Centers of Expertise Events
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Center of Expertise Sessions Spring 2012
Center of Expertise in Global Health and Patient Care Quality and Safety:
Sustaining Patient Safety in Global Health through Continuous Process Improvement.
Leader: Rick Van Pelt, MD, Director Global Program, Partners Medical International
Date/Time/Location: April 4, 2012, 6:00PM - 7:30PM, MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
Dr. Van Pelt will discuss his work taking the best practices of quality improvement into the global arena. Recognizing that continuous process improvement (CPI) is the foundation for outstanding patient care, Dr. Van Pelt has successfully brought a robust, user-friendly CPI approach that extends beyond accreditation to global projects where leadership is interested and committed to pushing the CPI envelope.
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Center of Expertise in Academic Healthcare Management
Primary Care Transformations and the Academic Innovations Collaborative
Leader: David Bates, MD, Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer for BWH and BWPO
Date/Time/Location: April 11, 2012, 6:00PM - 7:30PM, BWH Deland, PBB4
Dr. Bates will discuss recent efforts through BWH and the HMS Center for Primary Care to train future health care leaders by transforming Harvard-affiliated primary care teaching practices through innovation in four key areas: team-based primary care, management and prevention of chronic illnesses, management of patients with multiple illnesses, and patient empowerment and behavior change. This talk will focus on the specific project work as well as the integration of primary care and other specialties in collaborative and effective patient care delivery.
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Center of Expertise in Research
Research Resources: Understanding the Research Patient Data Registry and clinical research opportunities for trainees.
Leader: Shawn Murphy, Medical Director, Partners Research Computing
Date/Time/Location: April 24, 2012, 6:00PM - 7:30PM, BWH Deland, PBB4
The Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR), is a Partners information resource that allows clinical researchers and study staff to access vast amounts of aggregate patient clinical data. The RPDR is a large data warehouse that serves as a central clinical data registry for inpatient and outpatient encounters. Dr. Murphy will describe how RPDR brings clinical information to researchers in two ways: 1) as aggregate data, such as total patients with user-defined diagnoses, and 2) with proper IRB approval, detailed patient level medical record data. e welcomes discussion of specific research questions and proposals.
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Center of Expertise in Health Care Policy
The Innovator's Prescription: how the theory of disruption applies to the health care industry
Date/Time/Location: April 25, 2012 6:00PM - 7:30PM, MGH Trustees room, Bulfinch 2
Leader: Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Professor Christiansen is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth. Professor Christensen is the best-selling author of eight books and more than a hundred articles. The Innovator’s Dilemma received the Global Business Book Award as the best business book of the year; and in 2011 The Economist named it as one of the six most important books about business ever written. Partners CoE is pleased and honored to have Professor Christiansen as an esteemed speaker.
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Center of Expertise Quality and Safety Safety and Patient Handoffs
Leader: Dr. Andrew Karson, Director, Clinical Decision Support Unit, MGH
Program: The session will explore the increased national and local attention being focused on patient handoffs. Poor handoffs can lead to patient harm, but there are limited data addressing how big the problem is and what approaches institutions and providers should take to improve handoff safety and efficiency. We will discuss best practices around patient handoffs and various approaches that are being taken at Partners Institutions.
Date: May 2, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2.
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Center of Expertise in Health Care Policy
40 trainees were accepted in the Health Policy Certificate Program in 2012. During this culminating session these participants will present their longitudinal policy projects . All are welcome to attend the presentations.
Date: May 31, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Shapiro Breakout Room, Shapiro Cardiovascular Center
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Center of Expertise in Medical Education
Assessment in Medical Education: Current approaches and innovations in UME and GME
Keith Baker, MD, Program Director, Anesthesia, MGH and Graham McMahon, MD, BWH Department of Medicine, Editor for Medical Education, New England Journal of Medicine
Date: June 4, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2.
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Center of Expertise Quality and Safety: FInal Presentations of Research Grant Recipients
Date: June 6, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2.
