Representing a collaboration between Vanderbilt’s CPPA, Ophthalmology and Biostatistics departments, and MPH program, the study found that older ophthalmologists were less likely than younger colleagues to be associated with patient complaints. Our findings reinforce the importance of patients’ observations, which can provide actionable information for individual physicians and leaders committed to providing high quality care. Furthermore, complaints may signal a need for physical, mental and/or skills assessments, especially for older physicians who previously had few or no complaints, but then manifest rapid increases. The international journal, HealthManagement, featured Dr. Cooper's in their August issue.

Courses in the Promoting Professional Accountability Program in partnership with Vanderbilt CPPA as part of their Speak Up. We developed and successfully instituted a post-approval monitoring/review program that is fair, comprehensive, and provides value to both researchers and research administrators. The post-approval review (PAR) program at the University of Toronto was developed in response to a need to evaluate the.

The journal has a distribution to 87 countries world-wide. Cooper points out, 'Whereas much is written about professionalism and its noble tenets, far too little attention has been focused on understanding a critical component of professionalism—the commitment to group and self-regulation'. The Cognitive Institute is now offering courses in the in partnership with Vanderbilt CPPA as part of their Speak Up for Safety initiative. The full article by Dr. Lynne McKinlay in the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators Quarterly,, explores the role of human error in patient safety and how understanding and addressing unprofessional behavior can impact safety at every level. Has now been published on the AHRQ website.

It features the Planning and Implementing of CPPA's Patient Advocacy Reporting System (PARS) in the Sanford Health System. It is an informative look at the ongoing process including the results of 6 years of PARS interventions. CPPA has announced a partnership with the Cognitive Institute of Brisbane, an international health care education provider based in Australia. Pilote Logitech Fc For Home Or Office Use there. Find out more. William Cooper, Director of Vanderbilt's Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy was recently interviewed by concerning our center's work in promoting professionalism in healthcare., More specifically, Dr. Cooper discusses our recently published work on how co-worker observations can promote greater professional accountability in healthcare organizations The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.

Featured CPPA in their Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist publication in October, 2017: An interview with Dr. Gerald Hickson, MD is featured in the, a resource for Emergency Medicine Malpractice Prevention and Risk Management. Read the articles, and We are pleased to announce that the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society has recently named the Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) as the sole recipient of the 2016 Edward D. Harris Professionalism Award. Created in 2009, the Edward D.

Harris Professionalism Award recognizes and honors outstanding programs that model best practices in medical professionalism and education. Alpha Omega Alpha is pleased to recognize and promote Vanderbilts work to improve professionalism among physicians nationally and internationally, said Richard L. Byyny, M.D., FACP, executive director. Please click to access the AOA Honor Medical Society website and read the full article. The Advisory Board Company recently provided an overview of our recently published article Using Coworker Observations to Promote Accountability for Disrespectful and Unsafe Behaviors by Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals that was featured as the cover story of the April issue of The Joint Commission Journal of Quality & Patient Safety., See a link to the Advisory Board overview and access the full paper as well as an accompanying editorial by Richard C. Boothman, JD. We are pleased announce that our new article Using Coworker Observations to Promote Accountability for Disrespectful and Unsafe Behaviors by Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals is the cover story of the April 2016 issue of The Joint Commission Journal of Quality & Patient Safety.

Our latest publication gives readers a practical roadmap for implementing a program for soliciting co-worker observations and an infrastructure for dealing with identified issues. We have also been honored by an accompanying editorial by Richard C. Boothman, JD.

In addition, Becker's Hospital Review provides a summary of the work as well as links to The Joint Commission Journal article American Journal of Medical Quality, April 27, 2015. Our study assessing the relationship between patient complaints and adverse surgical outcomes using NSQIP data that included 10,536 patients with surgical procedures performed by 66 general and vascular surgeons. See the paper here. Research at the CPPA CPPA research highlights the importance of patient complaint collection and tracking. Our research focuses on: • Identifying potential threats to quality and safety, and predicting risk.

