Learn ways to reduce waste in healthcare. Explore approaches to its management, control, and eventual elimination. Taught by Dr. Dennis O’Leary, a national leader who has spearheaded major changes in the healthcare industry.
Reducing Waste and Improving Patient Safety
Certificate
This class is part of the Managing in a Healthcare Environment Certificate
Pressures to reduce healthcare waste and improve healthcare quality and patient safety are escalating. The United States now devotes 16 percent of its gross domestic product to healthcare, well above the 8.5 percent median among other countries. However, the U.S. ranks last or next to last among major countries on measures of quality, access, and equity, among other key performance dimensions. The problems are interlinked.
The opportunities for reducing waste in healthcare cover a spectrum of clinical and administrative activities. Most of these opportunities have clear translations into improved patient safety and healthcare quality as well. In this session, we explore the major dimensions of waste in healthcare and potential approaches to its management, control, and eventual day-to-day elimination.
| Instructor | Date and Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis O'Leary, M.D | March 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Cleveland, OH | Add to Cart |
Topics
- The healthcare cost problem and its linkages to healthcare quality and patient safety
- Current strategic approaches to improving efficiency and reducing waste
- Delineation of conceptual and specific opportunities for reducing waste and their implications for healthcare quality and patient safety
- Summary of commonly applied “quality management” approaches and their related analytic tools
- Assessment of the importance of and the challenges to measuring waste reduction and improved efficiency
Learning Outcomes
As a result of attending this class, participants will:
- Important interrelationships between healthcare waste and patient safety problems.
- The principal opportunities for reducing waste in healthcare.
- The major quality management approaches being used to reduce waste in healthcare.
- The principal determinants of success (or failure) in controlling healthcare waste and improving patient safety.
Who Should Attend
Clinical and non-clinical healthcare managers and leaders, including financial and information management leaders.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Recommended Prior Knowledge
None
Continuing Education Credits
| Physician | 6 CME |
|---|---|
| Nurse | 6 CME |
| Counselor | 6 CEU |
| Healthcare Exec. | 6 CEU |
| Social Worker | 6 CEU |
| Nursing Home Admin. | 6 CEU |
| SPHR Professionals | 6 CEU |
| PHR Professionals | 6 CEU |
| PMI Project Manager | 6 PDU |
| Ohio CPA | 8 CPE |
Costs
Individual Participants: $392 by credit card; $417 by check<br />
Affiliate Partners: One class day per participant.
