2010 Annual Conference
STARLIGHT IN THE SUNSHINE:
Best Practices Across the Healthcare Spectrum
April 20-23, 2010
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Conference Brochure
Welcome to the FAHQ Annual Conference webpage. This year
our conference focuses on best practices in healthcare
quality. Following a nation-wide Call for Participants,
presentations were selected from organizations and providers
who have made outstanding strides in their care delivery
and processes through the use of data-driven strategies.
The Annual Conference runs three-and-a-half days, and
includes a wealth of practical information and strategies
to improve
healthcare quality. Our program starts on April 20th
with a pre-conference line-up which includes the 1.5
day CPHQ
Review Course, geared to helping quality professionals
who are seeking the skills and knowledge necessary to
earn the CPHQ designation or providing an update for
those who
currently hold this highly respected designation. On
April 21, we offer two half day workshops: Managing
Mischievous
Microorganisms and Lean
in Healthcare: Improving Hospital Operations. On April 22, we begin our two day Conference
with presentations selected from submissions from across
the country on best practices in nine areas of healthcare
quality.
Registration for each of the pre-conference
and the conference programs can be done separately,
so attendees
can opt to attend one day (workshops), 2 days (conference
or CHPQ) or all 3.5 days (CPHQ and Conference)!
THE WORKSHOPS
The morning workshop focuses on a new approach in the
healthcare quality arena, Positive Deviance (PD),
as a method to reduce
MRSA. This interactive workshop will provide practice
in the use of PD, a technique which has been shown
effective not only in reducing MRSA, but also in
improving medication
reconciliation, diabetes care and late phase of
life care.
We are honored to have internationally renowned
Dr. Jon Lloyd lead this workshop. Dr. Lloyd has published
work
on the success of PD in achieving a 50% reduction
in MRSA rates in Pittsburg area hospitals, and is currently
overseeing
studies in infection control in seven facilities
under
an AHRQ grant. The workshop ends with a presentation
on goal directed therapy to prevent sepsis. This
is presented by Suzanne Chandler and Dr. Dean Sandifer,
who have run
a highly successful program. We are excited that
Dr.
Sandifer,
who has been a driving force in quality improvement,
is joining Ms. Chandler in this presentation and
can field
your many questions on how to bring physicians on-board.
The afternoon workshop addresses another area high
on your request list: Lean & Six Sigma. Louis
Rhodes, a Master Black Belt and conference favorite,
has agreed to return
this year and run this interactive session on using
Lean to improve hospital operations. After presentation
of the
tools, attendees will assume a role within the
Emergency Department of an organization and, under
guidance, run
actual simulations to assess, improve and then
evaluate the effectiveness of the improvements
made. A strong emphasis
will be placed on learning practical skills which
attendees can take back to their workplace.
For the specific Conference agenda, please download
our Conference brochure (see link above). We are
sure you
will be as excited as we are by all the wonderful
presentations scheduled. Our Call for Participants
produced an amazing
level of response, and we only wish we had two
more days in our Conference to present more of
the excellent
work
being done in our field!
SPECIAL FEATURES
This year we are introducing some
new features, and continuing with some of the successful
ones from past Conferences. These include:
•
To honor attainment of the CPHQ designation, any members
wearing their CPHQ pin to the Conference will be provided
one free ticket to our much coveted raffle
•
Lunch ‘n Learn -
for those attending both workshops OR the CPHQ Review
Class, we are including a luncheon with
well known speaker Joan Hutton presenting on
Career Strategies. In this crazy economy, this has
become quite the hot topic!
Those not attending both workshops or the CPHQ
class will be able to register to attend this session,
however, numbers
are limited so sign up early!
• Exhibitor Hall – our
boutique experience provides ample time to visit our Exhibitors – many
here for the first time this year – and learn about
the products and services they have to simplify your professional
life. We are holding a drawing on Thursday morning and
again on Friday morning from all attendees who have visited
all of our Exhibitors. The winner from each of these two
drawings gets a $50 gift card!
•All registrants for the Conference will receive
a CD of the presentations. Those attending the
CPHQ
Review
Class
will receive a notebook of presentation materials.
•Networking opportunities with other amazing professionals
in your field, at the President’s Reception,
the luncheons, continental breakfasts in Exhibitor
Hall
• Special presentation at FAHQ luncheon
on April 22 by NAHQ President, Linda Scribner
• Our Amazing Raffle continues this year, with surprises
and delights galore, all to support the FAHQ
donation to the Healthcare Quality Foundation and our CPHQ scholarship
fund
• Awards to recognize the Quality Professional of the Year,
Quality Author of the Year, and the recipient
of the CPHQ scholarship.
REGISTRATION
If you
would like to be added to our education email list,
please
click here and
indicate your name and preferred email address.
CONFERENCE SITE
Our Conference is being held at the lovely
Sonesta Hotel Orlando Downtown. Overlooking
Lake Ivanhoe
on one side
and the Orlando skyline on the other, the recently
renovated hotel provides very comfortable guest
rooms, free
wireless Internet access throughout the hotel,
laptop safes in the guest rooms, a fitness
center and near-by
access
to a walking / jogging path around the lake.
For those of you who prefer not to travel with
your
laptop, there
is also a small business center for hotel guests,
one floor below our meeting rooms, which includes
free
internet access
so you can check your email, the news, LinkedIn,
the market, tweet on the conference ...whatever
your need!
The Sonesta staff have dedicated the entire
second floor conference rooms to our group,
providing
ample space
for all of our needs. With two major malls,
the historic Church
Street area, and multiple restaurants within
10 miles of the hotel, this new site promises
a positive
experience
for all.
OUR SUPPORTERS
We have created new Sponsorship and Exhibitor
experiences this year, including posting the
names of our wonderful
supporters on our website. Their support helps
us to control our registration fees — not
increased in the last 5 years! - while continuing
to improve our programs and
amenities. Be sure to come back often and click
the link below to view who our supporters are
for 2010.
If your organization has an interest in being a Sponsor
or Exhibitor, simply clink on the appropriate link below
to obtain information and an application.
Watch our website, Florida Quality News and your email
for further Conference information. We look forward to
seeing you in April for this outstanding program!
Rhonda Keating, Chairman, Claudia Jackson, Co-Chairman,
Bobbie Winkleman, Anne Matkovics and Karla Hannibal FAHQ
2010 Conference Planning Team
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what you missed during the 2009 Conference
