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Vol XXVII, Sep `06

Research Network Fall Meeting Agenda Focuses on Safety

Vol XXVIII, Sep `06

"Developing a Long Term Care Patient Safety Research Agenda" is the theme for the 6th Annual Fall AMDA Foundation Research Network Conference, set for October 27-29, 2006, in Tampa, FL. The meeting will feature nationally known speakers as well as Research Network workgroups and leaders. Here is a sample of what participants have to look forward to:

Saturday, October 28th

8:00 - 9:00 am	Patient Safety Culture in Long Term Care Steven M. Handler MD, MS, Assistant Professor University of Pittsburg Medical Center
9:00 -10:00 am	Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Long Term Care Jerry Gurwitz, MD, AGSF, Professor University of Massachusetts Medical School
10:15 - 11:15 am	Methodological Issues in Studying Medication Errors in Long Term Care Facilities Kenneth N. Barker, Ph.D. Director, Center for Pharmacy Operations and Designs, Auburn University
11:15am -12:15 pm	Discussion Groups Purpose: To correlate the Research Network with emerging safety issues and develop safety research agenda.
12:15 - 1:15 pm	Lunch Patient Safety Issues in Long Term Care: The View from CMS Paul McGann, MD, MS, CMS (Invited)
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Report of discussion groups
2:30 - 5:00 pm	Study Group Sessions (tentative) Osteoporosis Barbara Messinger-Rapport, MD, CMD and James Judge, MD Centralized Database Warehouse Steven Handler, MD, MS and David Polakoff, MD, MSc, CMD Anemia Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, CMD and TS Dharmarajan, MD, FACP

Two additional workgroups to be announced

You may download the registration form for the conference at www.amda.com/foundation/reg_form.doc, or contact Chris Danihel at 410-992-3134 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.