Building diagnostic excellence: Tools for the journey

Noon - 1 p.m.

This event is open to HANYS members and non-members.

Diagnostic harm is an emerging area of concern in healthcare quality and patient safety. This session will provide an overview of MedStar’s Health Institute for Quality and Safety new TeamSTEPPS program for diagnostic improvement. This program aims to raise diagnostic safety awareness; introduce the concept of a broad multidisciplinary diagnostic team that includes nonclinicians and patients and their families; and provide assessment and training tools to support local efforts to reduce diagnostic harm.

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• articulate how improved communication among care team members can lead to safer, more accurate and more timely diagnosis in all healthcare settings; and
• access MedStar’s Team STEPPS program for diagnostic improvement.

Speaker:

Christine Goeschel ScD,MPA, MPS, RN,FAAN, Assistant Vice President, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety; Director, Center for Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare; and Professor, Medicine, Georgetown University

This webinar is part of HANYS’ Commitment to Excellence Emerging Quality Trends series. Each session will cover a different cutting-edge topic to expand healthcare providers' clinical expertise and share proven best practices to deliver high-quality care. For more information about this program, contact Erin Gretzinger, CPHQ, director, Quality Advocacy, Research and Innovation, at 518.431.7744 or egretzin@hanys.org.

If you have questions regarding registration, please contact Registration Support at learning@hanys.org or 518.431.7867.