At the second Patient Safety First Phase 2 Collaborative Meeting in 2014 on June 10, 142 attendees from 50 hospitals congregated to focus on the theme Culture Trumps Strategy: Digging Deeper.

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Topics and speakers included:

The Hospital’s Role in Safe Prescribing- Focus on the ER–Maureen McCollough MD, FACEP, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

Reducing Harm Across the Board- Strategies and Resources from our Partners in CalHEN–Bonnie Zell, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Clinical Improvement, CalHEN/HQI, and Patricia Kirnon RN, BSN, MSM, CPHQ, Clinical Improvement Advisor, CalHEN/HQI

Cultural Diversity and the Patient Experience–Boris Kalanj, MSW, Director of Cultural Care and Experience, HQI

California Hospital Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) “Safe Tables”–Rhonda Filipp, RN, MPA, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, CHPSO/HQI, and Claire Manneh, MPH, Project Manager, CHPSO/HQI

Four clinical breakout sessions were attended by the hospitals’ respective clinical topic leads:

Surgical Safety

• SAS Implementation Barriers / Strategies

Sepsis Management

• Protocol Variation and Simulation Training Outcomes

HAI – C. Difficile

• HAI Prevention – Focus on C. Difficile

Perinatal Safety

• Addressing and Decreasing NTSV C- Sections

Contact: Julia Slininger

(213) 538-0766, jslininger@hasc.org