GENERAL INFORMATION
Enrollment is limited and early registration
is advised.
Registration deadline:
May 5, 2011
This activity is being submitted to the National Association of
Healthcare Quality for CPHQ CE credit and to Christiana
Care Health System, an approved provider of continuing
nursing education by the Delaware Nurses Association.
Conference registration will be confirmed
upon completion of the online registration
process. Please contact the Chairperson if
you do not receive a confirmation.
Cancellations: Registration fee will be
fully refunded if cancellation received prior
to 5/5/2011.
A $25 fee will be deducted if
cancellation is received after 5/5/2011.
The Delaware Association for Healthcare
Quality reserves the right to cancel this
program. In the event of an emergency, we
reserve the right to cancel a session or
substitute a qualified speaker.
Out of respect for conference
participants, children will not be
admitted to the conference.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Dianne Bradtke RN, MSA
Conference Chairperson at
(302) 623-0119 or by e-mail
dbradtke@christianacare.org
EXPLORING THE NEW
FRONTIER
FRIDAY, May 13, 2011
7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Ammon Education Center
Main Auditorium
Christiana Hospital
Sponsored by
Delaware Association
for Healthcare Quality
and
Christiana Care Health System
Sharon Anderson, RN, BSN, MS, FACHE
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
7:30 AM Registration and Continental
Breakfast
8:15 AM
Welcome & Introductions
8:30 AM
Value Based Purchasing
Sharon Anderson RN, BSN, MS,
FACHE
9:45 AM Break & Posters
10:00 AM
Healthcare Reform
Senator Bethany Hall Long PhD,
FAAN
11:15 AM Lunch (Provided) & Posters
12:15 PM Patient Centered Medical Home
Eric I Schwartz MD MBA
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Break & Posters
Accountable Care Organizations
Donald Lighter MD, MBA,
FAAP, FACHE
Evaluations, Posters & Adjourn
OBJECTIVES
1.
Evaluate the newest healthcare concepts
and their impact on quality and safety.
2.
Identify the key components of value based
purchasing, accountable care organizations,
and patient centered medical home.
3.
Understand Healthcare Reform’s impact on
healthcare quality and safety.
Ms. Anderson is the Senior VP of Quality and Safety
at Christiana Care Health System. She has an extensive
background including critical care nursing, care
management, claims review, and utilization review.
Her current responsibilities include the development
and implementation of an organization wide quality &
safety program, as well as, programs to manage the
delivery of care in a consistent, high quality and costeffective manner. These programs include, disease
and case management, resource management,
utilization review, clinical pathways and guidelines.
Eric I. Schwartz MD, MBA
Dr. Schwartz is a Board Certified internist
and currently serves as the Associate Medical Director
for The Medical Group of Christiana Care, a network
of primary care and specialty physician
practices located in Delaware and Southern New
Jersey. In addition to serving as the Chair of the
Performance Improvement Committee, Dr. Schwartz
has been awarded grant monies for programs to
improve Diabetes care and to implement the Patient
Centered Medical Home in the primary care offices.
He has led organizations through accreditation surveys
and has designed and implemented Continuous
Quality Improvement initiatives, practice management
systems and Electronic Medical Records for
ambulatory care.
REGISTRATION
We are pleased to offer online registration for
this year’s conference! Please use the link on
the DAHQ website to complete your
registration. www.dahq.org
2011 NEW FEE STRUCTURE
Members SAVE $6
Non-members SAVE $5
Registration fee:
DAHQ Member ……………$99
Non-Member………………..$125
Students……………………..$50
(must have valid Student ID)
Senator Bethany Hall Long PhD, FAAN
Dr. Hall Long has been a Delaware State Senator
since 2008 and served in the House of Representatives
from 2002 to 2008. She is a professor at the
University of Delaware with teaching expertise in
community health nursing, health policy, evidenced
based practice, nursing science, public health and
women’s studies. Dr. Hall Long is a regionally &
nationally recognized speaker and has authored
numerous health policy, public health and community
based nursing publications.
Donald Lighter MD, MBA, FAAP, FACHE
Dr Lighter currently serves as Director of The
Institute for Healthcare Quality Research and
Education and works with organizations to improve
quality management using techniques such as Lean Six
Sigma, the Baldrige Award management framework,
and advanced information technologies. Additionally,
he serves as the Corporate Medical Director for
Healthcare Quality and Safety at Shriners Hospitals for
Children. He has experience in the areas of medical
staff performance and compensation, leadership
training, and medical affairs strategic planning and has
authored two widely used textbooks on healthcare
quality improvement
INTERESTED IN
BECOMING A MEMBER?
Find all the information you
need on the website.
www.dahq.org
DAHQ
PO Box 5102
Wilmington, DE 19808