, Sakhavi M, Shadnoush M, Ramezankhani A

ABSTRACT  
    037

Factors affecting wait time management strategies: Identifying them and building a framework
Pomey MP, Forest PG, Sanmartin C, De Coster C, Drew M

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    580

Impact of improving ventilator bundle compliance on intensive care throughput
Howell MD, Foley J, Boyd K, Clardy P, Gillis J, Hurst J, Lima L, Phelan C, Russell K, Serrano M,Wright SB,Talmor D

ABSTRACT  
  A8 Clinical – Quality Improvement – Invited session
Essex North East
Clinical performance quality: engaging physicians in assessing and improving clinical practice
Leader: Richard Grol, Netherlands
SLIDES
  A9

Workforce/Education – Invited session
St George C & D
A vision for the health and care workforce 2022
Leader: Kim Beazor, UK

followed by:

Information Technology may help transform healthcare, but do we have a sufficient workforce?
Leader: Charles Saffran, USA

  A10 Track Nine: Measures/Indicators – Brief paper presentations
Adams Parliament
    001

Development and validation of an instrument for appraising indicator quality:The Appraisal of Indicators through Research and Evaluation (AIRE) instrument
De Koning JS, Smulders AW, Klazinga NS

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    131

The quantitative measurement of ‘New Leadership’ processes in health care:A review of the available instruments
Ravaghi H, Mannion R

ABSTRACT  
    266

Comparison of mortality predictive models using laboratory data versus ICD-9 code-based comorbidity software by the Agency of Healthcare Quality and Research
Tabak YP, Sun XW, Kurtz SG, Derby K, Cox E, Johannes RS

ABSTRACT  
    333

The application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to routinely collected UK hospital administrative data
Aylin P, Bottle A

   
    452 AHRQ patient safety indicators are suitable for international application: Results of a German validation study
Droesler SE, Stausberg J
   
1230-1400

LUNCH
and on 7th floor

1230-1345 Patient Safety Researchers meeting
WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety and ISQua will lead a lunchtime meeting for delegates with an interest in patient safety research.

Regions and national societies meeting
Open to interested delegates
1315-1350 Concurrent Poster Presentation Sessions
  AP1

Patients
Essex North Center

    080 Empowering seldom-heard communities to co-design health services
Stafford S
ABSTRACT  
    278 PIPS Project: Personalized Information Platform for Life and Health Services
Sanna A
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    570 The feedback system in an acute care setting
Hsieh YS, Chang WC, Hwang CP, Hsieh IR
   
    332 “I have a right to know what is wrong with me”: Information and children’s consent to treatment: An experience of paediatric Italian network
Visconti P,Vecchi Brumatti L, Danielli E, Peraldo M, Celesti L,Tamburlini G, Morello Marchese P
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    563 Using patient survey information for quality improvement in US dialysis centers
Hurtado MP, Frentzel E, Levin A
ABSTRACT SLIDES
  AP2 Measures/Indicators
Essex South
    009

Proof of the pudding – Carrying out a pan-hospital audit
Cornally D

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    042

An evaluation on DOTS implementation in Indonesian hospitals through clinical audit: Can the Australian clinical governance model make improvement?
Djasri H, Utarini A

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    053 Auditing of early medical management of acute stroke:An assessment by COMPAQH
Goubet S, Gardel C, Capuano F, Minvielle E
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    233 Undertaking an assurance review within Guy’s and St.Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT)
Stoker S,Walsh E,Tarling R, Baker E
ABSTRACT SLIDES
  AP3 Measures/Indicators
Adams Parliament
    005 Towards a framework for long-term maintenance of quality measures: Results of a survey of leading measures developers
Mattke S

ABSTRACT SLIDES
    467 Assessing cancer care quality in hospitals with core measure indicators:A preliminary study on breast and colorectal cancer
Chung KP, Lai MS, Kuo NC, Koong SL

   
    396 Quality indicators for maternity home care in the Netherlands
De Vos MLG, Graafmans WC
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    500 Quality improvements in health care service expressed differentially among different population groups
Poblano-Verastegui O, Lopez-Cervantes M, Hernandez B, Ballard D
ABSTRACT  
  AP4 Accreditation/Evaluation
Essex North West
    602 Redesign of the Dutch standard for accreditation of hospitals
Beaard HWM
, van der Heijden FVMJ, van der, Doets PM, den Adel RJ
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    292 Review of quality & safety regulatory organisations.Acting on the Irish acute care services
Doran J, Sweeney J, Boland R
   
