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Can You Minimize Health Care Costs by Improving Patient Safety?

Web Conference

This Web-assisted audio teleconference consisted of three sessions broadcast via the World Wide Web and telephone September 20, 30, and October 1, 2002. The program explored the business case for patient safety, how to overcome barriers, and practical solutions to help States and health care facilities improve patient safety. The User Liaison Program of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed and sponsored the program.

Select to access the Conference Sessions; all slides for each presentation are also available separately. Select for Software Requirements.

Conference Sessions

The streaming video presentation uses slides that had been shown over the Web, with audio of the participants. Because this is a recording of the sessions, instructions to the participants are no longer relevant.

To access each session, select Session Streaming Video.

Session 1: What Is the Business Case for Patient Safety?

Session 1 Streaming Video (Length, about 1.5 hours; Text Version).

Presentations

Delores Mitchell (PowerPoint® Slides, 79 KB; Text Version).
James Mortimer (PowerPoint® Slides, 124 MB; Text Version).

Session 2: How Can States and Institutions Work Together to Create a Culture of Safety?

Session 2 Streaming Video (Length, about 1.5 hours; Text Version).

Presentations

Marge Keyes (PowerPoint® Slides, 74 KB; Text Version).
Julie Morath, M.S., R.N. (PowerPoint® Slides, 285 KB; Text Version).
Scott Williams, M.D., M.P.H. (PowerPoint® Slides, 67 KB; Text Version).

Session 3: What Do Workforce Issues Have to Do with Patient Safety?

Session 3 Streaming Video (Length, about 1.5 hours; Text Version).

Presentations

Jack Needleman, Ph.D. (PowerPoint® Slides, 93 KB; Text Version).
Paul Halverson, Dr. P.H. (PowerPoint® Slides, 87 KB; Text Version).

Software Requirements

To access streaming video, Windows Media® Player must be installed on your computer. If it is not already installed, you can download it free by going to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp and selecting the version appropriate for your computer and operating system.

PowerPoint® files can be viewed with Microsoft® PowerPoint® or with a free PowerPoint® Viewer.

Current as of March 2003

Internet Citation:

Can You Minimize Health Care Costs by Improving Patient Safety? Web Conference, broadcast on September 20, 30, and October 1, 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/costsafetele/