4 trainees received research grants for original projects in Patient Care Quality and Safety in 2012. During this culminating session these participants will present their results. All are welcome to attend the presentations.
Center Co-chairs Drs. Allen Kachelia and Gregg Meyer will facilitate the discussion.
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Center of Expertise Health Policy and Management: Early Career Panel
Date: June 13, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2.
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Center of Expertise in Global Health: Presentations from COE Travel Grant Recipients
Program: Drs. Bangberg and VanRooyen will lead a discussion based on presentations by COE Travel Grant Recipients from AY2010-11 and AY11-12. All are welcome to attend the presentations. For application information see COE
Date: June 18, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2.
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Center of Expertise in Research
Group Mentoring Session: Translational Research
José Baselga, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology and associate director of the MGH Cancer Center.
Partners Chief Academic Officer
Date: June 27, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
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2012 Archive
Center of Expertise Medical Education: Survey Design and Qualitative Research Methods
Date: January 5, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB 4
Leader: Eric Campbell, Director of Research, Mongan Institute for Health Policy MGH.
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Center of Expertise Academic Health Care Management and Center of Expertise in Health Care Policy
Healthcare IT Policy and Operations
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy,
Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer, Partners HealthCare
Date: January 18, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2
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Center of Expertise in Global Health: A case discussion of community health workers in health care delivery: BRAC's Rural TB program (download the case for discussion).
Joe Rhatigan, MD, Global Health Equity Residency Program Director, BWH. Director of Curriculum Development, Global Health Delivery.
Date: January 23, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB4
Program:
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Center of Expertise in Patient Care Quality and Safety
Bundled care for clinical conditions - payment plans, care plans, and adding value Challenges for the future
Liz Mort, Vice President of Quality and Safety at Mass General and the MGPO, and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Mass General Hospital and PHS Senior Medical Director, Care Management
Dr. Mort will address the history of bundled payments, the current US experience, PHS work and plans to move into this new method of payment. She will explore implications for clinical decision making, engagement of patients and families, challenges in working as teams, IT challenges, and a discussion of whether this strategy holds promise for advancing our ability to improve health care.
Date: February 1, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2,
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Center of Expertise in Global Health
Global Health Service Corps - Building a partnership for international medical service with the Peace Corps
Vanessa Bradford Kerry, Associate Director of Partnerships and Global Initiatives, MGH Center for Global Health and Director of the Global Public Policy and Social Change Program in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Date: February 13, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees Room, Bulfinch 2,
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Center of Expertise Academic Health Care Management
Career Pathways Keynote: The Role of Community Hospitals in an integrated health care system
Leader: Michael Jellinek, MD, CEO Newton Wellesley Hospital,
Date: March 1, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Bulfinch 222.
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Center of Expertise in Medical Education
Trading Teaching Pearls of Wisdom: with a PGY-30-- an open discussion
Topics include: Clinical teaching: how is it different from classical teaching?, Teaching as a consultant, Practical pointers. Teaching the physical exam, Visual learners, Teaching scripts.
Dan Hunt, Director, Inpatient Clinician Educator Service, MGH
Date: March 5, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland Board Room, PBB 4.
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Center of Expertise in Health Care Policy
Legislative efforts and tactics-- planning for legislative meetings
Heather Gasper, Partners Government Relations
Date: March 14, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland Board Room, PBB 4.
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Center of Expertise Quality and Safety: Roundtable Discussion with Research Grant Recipients
Date: March 26, 2012
Time: 6:00PM-:7:30PM pm
Location: BWH medical staff conference room
Leader: Drs. Allen Kachelia and Gregg Meyer will lead a discussion with trainees who received COE Research Grants. All are welcome to attend the roundtable.
Please RSVP for the event
Center of Expertise in Global Health
Career Pathways Keynote: Humanitarian Medicine
Michael Van Rooyen, Executive Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Date: March 19, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB4
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Center of Expertise in Health Care Policy
Perspectives on the Economic Implications of the Affordable Care Act
David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Date: March 28, 2012 (rescheduled from 2/29/12)
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland Board Room. PBB 4.
