Conferences Prep Hospital Executives On Key Accreditation Updates

Main Category: Public Health
Article Date: 28 Aug 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announce the 2008 Hospital Executive Briefings conferences. The conferences offer leaders an opportunity to stay up-to-date on key changes to The Joint Commission's accreditation process by focusing on the annual changes to the standards, elements of performance and National Patient Safety Goals.

The Executive Briefings are focused on educating hospital executives, chief nursing officers, risk managers, quality improvement managers, accreditation managers, patient safety officers, chief medical officers, board members and medical staff members who are involved with accreditation, quality improvement and risk management processes in their hospitals. The conferences are held throughout the country.

Conference presenters will instruct hospital leaders on how to improve health care outcomes by minimizing risk, explain the connection between the Standards Improvement Initiative and improving organizational performance, outline how to develop plans for dealing with the most challenging National Patient Safety Goals, identify the most challenging standards, and describe the 2009 changes in scoring methodology and post-survey activities.

Hospital Executive Briefings dates and locations include:

- September 5, New York City, registration number 08049BWK
- September 12, Dallas, Texas, registration number 08060BWK
- September 19, Los Angeles, California, registration number 08061BWK

Hospital Executive Briefings is $610 per person. To register, please call Customer Service at 877-223-6866, or for more information or to register online please visit the JCR website.

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