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IRVING, TX – The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) Education and Research Foundation presented the “First Annual North Texas Patient Safety Summit: Excellence Through Collaboration” on Wednesday, April 16 at the Las Colinas Colinas Country Club in Irving. The full-day event took place from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and was held in the venue's main ballroom.

A total of 6.75 CNEs and 6.15 CMEs was offered.

     

Special guests included Michael Leonard, MD, a National Physician Leader for Patient Safety at Kaiser Permanente and a faculty member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement; and Alison H. Page, MSN, MHA, Chief Safety Officer of Fairview Health Services.

      

The meeting, the first of its type held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, served as a unique opportunity to create a forum for patient safety leaders to discuss adverse event situations and challenges for the purpose of shared learning.

      

Attendees who submitted a best practice from their hospital received special discounts. Patient Safety, Quality and Risk Management leaders, in addition to CMOs, CNOs, CEOs and CFOs, were invited to attend.

      

For additional information, contact Benjamin Jacob of DFWHC's Education and Research Foundation at 972-717-4279 (ext. 5031) or e-mail bjacob@dfwhc.org.

      

The event was sponsored (through an unrestricted grant) by BlueCross BlueShield of Texas.

 

CME Credit

Huguley Memorial Medical Center is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. HMMC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE Credit

This educational activity provides 6.75 contact hours for Nursing.

Huguley Memorial Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Texas Nursing Board.