HMA 2007 Pre-conference Seminars

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS
 August 29, 2007, Wednesday

1. Understanding the Joint Commission International Standards (Full day Session)
   

The newly published 3rd Edition of JCI's International Standards for Hospitals makes significant advances in the requirements for safe, quality patient care. JCI staff and a panel of health care organizations will discuss the new standards including: International Patient Safety Goals, the accreditation process and decision rules, safe medication practices, effective infection control, communication of information, adverse events, and the “tracer” methodology.

Facilitator: Dr. David Jaimovich, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Joint Commission International and Dr. Paul vanOstenberg. DDS , MS , Managing Director-Singapore Office, Joint Commission International.
     
2. Johns Hopkins Health Leadership Symposium: (Full day – by invitation only)
   

Senior administrators from Johns Hopkins will lead interactive discussions on today's most pressing topics in hospital management.

  1. Hospital of the Future: What will the hospital of the future look like? Technology enhancements, clinical service line demand analysis, hospital renovation, the changing model of clinical care and new hospital design.
  2. Critical Event Preparedness and Response: Readying your facility to be “first responders”.
  3. Differentiating Your Facility in a Competitive Market: How will your hospital stand out? Use of the latest medical technology, leveraging nursing resources, pursuing third-party accreditation, physician recruitment and retention and global alliances.

Facilitator: to be determined

     
3.

National University Hospital (Full day workshop)

Broken Healthcare Processes: 4 Big Mistakes
This workshop will highlight through live demonstration the big causes of inefficiencies in healthcare processes. It will provide participants with a way of identifying these inefficiencies (or causes of waste in the system) as well as an understanding of principles and methods to overcome them. Learning will be hands on and experimental. The mechanisms for improvement are primarily grounded in lean thinking methodologies. Topics include: Broken Healthcare Processes: 4 Big Mistakes; Not Seeing!! (Not seeing our great inefficiencies and wastes). Learn with live simulation.

Presenters:Dr Kelvin Loh, Director for Corporate Planning and Development (CPD) and Quality Improvement Unit (QIU), NUH

Facilitators: Dr. Sandhya Mujumdar, Senior Manager Medical Affairs, National University Hospital and Ms. Clara Sin, Manager, Operations, NUH.
     
4. What is Emotional Intelligence (EI) and how Hospital Managers achieve Personal, Professional, and Social Competencies (Half-day session, afternoon)
   

This workshop focuses on Emotional Intelligence and how to practice the skills and techniques that will help advance your career, improve work effectiveness, and cultivate personal qualities leading to success. Most significantly, Dr. Bob will actively engage each participant in learning the 15 Guidelines for Emotional Competence Training and help discover the “cluster that form a critical mass of competencies” that lead to high levels of success.

Workshop leader: HMA Guru Dr. Robert Beaudoin, Professor, University of Connecticut

     
     
   

 


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