Group’s member hospitals participated in day-long
educational program
MALVERN, Pa. (May 16, 2017) – Cassatt Insured Group, a captive insurance group for hospitals and other healthcare organizations, hosted its 20th Annual Risk Management and Patient Safety Symposium on April 26 for member hospitals.
The Risk Management and Patient Safety Symposium analyzed significant patient safety concerns that continue to challenge the healthcare system. Throughout the day-long event, Cassatt’s member hospitals learned how to become better learning organizations by addressing topics such as the power of listening to patients, the benefits of transparency when addressing adverse events, and identifying the importance of culture when improving safety and decreasing risk.
“This yearly event has become a staple of Cassatt’s patient safety and risk management programs,” said Maureen Barnes, Vice President of Risk Management and Patient Safety at Cassatt. “We hope that by understanding and discussing best practices, our member hospitals can pave the way for improving the future of healthcare.”
The lectures for the symposium were:
Cultural Transformation in Quality and Safety – Gregg Meyer, MD, MSc, Partners Healthcare
Closed Claims Discussion Panel: Lessons Learned – Todd Braun, MD, Abington-Jefferson Health; Jacqueline Howenstein MSN, RN, CEN, Grand View Health; Eli Dweck, MD, Aria-Jefferson Health; Carli Meister, M.Sc. (A), RN, Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital; John Burke, MD, Crozer Keystone Health System
Right Place, Wrong Patient: Prescriptions for Avoiding Patient ID Errors – Bill Marella, ECRI Institute
Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions – Lauren Hughes, MD, MPH, MSc, FAAFP, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Debriefing After a Claim: Pearls and Pitfalls of Infections Disease – Amalia Romanowicz, Esquire, Post & Schell; Sukhjit Takhar, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The symposium is presented in joint-sponsorship with Crozer Chester Medical Center.
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About Cassatt
Founded in 1991, Cassatt Insured Group is a family of companies that provides medical professional and other liability insurance coverages and patient safety and risk management services. Cassatt is defined by a culture of sharing and offers its members a platform to share best practices and ways to improve the quality of healthcare in their facilities. Cassatt’s members include southeastern Pennsylvania-area hospitals and healthcare organizations and their physicians, nurses and other staff.