Last Chance to Register for July 8 TeamSTEPPS® Webinar on Partnering with Your Malpractice Insurance Program

Last Chance to Register for July 8 TeamSTEPPS® Webinar on Partnering with Your Malpractice Insurance Program

AHRQ is hosting a webinar on July 8 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET, on Partnering with Your Malpractice Insurance Program to Improve Safety in Surgery: TeamSTEPPS^® as Part of a Multifaceted Program. In this webinar, David L. Feldman, M.D., the chief medical officer at Hospitals Insurance Company in White Plains, N.Y., will discuss patient safety in surgery from the risk management perspective. He will discuss a multi-hospital safe surgery collaborative that includes TeamSTEPPS as part of a multifaceted program. The presentation will seek to:

1. Describe how hospitals can partner with malpractice insurance companies to facilitate a safe surgery collaborative to help mitigate risk and improve surgical outcomes
2. Discuss how to achieve high-level engagement with clinical departments in a multi-hospital collaborative
3. Discuss the components of a multifaceted safe surgery program and where TeamSTEPPS fits in
4. Describe the metrics that can be used to show results from a safe surgery program

There is no cost to participate. To register, please visit: http://www.teamsteppsportal.org/webinars.