Northwest Patient Safety Conference

What’s worked, what hasn’t, and what to do about it.

Note: Attendees will request CE credits via a conference survey following the conference or via a form on the recorded conference website.

The Washington Patient Safety Coalition, Health Quality BC and Oregon Patient Safety Commission present the 20th annual Northwest Patient Safety Conference on October 17-18, 2023. Like last year, it is an entirely virtual event over two half-days.

The theme is “Bringing Patient Safety To Life: What’s worked, what hasn’t, and what to do about it.” The conference will focus on solutions rather than theory. It will address topics including climate change, artificial intelligence and even the creation of a National Patient Safety Board. It will be inspirational, educational, and actionable!

Presentations include:

• Umair A. Shah, MD, Secretary of Health, Washington State: Opening Keynote
• Mark Matthew, Director, Indigenous Health | A/Executive Director, Indigenous Health and Reconciliation, “Transformative Change in British Columbia: Advancing Cultural Safety and Relationship Based Approaches to Healing”.
• Karthik Sivashanker, MD, Vice President of Equitable Health Systems in the Center for Health Equity at the American Medical Association. “Operationalizing Racial Justice and Equity in Health Care”.
• Tejal Gandhi, MD: Chief Safety and Transformation Officer at Press Ganey. “Emerging from COVID: Re-Energizing our Approach to Achieving Zero Harm”.
• Patricia McGaffigan, President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety, and IHI’s senior sponsor for the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety. “Strengthening our Resilience - Implementation of Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.”
• Saul Weingart, MD: Professor of Medicine at Brown University's Warren Alpert School of Medicine and past President of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. “Finding the Patient in Patient Safety”

Plus, nine breakout sessions with regional, national, and international experts. See details on the conference site.