    487 The Brazilian system of accreditation: Differences and similarities between the national accreditation organization and JCI
Castellanos LP, Malik AM
   
    478 Achieving targeted risk based regulation through an information led approach
Bardsley M, Blunt I, Chitnis X, Kaftez A, Porter A, Spiegelhalter D
ABSTRACT SLIDES
  AP5 Patient Safety
Staffordshire
    083 Extension of medication reconciliation in ambulatory care:Attempts at improvement
Nassaralla Cl, Naessens JM, Chaudhry R, Hansen MA, Scheitel SM
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    281 Implementation of a simple medication reconciliation process to reduce medication errors in Australian hospitals
Van de Vreede MA, Dooley MJ
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    148 The effectiveness of Medication Errors Reporting System (MERS)
Tsai CY, Chan YY, Chen HY, Soong YK
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    361 Online reporting system for medication safety events in an acute academic teaching hospital
Relihan EC, O’ Grady F,Treacy VM
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    207 The evaluation of unintended discontinuation of medication at the time of hospital admission by health smart cards
Hsu MH, Li YC,Yen JC, Huang CC, Chiu WT
   
  AP6 Patient Safety
Essex Center
    236 Risk factors associated with adverse events during hospitalisations:An insurer perspective
Andereggen VM,Varela I, Boechi L, Montero C,Abatti A,Garcia Elorrio E, Gimenez LA
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    323 Effects of hospital-wide antibiotic stewardship program on prescribing practices of parenteral antimicrobial agents
Leu HS, Huang CT, Fan CM
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    415 The Ottawa Hospital’s centre for patient safety – Creating leadership in safety
Hunter L, Forster A,Worthington JR
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    218 100 K lives – How evidence based can patient safety campaigns be?
Krogstad U, Rygh L,Arntzen E, Baalsrud A, Gilbert M, Nilsen ST, Ormstad S
   
  AP7 Systems
St George A & B
    406 The relationship between the costs and quality of hospital care in the U.S
Jha AK, Orav EJ, Dobson A, Book R, Epstein AM
   
    277 Quality management in health care organizations in Finland years 1999 and 2004
Raikkonen O, Outinen M, Holma T,Sainio S
ABSTRACT  
    263 The role of stakeholders in the instigation of a framework of quality and safety policies and procedures in a residential setting
Fagan PA, Sweeney J, Reddy D
   
    294 In the face of adversity, diversity wins
Brooks L, Fairlie S

ABSTRACT  
  AP8 Clinical Quality Improvement
Essex North East
    302 Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection reduction in the Intensive Care Unit
Rodriguez VE, Durlach RA, Freuler CB, Ezcurra C,Testón L, Fernandez Canigia L, Laugas S
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    186 Effect of the public release of antibiotic prescribing rate on primary care physician’s prescribing pattern in South Korea
Kim S, CHang JH, Kim KS, Lee S
   
    525 Improvement of prescription of Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis (DVTP) in a program of continuos improvement
Sousa AG, Lisboa LF, Fernandes Jr CJ, Kashiwagi NM, Cypriano AS, Santos BFC, Bork AMGT, Cendoroglo M
   
    401 A national research framework for improving clinical handover
Jeffcott SA, Evans SM, Chin GSM, Cameron P, Ibrahim JE

   
  AP9 Workforce/Education
St George C & D
    211 Delivering clinical governance through E-learning:A study and evaluation of the online training developed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Wright HJ,Ashmore SR, Ruthven T,Warner L
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    535 Enhancing patient safety and patient satisfaction on a clinical teaching service through geographically-localized inpatient care microsystems
Yang JJ,Tess AV, Sulmonte KK, Reynolds EE

   
    239 The nurse staffing and patient safety knowledge network: A vehicle to drive evidence-informed decisions
Freeman N, Helmer J, Hoffman C
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    476 Analysis of patient outcomes and direct nursing care activity related to nurse-to-patient ratio
Park SH, You SJ, Park BH, Choi YK, Chang HS
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    521 Healthcare workforce:Anexperiential route to a quality qualification in health,quality credentials for health professionals
Bullivant JRN, Corbett-Nolan A, Steer F
ABSTRACT SLIDES
1400-1530 Concurrent Track Sessions
  A11

Patients – Invited session
Essex North Center
Physician accountability for patient-centered care
Leader: Mark Waxman, USA and panel.

