Participate in Shaping the Future of
Patient Safety!

Thursday, May 15, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Town Hall Plenary
LUCIAN LEAPE INSTITUTE
at the National Patient Safety Foundation:
Transforming Concepts for Patient Safety

Friday, May 16, 7:30 - 8:30 am
Breakfast Roundtables
Discussions facilitated by Members of the Institute

Don't miss your chance to be part of this important discussion
and to contribute your input as the Institute shapes
a strategic vision for patient safety

At the Thursday afternoon Town Hall Plenary, Members of the Institute will discuss their guiding paper for the Institute's work, "Transforming Concepts for Patient Safety." Congress attendees will hear Members share their ideas about the transformational changes that are needed in the field of patient safety and the development of a strategic vision for the field. Included will be input from the open discussions that were held in conjunction with the Institute's first Roundtable and Inaugural Gala.

On Friday morning, discussion will continue at Member-led Breakfast Roundtables, where Congress attendees will have the unique opportunity of providing their own input to the Institute's developing strategic vision. Roundtable topics include Health Professions Education, Consumer Involvement, Integrating Organizations, Transparency, and Joy and Meaning in Work.

The calls to action for improving patient safety that the Institute will issue will be informed by the discussions that take place at the Congress.

Distinguished members of the Institute include:

Lucian L. Leape, MD
Institute Chair
Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
President and Chief Executive Officer. Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

James B. Conway, MAM, CHE
Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

David Lawrence, MD
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired), Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Julianne M. Morath, RN, MS
Chief Operating Officer, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President, The Joint Commission