| Quality Month Talks Set for This Week |
| Monday, October 10 2011 |
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URMC faculty, staff and students are invited to attend events being held at URMC, Highland Hospital and Ridgeland Road in conjunction with “Quality Month.”
For more information about specific talks, please contact the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at (585) 275-9667. Tuesday, Oct. 11 (URMC) “Health Reform” – Steven Goldstein, Medical Center VP, president & CEO of SMH & HH; 10 to 11 a.m., Class of ’62 Auditorium “Defining Quality, Reducing Error, Embracing Patient Safety in Anatomic Pathology” – Julietta Fiscella, M.D., clinical associate professor and director, Highland Hospital Laboratory Medicine; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Class of ’62 Auditorium “Flow Charting: A Key Improvement Method for Tracking the Health of a (Business) Operation” – Janet Nelson, president, OQL Solutions: Operational, Quality & Customer Loyalty Consulting; 2:30 to 3:15 p.m., Class of ’62 Auditorium Poster Session: Pathology Labs; 11 a.m. to noon and 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Flaum Atrium. Refreshments will be served. Wednesday, Oct. 12 (URMC) “Quality, Errors and Patient Safety in Clinical Pathology” – Julietta Fiscella, M.D., clinical associate professor and director, Highland Hospital Laboratory Medicine; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Class of ’62 Auditorium Poster Session: Pathology Labs; 1 to 4:30 p.m., Flaum Atrium. Refreshments will be served. Contrasting Quality and Safety” – Elizabeth A. Duthie, RN, Ph.D., director, Loss Prevention & Patient Safety, MCIC Vermont Inc.; 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Collins Auditorium, Highland Hospital. Refreshments will be served. Poster Session; 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 (Ridgeland Road) “Quality, Errors and Patient Safety in Clinical Pathology” – Julietta Fiscella, M.D., clinical associate professor, director, Highland Hospital Laboratory Medicine; 11 a.m. to noon, Ridgeland Road Lunch Room. Refreshments will be served. Poster Session; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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For Reform to March On, Business Models Must Morph
As health care reform challenges us to expand health insurance to cover 30 million more Americans – and improve the quality and effectiveness of that care, all on a smaller dime – traditional industry arrangements will only go so far. We sat down with URMC Chief Operating Officer Peter Robinson to make sense of how reform’s new financial incentives are rewriting relationships among players.
Media Spotlight
- Eric Caine was quoted in the Washington Post and other outlets about the sharp increase in suicides among white Baby Boomers.
- The Washington Post consulted toxicologist John L. O’Donoghue for a comparison of the health properties of different fats.
- Fox News highlighted Tom O’Connor’s research showing that a pregnant woman’s level of stress may affect baby’s immune system.
- In the Huffington Post, Jeffrey Bazarian commented on the similarities between injuries from the Boston bombings and military veterans and NFL players.
- In a CNN report on the rise of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Susan Hyman suggested there could be several factors that could determine whether a child develops ASD or not.
