IES' 4th Annual Quality Summit Draws More Than 300 Healthcare Leaders to Discuss Innovation and Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine
Dallas, TX, February 21, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Dedicated to bringing the most relevant information, education, and best practices to emergency care providers, Integrative Emergency Services’ Quality Summit is the largest conference in Texas focused solely on improving quality of care in emergency medicine. The 4th Annual Quality Summit — held on February 15 at the Irving Convention Center — included educational sessions, a contest for the best research in quality care, and an awards luncheon.
This year’s summit focused on patient safety and featured keynote speaker John J. Nance, healthcare and aviation safety/quality expert and award-winning author of "Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care." Nance’s address featured practical solutions on how to improve the quality of patient care by bridging the culture and communication disconnect between physicians, nurses, and staff.
These health care leaders not only deliver the best in emergency care, but they are developing solutions that impact global health through research, education, leadership, knowledge translation, and clinical outreach in emergency medicine.
Nick Zenarosa, MD, FACEP, IES CEO
This year’s event brought together more than 300 clinical and hospital leaders. “When you convene the best and brightest in emergency medicine, you promote collaborative collisions that lead to new ideas and innovation in emergency medicine,” said IES CEO Nick Zenarosa, MD, FACEP. “These health care leaders not only deliver the best in emergency care, but they are developing solutions that impact global health through research, education, leadership, knowledge translation, and clinical outreach in emergency medicine.”
Ali Farzad, MD, FAAEM received the John Marx Quality Award for high quality of work, exemplary service, and pursuit of excellence in emergency medicine. Dr. Farzad completed his residency and a fellowship in cardiovascular emergencies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is currently a board-certified emergency physician at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Seamus Lonergan, MD, FACEP, received the Dighton Packard Leadership Award for inspirational and effective leadership in making an extraordinary difference in emergency medicine. Dr. Lonergan began his medical training at the University of California - San Francisco and did his residency in emergency medicine at Highland General Hospital in Oakland. He serves as an emergency physician at Baylor University Medical Center - Dallas and is the Medical Director at the Baylor Scott & White - Irving emergency department.
Diane Taylor, NP, received the APP Service Award for exceptional work ethic, undaunted devotion, team spirit, and outstanding patient care in emergency medicine. Taylor earned a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in nursing administration from Baylor University. She also holds a Nurse Practitioner certification and has been with the Baylor healthcare system in Grapevine for 16 years.
In the Quality Poster Contest, awards were given to IES providers for original research on critical quality-of-care issues.
First place: Dr. John S. Garrett, Dr. Ali Farzad, Dr. Seamus Lonergan, and Dr. Robert Risch evaluated the ADP and HEART protocol that reduced unnecessary hospital admissions for chest pain by 10% in nine North Texas hospitals.
Second place: Dr. John S. Garrett and Dr. Robert Risch implemented a methodology to benchmark radiology imaging utilization, which over the first nine months was reduced by 12% — amounting to a cost savings of $1.1 million — while maintaining quality of care.
Third place: The Department of Emergency Medicine at John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth studied optimal measurement intervals for four emergency department crowding estimation tools to find a way to lessen the burden on ED personnel by reducing the frequency with which they should assess overcrowding.
Educational sessions included these topics: Introduction to a Culture of Safety, A Safe Emergency Department, Avoiding Medical Errors, Quality and Communication, Identifying Human Trafficking, Legal Cases, and Critical Procedures.
This year’s Quality Summit included 300 attendees with 269 clinicians, more than 60 hospital administrators, and 50 guests. There were 29 exhibitor booths.
About IES:
Integrative Emergency Services partners with Texas hospitals to provide the best patient encounter in emergency care. By providing experienced physician leaders and advanced practice practitioners, the IES team delivers uncompromising dedication, exceptional expertise, inspired and integrated collaboration, and second-to-none patient care. Learn more at www.ies.healthcare.
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