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Quality Update
Quality on Parade
Quality care and patient safety are arguably fast becoming the two leading issues on the radar screen of hospital professionals in the United States. But a three-day symposium held at Hopkins last October also proved that these issues have made it to the top of the agenda for health leaders abroad.
Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care and Johns Hopkins International (JHI), the event, entitled Practical Approaches to Quality in Patient Care: A Tools and Solutions Symposium, brought to Baltimore 90 hospital leaders from more than 14 countries. According to Clara Marin, JHI senior manager for International Programs and symposium coordinator, participants heard more than 30 speakers, including senior administrators, physicians and nursing staff, and took home lessons learned from the myriad initiatives implemented on Hospital units here in the past year. (All plenary and track sessions were audiotaped and are available for purchase on CD-ROM from the Center at www.hopkinsquality.com.)
The October symposium has led to several exchange and educational programs with Monterrey Tec, the leading Mexican private university.
With the success of last fall’s seminar behind them, the Center and JHI are preparing for a second one to take place May 12–14 on the Hopkins medical campus. This event, titled The Future is Here: Managing Change in Clinical Care, will focus on how clinical, technological and other trends are changing the practice of medicine and how hospitals plan for the future. Workshops will include techniques to improve teamwork and communication to ease the work of quality-improvement teams. For program details and registration information, contact Clara Marin at 1-410-955-3096 or jhis@jhmi.edu, or visit www.jhintl.net.
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