Partnering with Patients to Advance Quality & Safety: NEONI's 12th Annual Fall Conference

NEONI's 12th Annual Fall Conference, Partnering With Patients to Advance Quality & Safety, is on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Southwest General Health Center's Williams Conference Center.

Six healthcare professionals will discuss how partnering with patients is the best way to advance quality care and safety in your facility. Those who attend will hear from the following experts in the field:

• Isis Montalvo, RN, MS, MBA, director, American Nurse's Association National Center for Nursing Quality, will identify state and national trends in nursing quality reporting
• Chris Jerry, president and chief executive officer, The Emily Jerry Foundation, will discuss the lessons learned from Emily's tragic death and the qualities of a safety culture to enhance harm prevention programs
• Karen Curtiss, president, Partner Health, LLC, will create an understanding of emerging quality and safety issues in the healthcare environment and strategies to engage patients
• Jane Mahowald, MA, RN, ANEF, executive director, Ohio League for Nursing, who will discuss the work of the Ohio Action Coalition related to quality and safety competencies  
• Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, director, QSEN; VA quality senior nurse fellow; associate professor, Frances Payne School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, will explore current advances in quality and safety across the region and state
• Cynthia Danko, MSN, RN, director, NEONI's PERQS Center, The Center for Health Affairs, will identify the regional quality and safety initiatives embraced by NEONI

A continental breakfast will be provided at this event.

For questions and information about the approval status for contact hours, please contact Pam Waite.

Registration is now closed.

No conflict of interest or vested interest of both planning committee and faculty.