Picker session

  A12 Health Information Technology – Invited session
Essex Center

Care management and technology – Getting to improvements in the small physician practice

Leaders: Chuck Parker & LuAnn Kimker, USA
  A13 Measures/Indicators
Essex South

Selected Brief Paper Presentations
   

532
Relationship between cost and quality for people with diabetes in managed care organizations in the United States
Roski J,Turbyville S, Scholle S
ABSTRACT  
    366 Health care systems and their performance: An extensive review
de Belvis AG, Pelone F,Volpe M, Ricciardi W
   
    551 Using existing data and derived indicators to evaluate quality of care and performance of a recently created network of hospitals
Burnand B, Scherer F,Arditi C, Luthi JC
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    289 Performance evaluation system in healthcare:A tool for management and policy makers
Nuti S, Bonini A, Seghieri C
   
    529 Defining a high performance cancer care system:A five-country comparison of Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the USA
Sullivan T, Schneider E, Richards M, Borella L, Hallek M, Dobrow M
ABSTRACT SLIDES
  A14 Accreditation/Evaluation – Invited session
Essex North West

The Dynamics of Accreditation Regulating the regulators
Leader: Harry Cayton, UK

Dynamic revisionism
Brian Johnston,Australia
    ISQua website for Accreditation research
Leader: Wendy Nicklin, CAN
SLIDES
  A15 Patient Safety – Brief paper presentations
Staffordshire

Selected Brief Paper Presentations

   

376

The effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving incident reporting rates and changing staff attitudes towards reporting
Evans SM, Smith BJ, Esterman A, Runciman WB, Maddern G, Sellim P, Stead K, O’Shaughnessy J, Muecke S, Jones S
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    128 What is the difference in adverse events detected using different methods of identification?
Naessens JM, Campbell CR, Berg B, Lefante J,Williams AR, Culbertson R
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    099 Patient safety and consultation time in primary health care - Are they related?
Mira JJ, Nebot C, Lorenzo S
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    425 Examining the relationship between patient safety and specialty using the 2006 acute hospital inpatient survey in England


Petruckevitch A, Raleigh V
   
    399 The West Virginia patient safety project
Hannah KL, Ruddick P, Bellamy G

ABSTRACT SLIDES
  A16

Systems – Invited session
St George A & B

Performance Measurement and Quality Improvement Activities in U.S. Hospitals
Leader: Anthony Shih, USA and panel

Session supported by The Commonwealth Fund

SLIDES
  A17 Clinical – Quality Improvement – Invited session
Essex North East

MARQuIS: Hospital quality improvement: Preliminary results

Leader: Rosa Sunol, Spain
  A18 Workforce/Education – Brief paper presentations & invited session
St George C & D
    108 The ICONAS project on organizational climate:Are we ready to be patients’ partners?
Wienand U, Cinotti R, Nicoli A, Bisagni M
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    599 Variation in caregiver perceptions of teamwork climate and safety climate in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey
Kaya S, Barsbay S, Bal E,Yalcin P, Karabulut E
ABSTRACT SLIDES
   

Workshop: It’s No Joke! The Importance of Humor In Quality Team Effectiveness
Leader: Lois Butcher-Poffley, USA

  A19 Health Information Technology – Brief paper presentations
Adams Parliament
    126 Providing virtual mental health care in a rural community hospital
Tiessen B, Reaume-Zimmer P
ABSTRACT SLIDES
    619 An electronic registry and processes to create actionable information improve results of diabetes management measures
Melin JA, Emro S, Sherry P, Cusolito J
   
    436 Using health smart cards to improve medication safety
Huang CY, Li YC, Liu CT,Yen JC, Huang CC,Hsu MH

   
    593 Closing the loop on test results: Experience with a web based test tracking results system incorporated within an online medical record
Sands KE, Markson L, Moody E,Aronson MD
ABSTRACT  
    388 Tag and track: Curbing spread of diseases
Ahmad N
ABSTRACT SLIDES
1530 BREAK
1600-1700 A20 Afternoon Plenary Session
Essex Ballroom

Transforming Information Technology at the National Level:A Discussion with Two Leaders
David Bates, Conference Chair, USA with
Richard Alvarez, Canada and Richard Granger, UK
1700-1830 Wine and Cheese Reception: Meet the Poster Display Authors
Evening Professional visits – ticket only