• Promoting professional accountability via best practices in advocacy, communication, leadership, and predicting outcomes. • Engaging patients and professionals as partners in pursuing safety and quality.

Aggregating and analyzing data from overallows the CPPA researchers to contribute to the field of knowledge in the areas of healthcare professionalism, patient safety, medical malpractice risk, and service recovery. All CPPA research activities comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requirements and Vanderbilt University's Institutional Review Board (IRB) procedures. • Our good partners at Stanford Health Care recently published an article about addressing patient dissatisfaction. It features our PARS process and was the cover article for the November 2014 issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Volume 40, Number 11, November 2014, pp.

RL Solutions expands the cast of healthcare stars at its much-anticipated annual educational conference TORONTO, ON (March 20, 2008) – RL Solutions, the leading provider of healthcare quality and safety software, today announced that Fay Rozovsky of The Rozovsky Group has been added as a speaker at the RL Solutions 2008 User Group Conference to be held in Toronto from May 7th to 9th. “We are honoured and excited that Ms. Rozovsky has agreed to participate in our annual event.” said Colin Hung, VP of Marketing and Alliances at RL Solutions. “We have worked hard to ensure that our User Conference is a valuable educational event for all our client attendees.

Our event this year features some of the most respected experts in the healthcare industry and our curriculum is packed with sessions that are designed to keep attendees abreast of the absolute latest developments in healthcare.” Ms. Rozovsky joins a star-studded line-up of guest speakers including: Dr. James Pichert from the Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) PARS® Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Monica Berry from Loyola University Medical Center; Ronni Solomon and Amy Goldberg-Alberts from ECRI Institute; Erin Graydon-Baker from Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Robert Latino from Reliability Center, Inc; and Tim Kelly from Dialog Medical. Involving our partners in our User Conference is new this year,” says Michael Smith, Alliance Manager at RL Solutions. “We’re tapping into the expertise and vast experience of our partners so that our client attendees can benefit from their knowledge. Westinghouse Bj505s R Manual Data. We’ve dedicated an entire track at our conference to these thought-leaders who will be leading sessions on CMS Never Events, Informed Consent, Root Cause Analysis, Disclosing Adverse Outcomes and Errors, and the much anticipated Patient Safety Regulations in the United States.” In addition to the thought-leadership track, the User Group Conference has two other tracks for attendees to choose from.

The Client Case Study Track provides an opportunity for attendees to learn from the experience of their peers. These sessions are presented by RL Solutions clients who have graciously volunteered to present. Topics include: The Integration of Patient Safety and Risk Management, Key Learnings from Implementations - Pre and Post, Presenting Data to Senior Leadership, and Innovative Applications of the Risk Registry Module to Support Patient Safety Initiatives. Finally, there is the Product Track, delivered by the RL Solutions Client Services and Product Management Teams.

These sessions are designed to provide attendees with more advanced and in-depth knowledge of the use of RL Solutions products in their organizations. These sessions include: Application Extreme Makeover, Advanced Form Letters and Templates, and Robust Report Generation. The headliner for the User Group Conference is none other than Ms.

Jessica Holmes, one of Canada’s top comedic actresses. Holmes, a regular on CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, has brought the house down opening for such comedians as Jerry Seinfeld and Leslie Nielsen. She is Canada's fastest rising comedy star and always leaves audiences in stitches with her interactive humour and vivacious energy. She recently performed in two televised comedy specials at the Just for Laughs and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals.

Jessica will start the cameras rolling with an inspirational session entitled “Laugh It Off and Bring It On!” About RL Solutions RL Solutions provides proven risk management, patient feedback, claims and infection control software to help healthcare organizations improve patient safety and healthcare quality. RL Solutions brings together innovative technologies, stellar client service and a broad ecosystem of partners to give its 500 clients a complete safety and quality solution. With products that are easy to use and easy to implement, RL Solutions is a world leader in the healthcare market.

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