Health Watch USA 2015 Patient Safety Conference


Speaker and Title of Presentation	PDF of Slides	Six Slides Per Page


Introduction & Disclaimers Conference & Presentation Objectives for Healthcare Professionals Attorneys Speaker Bios Agenda
Medical Devices
Peter Eisler, Reuters Investigative Reporter presenting on medical endoscopes spreading the virtually untreatable bacteria CRE. Deadly infections from medical scopes go unreported, raising health risks Medical Devices: Regulatory Primer & Resources View YouTube Presentation	Slides	Six/Page
Stephen Tower, MD is an arthroprosthetic surgeon and an affiliated Professor at WWAMI. He is a top national researcher on the epidemiology and mechanisms of failure of Total Hip Arthroplasty. View YouTube Presenation Video Download: A Systematic Review of Systemic Cobaltism After Wear or Corrosion of Chrome-Cobalt Hip Implants.	Slides	Six/Page
	21st Century Cures Act
Value Purchasing and Quality Assurance
Richard Wild, MD - Chief Medical Officer, CMS Atlanta Region. Presentation on The CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions Initiative and an Update on Value Purchasing. View YouTube Presenation Video	Slides

Patient Advocacy Section Moderator Daniella Nunez - Consumer Union View YouTube Presentation	Slides	Six/Page
David Antoon Patient Advocate. Presenting on state and federal oversight on healthcare quality. Download CMS Notification Statute
Joleen Chambers Patient Advocate and Founder of the Failed Implant Device Alliance. Presenting on Medical Devices and the 510K approval process. The 510k Approval Process	Slides	Six/Page

Infection - Ebola Section
Joycelyn Elders, MD, Former US Surgeon General. Presentation on The Importance of Healthcare Transparency. APIC Ebola Prepardness Survey YouTube Videos: Introduction Background (Presentation Given By Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS)	JE Slides KK Slides	Six/Page Six/Page
Cokie Giles, RN Vice President of National Nurses United. Presenting on What the Ebola outbreak has taught us about need for standards in infection control. Download Handout Problems with N95 Face Shield	Slides	Six/Page
Kacie Hickox, MPH, RN Advocate who treated Ebola patients in Africa and underwent mandatory quarantine, despite being asymptomatic. She won her court battle against home quarantine in Maine. Download Handout Commissioner State of Maine Dept. of Health VS Kaci Hickox	Slides	Six/Page
Rice Leach, MD, MSHSA - Commissioner of Heath, Lexington-Fayette County Health Department - presention on the Lexington, KY Ebola experience. View YouTube Presenation Video	Slides	Six/Page

Infections - Healthcare Associated
Kraig Humbaugh, MD, MPH Director, Epidemiology and Health Planning Kentucky Department for Public Health. Presenting on Revisions to the KY Infectious Disease Reporting Regulations. Download Revisions & Comments Download Final Regulation	Slides	Six/Page

Daniel Saman, MPH, DrPh will present on The Epidemiology of the deadly GI Infection Clostridium difficile. View YouTube Presentation	Slides	Six/Page
Mara Rice, RN, BSN will present on the Questionable Validity of how we measure and report Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI). Download AJIC Article on CAUTI Metric	Slides	Six/Page

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