Safety Experts to Examine Medical Errors – Findings from Survey Of Public Attitudes about Safety to be Announced
On Sep 30, 1997
What: The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) is hosting a first-of-its-kind briefing entitled Finding Cures for Medical Error. The briefing will feature experts and leaders who are redefining how we understand and learn from medical errors. The issue of patient safety will be addressed from medical, pharmaceutical and public perspectives, and the use of simulators to prevent medical errors also will be explored. Findings from a new poll of public attitudes and expectations regarding safety in the health care system will be unveiled, as well. Speakers will be available for interviews.
When: Thursday, October 9, 1997, 9:45 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. US Eastern Standard Time
Where: Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway (at 45th Street), New York City
Who: Briefing participants include:
- Nancy Dickey, M.D. – Chair of the National Patient Safety Foundation,President-Elect, American Medical Association
- Lucian Leape, M.D. – Harvard School of Public Health
- Charles Myers, M.S., M.B.A. – American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- Mary Woolley, M.A. – Research!America
- Andrew Smith, J.D. – American Association of Retired Persons
- John Nance, J.D. – Best-selling author, pilot and aviation safety expert
- David Gaba, M.D. – Stanford University
- Jeffrey Cooper, Ph.D. – Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
- Richard Cook, M.D. – University of Chicago
- David Woods, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University
- Martin Hatlie, J.D. – Executive Director, National Patient Safety Foundation
Background: Launched this year, the NPSF is an unprecedented initiative to improve health care safety by studying why errors in the health care system occur and implementing safeguards to prevent such failures from injuring patients. NPSF board members represent every major segment of the health care system, as well as employers, medical ethicists, public health advocates and distinguished scientific research institutions. Further information on the NPSF and its programs will be provided by Martin Hatlie during the briefing.
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