Featured Speakers
SHM remains at the forefront of the healthcare industry, driving it to provide and improve the best possible care for patients in the hospital and as they transition to the outpatient setting. SHM prides itself on its world-class faculty and continues to lead the charge in this effort, providing meeting attendees with featured speakers who are leaders in the field and who will examine today’s issues, challenging everyone to be a part of the solution. HM15’s renowned speakers were all chosen based on their extensive knowledge in hospital medicine.
President and CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Monday, March 30, 2015, 9:05 – 9:50 a.m.
Maureen Bisognano is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an independent not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. Join her for her featured address on “Leading Transformational Change.”
The C. Michael and S. Anne Armstrong
Professor in Patient Safety
Senior Vice President, Patient Safety and Quality
Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Monday, March 30, 2015, 8:10 – 9:05 a.m.
Peter Pronovost is a world-renowned patient safety champion and a practicing critical care physician. His scientific work leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2008. He is Senior Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Join him for his Keynote Address, “Taking Quality to the Next Level.”
Professor and Associate Chairman, University of California, San Francisco
Author of Hospital Medicine and www.wachtersworld.com
Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Robert Wachter, national thought leader in healthcare quality improvement, in his always entertaining style, will be addressing how the computerization of medicine will transform your life or your practice. Join him for his closing Keynote Address, “The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age.”
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