Registration and abstract submission for The Clay Dunagan, MD,MS Annual Patient Safety and Quality Symposium is now open. This year’s theme is “Closing the Quality Divide: Providing health care we want, need, and deserve.”

As the health care needs of our communities continue to grow and evolve in complexity, it is more important than ever that we continue to evaluate and respond to any gaps we may see in patient care and experience. “Closing the Quality Divide” is more than providing consistent and excellent care to everyone; it also requires turning to the concepts and lessons covered in the 2001 Crossing the Quality Chasm report to provide unique, individualized care to each patient so they receive the health care they want, need, and deserve.

This year’s symposium will:

• Summarize recommendations from the 2001 Crossing the Quality Chasm report and relevance for current and future learnings for patient safety and quality programs.
• Address what “Patient Safety II” is and potential ways to integrate and support existing safety management practices in health care.
• Illustrate application of artificial intelligence and Epic utilization to support clinical processes.
• Cover Patient Safety and Quality projects that demonstrate safe, effective, patient centered, timely, efficient, or equitable care at the hospital or unit level.
• Identify opportunities to improve diagnostic accuracy.

Click here for more information on how to register and submit an abstract.

Click here to view past years’ Patient Safety & Quality Symposium videos.

Click here to put the event on your calendar.

The FREE program ($45 fee for CME or ACPE Credits) is jointly provided by Barnes-Jewish Hospital, WashU Medicine, and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Additional funding is provided by BJC HealthCare and The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.