miércoles, 5 de enero de 2011

NCCN Patient Safety Summit Webinars


Educational Events & Programs
NCCN Patient Safety Summit Webinars
Program Overview


The NCCN Patient Safety Summit Webinars provide an opportunity for clinical, administrative, regulatory, and industry professionals to discuss best practices in oncology patient safety as well as to disseminate advances in oncology patient safety systems and processes. Each 60-minute live webinar will summarize and disseminate relevant research findings and evidence-based information so participants may affect change in the realm of oncology patient safety within their own organizations.

Patient safety has long been recognized as an integral component of quality medical care. In the past decade, the spotlight on safety in medicine has only become brighter, with the publication of countless reports from the Institute of Medicine, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the National Patient Safety Foundation, among others. The stakes are especially high in oncology, and avoiding error is imperative in delivering radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and other high-risk treatments. More specifically, in early 2010 The New York Times ran a series of articles about treatment errors that have occurred in radiation therapy, which has further intensified discussions about the need to improve safety for cancer patients.

The growing attention to oncology patient safety and medical error by the media and others requires a timely and well-considered plan of action from the oncology community and its stakeholders.
Register now for any of the webinars below:
Radiation Safety – Putting Prevention into Daily Practice
Joseph Herman, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University

* Wednesday, January 12, 2011 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST


Strategies to Prevent Oral Chemotherapy Errors
Ray Muller, MS, RPh
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

* Thursday, January 13, 2011 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST


Improving the Quality of Cancer Care through the Prevention of Health Care-Associated Infections
Corey Casper, MD, MPH
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

* Friday, January 14, 2011 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST


There is no registration fee for the NCCN Patient Safety Summit Webinars. Register today!


All sessions are approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Nursing credit is available for all sessions as well. The session on Strategies to Prevent Oral Chemotherapy Errors is also eligible for ACPE credit.
NCCN Patient Safety Summit Webinars

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