Session: Quality Improvement Comes of Age (Quality Improvement Contributed Papers #1)
3216.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Quality Improvement Comes of Age (Quality Improvement Contributed Papers #1)
This session will present newly developed national indicators for inpatient quality, prevention quality, and patient safety including information on methodology, testing, and dissemination tools.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Patricia Byrns
Presider(s):Patricia Byrns
12:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
12:32 PMToo few nurses: A patient safety concern
Lynn Unruh, PhD, RN
12:47 PMNurse-to-patient staffing ratios in California's hospitals
Diana M. Bontá, RN, DrPH, Brenda Klutz, Gina Henning
1:02 PMRefinement and validation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) *
Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH, Jeffrey Geppert, JD, Sheryl M Davies, MA, Kathryn M. McDonald, MM, Anne Elixhauser, PhD, Marlene R. Miller, MD, MSc
1:17 PMAnalysis of AHRQ's prevention quality indicators: Implications for use
Shulamit Bernard, PhD, Lucy A Savitz, PhD, MBA, Erica R Brody, MPH
1:32 PMNational Healthcare Quality Report: Challenges in the Use of Diverse Data Sources
Beth Kosiak, PhD, Edward Kelley, PhD
1:47 PMDiscussion
Organized by:Medical Care
Endorsed by:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA