2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit 2014
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Tamra E. Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE Chief Quality Officer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: An estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers during transfer or hand-off
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Breakdown in communication was the leading root cause of sentinel events reported to The Joint Commission between 1995 and 2006
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: While some hospitals incorporate mnemonics and tools for handoff communications, there are currently no universally adopted standards. As a result, they are very seldom followed
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder:
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit 2014
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Hand-off Communications Panel Mignon Benjamin, MD Family Practice Physician, Bartlett Regional Hospital, Southeast Medical Clinic, Juneau, Alaska Kerry O’Connell Patient Advocate Patrick J. Dunne Registered Respiratory Therapist, Representing the American Assc. for Respiratory (AARC), Patient Safety Project Manager for AARC Laura Winner Director of Lean Sigma Deployment, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Michael J. Fosina, MPH, FACHE Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital M. Narendra Kini, MD President & CEO, Miami Children's Hospital
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Hand-off Communications
2014 Summit Co-Convener:Founder: Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit 2014