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Fall 2011
Center of Expertise Sessions September - December 2011
December 2011
Center of Expertise Quality and Safety: Roundtable Discussion with IHI Conference attendees and Research Grant Recipients
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Carrie Hall, PBB 2
Leader: Drs. Tejal Gandhi and Greeg Meyer will lead a discussion with trainees who received grants to attend the National Forum on Quality Improvement and COE Research Grants. All are welcome to attend the roundtable. For application information see COE Opportunities (applications due October 1, 2011).
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise in Global Health: Presentations from COE Travel Grant Recipients
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Bulfinch 222
Program: Drs. Bangberg and VanRooyen will lead a discussion based on presentations by COE Travel Grant Recipients from AY2010-11 and AY11-12. All are welcome to attend the presentations. For application information see COE Opportunities (applications due October 1, 2011).
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise Academic Health Care Management
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Deland, PBB4
Kate Walsh, Chief Executive of Boston Medical Center Kate Walsh, former CEO of BWH, became the president and CEO of Boston Medical Center (BMC) on March 1, 2010. BMC is a private, not-for-profit, 639-bed, academic medical center with a community-based focus. The primary teaching affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center has approximately 5,000 employees, 1,300 physicians and an annual operating budget of roughly $1.5 billion. BMC is a founder of Boston HealthNet, a network affiliation of the Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine and 15 community health centers. Ms. Walsh will describe her current work in a policy and operational context.
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November 2011
Center of Expertise Quality and Safety- Systematic Approaches to Medication Safety
Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
Leader: Dr. Andrew Karson, Director of the Clinical Decision Support Unit in the MGH Center for Quality and Safety, MGH Dr Karson will discuss research and practice maximizing safety in a range of patient care settings.
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Center of Expertise in Research: Research Resources at Partners
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustee, Bulfinch 2
Leaders: Dr. Richard Bringhurst, MGH Senior VP for Research and Dr. Barbara Bierer, BWH Senior VP for Research.
"Research Opportunities for Partners Trainees: The world is your oyster… you just have to find it." Drs. Bierer and Bringhurst will lead the session with a discussion of the research resources at the hospitals, across Partners, and throughout Harvard and invite discussion among attendees and address questions.
Please RSVP for this event. Timothy G. Ferris, MD, MPH, medical director of the Mass General Physicians Organization (MGPO) at Massachusetts General and a senior scientist in the Mongan Institute for Health Policy.
Accountable care organizations take up only seven pages of the massive new health law yet have become one of the most talked about provisions.This model offers doctors and hospitals financial incentives to provide good quality care to Medicare beneficiaries while keeping down costs. Join Dr. Ferris for this discussion of the nuts and bolts as well as implications and assessment for ACOs.
Please rsvp for the event
Center of Expertise in Medical Education: Accountable Care Organizations-- Approaching Research in Medical Education
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB 4
Leader: Graham McMahon, MD, Associate Professor of Education, Medical Education Editor, NEJM
Dr. McMahon will present a case study for trainee research planning and field specific planning questions. Trainees have excellent opportunities for research in medical education and Dr. McMahon will work with you to refine those ideas and move forward. First of a two part research methods series.
Accountable Care Organizations: Explanations and Impact
Date: Monday, November 21, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
October 2011
Center of Expertise Quality and Safety: The Culture of Safety- Breakthrough recommendations in Q&S and clinical training.
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB4
Leader: Dr. Lucien Leape, Professor of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Leape is a pioneer and visionary in the field of quality and safety. As Chair of the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation he is charged with defining strategic paths and calls to action for the field of patient safety leading to innovation to create significant, sustainable improvements in culture, process, and outcomes critical to safer health care. Dr. Leape will discuss his recent work in Medical Education as well as describing evolution of Q&S in recent years.
