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Introduction & Disclaimers
Conference & Presentation Objectives for
Healthcare Professionals Attorneys
Speaker Bios Agenda
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Medical Devices
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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 |
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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.
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Six/Page |
21st Century
Cures Act |
Value Purchasing and Quality Assurance |
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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
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Patient Advocacy Section
Moderator Daniella Nunez - Consumer Union
View YouTube Presentation
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David Antoon Patient Advocate.
Presenting on state and federal oversight on healthcare quality.
Download CMS Notification Statute
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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 |
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Infection - Ebola Section
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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)
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JE
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KK
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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 |
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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 |
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Infections - Healthcare Associated |
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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
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Daniel Saman, MPH, DrPh will
present on The Epidemiology of the deadly GI Infection
Clostridium difficile.
View YouTube Presentation |
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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 |
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