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Program

6:30 am Registration

6:45-7:45 am Breakfast with Exhibitors

7:45-8:00 am Introduction and Welcome
Joseph Tobin, MD, FAAP, FCCM and Stephen A. Stayer, MD, FAAP

How to Improve Group Practice
Moderator – James M. Steven, MD, FAAP

• 8:00-8:45 am Beyond the randomized controlled trial - The new science of using clinical information systems - Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA

• 8:45-9:30 am Databases for practice improvement: successes of the virtual PICU - Randall C. Wetzel, MBBS, FAAP

• 9:30-9:45 am The electronic anesthesia record can be used to improve patient care - Mohamed A. Rehman, MD

• 9:45-10:00 am The electronic anesthesia record can be used to improve OR efficiency - B. Randall Brenn, MD

10:00-10:20 am Questions and Answers

10:20-10:45 am Break with Exhibitors

Changing Physician Practice
Moderator – Dean B. Andropoulos, MD, MHCM

• 10:45-11:15 am Clinical work: Productivity-based compensations vs. Incentive Plans - Amr Abouleish, MD, MBA

• 11:15-11:45 am Performance based credentialing - C. Dean Kurth, MD, FAAP

11:45 am-12:00 pm Questions and Answers

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch with Exhibitors

Safety as a Motivator for Practice Improvement
Moderator – Steven R. Tosone, MD

• 1:00 – 1:45 pm Crew Resource Management - David M. Gaba, MD

• 1:45 – 2:05 pm Communications - Thomas L. Shaw, MD

• 2:05 -2:25 pm Checklists - Eugenie S. Heitmiller, MD, FAAP

2:25 – 2:45 pm Questions and Answers

2:45-3:15 pm Break with Exhibitors

Disaster – Lessons Learned From Katrina
Moderator – Alfred T. Dorsey, MD, FAAP

• 3:15-3:45 pm The Katrina Experience - Charles J. Fox, MD

• 3:45-4:30 pm Resource Utilization in Disasters - Paul Sirbaugh, DO

4:30-4:45 pm Questions & Answers

4:45-5:00 pm Wrap-up

5:30-7:30 pm Reception