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise in Health Policy: Physician Pay for Performance and Policy Implications.
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Shapiro Breakout Room
Leader: Arnold Epstein, MD, John H. Foster Professor and Chair, Dept of Health Policy and management, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Epstein will discuss the history, incentives, and policy implications of pay for performance models.
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise in Global Health: Sustaining Patient Safety in Global Health through Continuous Process Improvement.
Date: Monday, October 17, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
Leader: Rick Van Pelt, MD, Director Global Program, Partners Medical International
Dr. Van Pelt will discuss his work taking the best practices of quality improvement into the global arena. Recognizing that continuous process improvement (CPI) is the foundation for outstanding patient care, Dr. Van Pelt has successfully brought a robust, user-friendly CPI approach that extends beyond accreditation to global projects where leadership is interested and committed to pushing the CPI envelope.
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise in Medical Education: Feedback in Medical Education: Your ticket to better performance
Keith Baker, MD, Vice Chair, Education; Residency Program Director, MGH
Date: Monday, October 24, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH, Bulfinch 222
Dr. Baker will discuss self-evaluation, external feedback, tactics to obtain feedback, barriers to faculty members giving feedback and barriers to receiving feedback. He will also demonstrate the utility of feedback and demonstrates its necessity for improving performance. Despite all of the talk and hype regarding feedback in medical education, it remains a subject with significant risk for emotional turmoil and it is all too often either omitted or botched. An open dialogue regarding these struggles and difficulties will help trainees at all levels to improve on giving, receiving and using feedback for professional development.
Please RSVP for the event.
September 2011
Center of Expertise in Global Health
Date: Monday, September 12, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
Leader: Pat Lee, Director, Global Primary Care Program, MGH Dr. Lee will discuss the concept of global primary care curriculum, its development and accessibility to trainees. The Global Primary Care Program at MGH integrates the principles and practice of global health and primary care in order to develop future leaders with the skills, experience, and commitment to advance health equity and strengthen health systems in the U.S. and around the world. Dr. Lee will discuss the program development process and broad strategic goals for global primary care education.
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise Academic Health Care Management
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB4
Leader: Dr. Joesph Kvedar, Founder and Director of the PHS Center for Connected Health. "Connected health: a study in the adoption of novel care delivery models." The Center works to create new models of healthcare delivery, by developing programs and innovative strategies to move care from the hospital or doctor’s office into the day-to-day lives of patients, with a focus on innovative programs that leverage information technology – cell phones, computers, networked devices and simple remote health monitoring tools – to help providers and patients manage chronic conditions, maintain health and wellness and improve adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes.
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Trainees may apply to attend the Center for Connected Health Symposium.
Find Center for Connected Health Symposium Application.
Center of Expertise Quality and Safety: Just Culture
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: MGH Trustees, Bulfinch 2
Leader: Dr. Gregg Meyer, Senior Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
A Just Culture The goal of this talk isn't to teach you something new, it is to change the way you think. Come and understand why healthcare culture can't be blame free or demand individual accountability for every failure. Together we can find a sensible middle ground.
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise in Research: Research Resources at Partners
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Deland, PBB 4
Leader: Dr. Barbara Bierer, BWH Senior VP for Research and Dr. Richard Bringhurst, MGH Senior VP for Research.
"Research Opportunities for Partners Trainees: The world is your oyster… you just have to find it." Drs. Bierer and Bringhurst will lead the session with a discussion of the research resources at the hospitals, across Partners, and throughout Harvard and invite discussion among attendees and address questions. (Session will be repeated at MGH on November 15, 2011)
Please RSVP for the event.
Center of Expertise in Medical Education: Simulation in Education
Charles Pozner, MD, Medical Director STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: BWH Stratus Center for Simulation, Neville House
Dr Pozner will discuss simulation in teaching and as a career component as we as offering a tour of the STRATUS Center.
Please RSVP for the event.
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