Scroll down to read these articles in this Issue: - Conference Opening Keynote Speaker Selected!
21st Annual Conference Call for Sponsorships 21st Annual Conference Call for Speakers
Learning Lab: Troubleshooting Social Needs Screening–Lessons from the Field Hot Topic: Metabolic Health Advancements and Equity
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Conference Opening Keynote Speaker Selected! |
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, is one of the foremost voices in the medical world today, shining an unflinching light on the realities of healthcare and speaking passionately about the doctor-patient relationship.
She writes about medicine and the doctor-patient connection. Her writing appears in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Atlantic, as well as the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine. Here books include: -
When We Do Harm; A Doctor Confronts Medical Error
- What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear
- What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
- Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
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Incidental Findings: Lessons from My Patients in the Art of Medicine
- Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue
Ofri is the recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2023 Davies Scholar Award from the American College of Physicians, the 2022 National Humanism in Medicine Medal from the Gold Foundation, the 2020 Global Listening Legend Award, and has been awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters. She has received the McGovern Award from the American Medical Writers Association for “preeminent contributions to medical communication.” |
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| 21st Annual Conference Call for Sponsorships |
We are pleased to invite interested sponsors to support the WPSC’s 21st annual Northwest Patient Safety Conference. This annual event brings together healthcare leaders, advocates, and patients concerned with the critical topic of patient safety. This year’s virtual conference is ½ days on October 15 & 16 and continues a fantastic Pacific NW partnership with the Oregon Patient Safety Commission and the Health Quality BC. The virtual format and regional approach registered over 500 in 2023 and attracted an incredible lineup of speakers!
Sponsorship information is available here.
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Thank you to WSHA who is leading the way for this year’s sponsorship! |
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21st Annual Conference Call for Speakers VIRTUAL CONFERENCE DATES: OCTOBER 15th – 16th, 2024 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Pacific Time
SPEAKER Application DEADLINE: June 30, 2024
Please submit an application HERE to present. Information is available on the conference website.
We are pleased to invite interested speakers to submit proposals for presentations at our 21st annual patient safety conference.
We encourage proposals from across the care spectrum and strongly encourage patients and family members to submit proposals about their experiences. This year’s conference continues our regional collaboration between Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Past attendees have requested presentations describing practices, ideas and activities they can apply at their jobs. Example topics include, but are not limited to: -
Patient and Family Engagement: Novel and successful ways to partner with patients, families and care partners in all aspects of care design, delivery, and operations.
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Safety Within Systems: How should safety and quality be structured within organizations to survive organizational factors like leadership change, staff turnover, mergers and acquisitions, and external disturbances from societal events and climate change?
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Innovative and Equitable Patient Safety Practices: New methods, approaches and ideas to improve patient safety and equitable care with regards to race, ethnicity, and social determinants.
- Technology: Applications of artificial intelligence. What is its impact on safety?
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Collaboration on a Community Level: Collaborating with communities and each other to improve patient safety beyond the four walls of our healthcare institutions.
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Upcoming Bree Collaborative Events |
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Learning Lab: Troubleshooting Social Needs Screening–Lessons from the Field |
Join the Foundation for Health Care Quality and the Bree Collaborative on Thursday, May 16th from 12-1:15 PM PT to engage in a learning lab! In this session, we will hear from CHAS Health on how they utilize Community Health Workers (CHWs) to support their Social Need Screening process. CHAS Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center that has served the Inland Northwest (Spokane County, the Latah Community, and the Lewis-Clark Valley) since 1994 by providing high quality medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health services to individuals and families regardless of their ability to pay. Health equity has long been a priority for CHAS Health and that work continues with the recent implementation of PRAPARE, a social needs screener. During the Learning Lab, Kylie Kingsbury, a Health Equity Manager at CHAS Health, will share how their team worked through the process of rolling out the screener across the organization, adjusted as workflow issues arose, and still continues to finetune their processes.
After CHAS's presentation, there will be time for questions and answer, followed by dedicated time to connect and discuss with peers to share your experience, hear from others, and discuss the next steps with peers across the healthcare ecosystem.
The presentation will be recorded and posted on our website at a later date.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) and the Foundation for Healthcare Quality. The WSMA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The WSMA designates this live activity for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Individuals must attend the live event to attend to receive CME. Individuals who watch the recording will not be eligible for the CME credit.
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Hot Topic: Metabolic Health Advancements and Equity
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Join the Foundation for Health Care Quality and the Bree Collaborative on Thursday, May 30th from 12-1:30 PM PT for our next session in our Hot Topics Series: Metabolic Health Advancements and Equity.
Applying technologies created for managing blood glucose in people with diabetes to broader population groups has great health promotion potential. Coverage policies and practice protocols influence who can access technologies with equity and quality impacts. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1’s) have shown significant efficacy in reducing blood glucose, aiding weight loss, and reducing cardiovascular risk for some patients. However, patients and providers are experiencing the impact of the excessive cost for these medications in practice. Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have revolutionized blood glucose monitoring and patient education and have significant potential in preventing progression of prediabetes to diabetes. While CGMs s are beginning to become more accessible, there remain barriers to access for communities who are most at risk.
The Bree Collaborative is excited to hold a panel discussion followed by open conversation to continue building collective knowledge on metabolic health advancements, including GLP-1s and CGMs. The panel discussion will begin with moderated questions and then open to public Q&A and discussion. The session will be recorded and posted on our website at a later date. Panelists to be announced. |
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