As we all adjust to a new way of conducting business and with your safety in mind, the Patient Safety Authority would like to take the opportunity to launch a new series of virtual events to facilitate engagement between PA healthcare facilities.

Instead of regional in-person events, the Engagement Roundtable series will be conducted virtually, with participation open statewide via Microsoft Teams. The Patient Safety Authority believes that in the age of social distancing, finding ways to stay connected with other patient safety professionals is more important than ever. The primary goal of these events is to facilitate the sharing and discussion of information in a collaborative environment for a range of patient safety topics.

This roundtable event is intended to give acute care facilities an opportunity to discuss the current COVID-19 pandemic with each other, and how they are screening patients undergoing elective and non-elective procedures.

After you register you will receive a confirmation email that includes the link to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams.

In addition to the confirmation email, the instructions on how to join will also be included in the course materials email that is sent out prior to the registered event.

The Pennsylvania Opioid Surgical Stewardship Enterprise (POSSE) engages hospitals throughout Pennsylvania to prevent chronic opioid use among surgical patients. POSSE’s patient-centered domain engages patients in developing patient-friendly and easy-to-understand materials that raise awareness about the management of surgical pain and the prevention of opioid use disorder. Join Susan Cosgrove, MPA, director, health literacy at the Health Care Improvement Foundation as she discusses the basic principles of health literacy and how they apply to the development and dissemination of education materials for surgical patients and families.

1.0 continuing education hours will be awarded for completion of this webinar. Continuing education credits apply to Pennsylvania registered nurses only.

Join Ursula Nawab, MD, senior medical director of patient safety at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, associate professor of clinical pediatrics in the division of neonatology, department of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine; Avram H. Mack, MD, associate chair for quality and safety within the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia department of psychiatry, full professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perlman School of Medicine; and Andrea Colfer, MSN, senior patient safety process manager at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; where they will share one institution’s journey to overcome the cognitive biases that may contribute to diagnostic error.

Attendees will be able to formulate ideas on how to tackle missed opportunities in diagnosis in their institution, discuss the formation and history of a Cognitive Bias Think Tank, understand the working objectives of the Cognitive Bias Think Tank, explore a quality improvement initiative and other initiatives of the Cognitive Bias Think Tank, and apply this institution’s learnings and next steps to help inform future work.

1.0 continuing education hours will be awarded for completion of this webinar. Continuing education credits apply to Pennsylvania registered nurses only.