Provided by:
Holy Redeemer Hospital Quarterly
Departmental Quality Meetings
Academic Year 2014-2015
Pediatrics Departmental Quality Meeting
May 20, 2015
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Capindale Auditorium
Marjorie Curtis-Cohen, M.D. - Pediatrics Department Chair, Holy Redeemer Hospital
Debra Oswald, R.N., M.S.N.-Care Coordinator/Quality/Safety, Holy Redeemer Hospital
Amy Zucker, MD-Neonatology Division Chief, Holy Redeemer Hospital
Avrahom Gurwitz, MD-General Pediatrics Division Chief, Holy Redeemer Hospital
Target Audience
This program has been designed for departmental institutional faculty, nurses, allied health professionals, community
physicians, QI/CEQI personnel, and administrators in the medical specialties of all disciplines.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
 Access department level and individual results based on the process, performance and outcomes metrics
developed for each department
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Improve in performance indicators such as reduction in serious safety events, reduction in catheter related
infections
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Improve compliance with CMS and DNV regulations based on the actual metrics reviewed
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Reduce infections, falls, medication errors and improve communications
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Use resources available to reduce variations of care and unnecessary costs
Accreditation
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support*
NONE
For more information, please contact
Katherine Palmer
215-938-2015
kpalmer@holyredeemer.com
Check your CME online at www.penncmeonline.com
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Unapproved Uses of Products
It is policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for individuals who are in a position to
control the content of an educational activity to disclose to the learners all relevant financial relationships that they have
with any commercial interest that provides products or services that may be relevant to the content of this continuing
medical education activity. For this purpose we consider relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to
include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent expert faculty with relevant relationship(s) with commercial interest(s) from
involvement in CME, but rather to ensure that Penn CME-certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in
improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and
free of commercial bias. Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure
information provided to the Penn Office of CME was found to contain relationships that created a conflict of interest
relative to the topic of their presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically
rigorous and evidence-based presentations.
The staff in the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Mila Kostic,
Director of CME and the peer reviewer Zalman Agus, MD, Associate Dean for CME, have disclosed that they have
no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.
The following individuals have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests
related to the content of this educational activity:
PLANNING COMMITTEE & PRESENTER MEMBER NAME
MICHAEL T. DACHOWSKI, DMD CASS EAGAN
VERA FRUMIN, MD
LORENZ IANNARONE, MD
CHARLES WAGNER, MD
PRESENTER NAME
MARJORIE CURTIS-COHEN, M.D.
DEBRA OSWALD, R.N., M.S.N.
HENRY UNGER, MD
FATHER MARK SWOPE
STEVEN FASSLER, MD
JOSEPH THOMPSON, DMD
AMY ZUCKER, MD
AVRAHOM GURWITZ, MD
The following individuals have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to
the content of this educational activity.
PRESENTER NAME
NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
RELATIONSHIP
Relevant Financial Relationships: Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary,
royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership
interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as
employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching,
membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received
or expected
DISCLOSURE OF UNAPPROVED USES OF PRODUCTS
PRESENTER NAME
PRODUCT
INVESTIGATIONAL AND/OR OFF-LABEL USE