The Aug. 9 Track I meeting of the Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative, focusing on Hospital-Acquired Infections, Sepsis & Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP), drew 99 attendees.

Fast Facts, a one-page meeting summary of highlights, is distributed after the meeting. This communication tool is designed to offer senior leaders the information shared and to provide a tool that can be used to facilitate a short debriefing with meeting attendees. Download Fast Facts from this meeting.

Key topics from the meeting included:

• Renewing Our Commitment to Patient Safety First
• SCPSC Collaborative Progress and AIM Statement Workshop
• National Initiative, Local Implementation – the 10th Scope of Work
• California Department of Public Health: Focus on Healthcare-Acquired Infections

Interactive breakout sessions included:

• Understanding Problems’ Cause and Effect: Fishboning Exercise
• Designing the Small Test of Change: PDSA Exercise

SCPSC meetings are presented by HASC, Health Services Advisory Group and the National Health Foundation, and take place at Pacific Palms Conference Resort, Industry Hills.

Partners for Patient Safety First…a California Partnership for Health include:

• Anthem Blue Cross
• The three regional hospital associations of California: Southern California, San Diego & Imperial Counties, and Northern & Central California
• The National Health Foundation