Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Results through Shared Commitment

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association presents "Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Results through Shared Commitment". The forum explores the innovative ways insurers and providers are working together to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.

This event was aired live from the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Friday, September 14, 2007.

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Panelists and Presentations (PowerPoint)

• Allan Korn, M.D.
  Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
  
  
• Richard A. Norling
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Premier, Inc.
  Transforming Healthcare Together:The Future of Quality and Safety (1.75 MB)
  
  
• Terry D. Kellogg
  Executive Vice President
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
  Partnering with Hospitals to Improve Patient Safety (5.57 MB)
  
  
• Karen Frush, M.D.
  Chief Patient Safety Officer
  Duke University Health System
  Patient Safety Challenges and Results Achieved (307 KB)

• Sam Nussbaum, M.D.
  Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
  WellPoint, Inc.
  WellPoint’s Quest for Clinical Excellence and Safety (7.6 MB)

Supporting Materials

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

• Press release-Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association Holds Forum To Explore Patient Safety And Healthcare Quality Initiatives
• Press release-Blue Cross And Blue Shield Initiatives Recognized For Increasing Patient Safety And Efficiency
• Press release-America's Blue Cross And Blue Shield Plans Support The Institute For Healthcare Improvement's 5 Million Lives Campaign
• Compendium of BlueWorks Program Winners 2004-2006 (PDF)

Premier, Inc.

• Premier Healthcare Alliance, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (Word doc.)
• Wider Use of Quality Measures from P4P Project Could Save Thousands of Lives, Reduce Hospital Costs. Frequently Asked Questions (Word doc.)
• QUEST: High Performing Hospitals (Word doc.)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

• Alabama Hospital Quality Initiative. Quarterly Infection Control Best Practice Meetings (PDF)

Duke University Health System

• Duke Medicine:Patient Safety Challenges and Results Achieved (Word doc.)