Improving Quality and Patient Safety in Rural Hospitals

The National Rural Health Association's (NRHA) Quality and Clinical Conference is an interactive educational opportunity designed for quality improvement coordinators, performance improvement coordinators, rural clinicians, medical students, and quality improvement organizations practicing on the front lines in rural health care. Taking place July 15-17, 2008 in San Diego, California, this important, cutting-edge conference will provide tools, research and collaborative opportunities to improve quality of care in rural hospitals and integrate population health concerns into clinical practice.

Learn how researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have refined the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for small rural and critical access hospitals during the session "Rural Safety Culture. "

Improve the care delivery system at your rural facility and improve patient outcomes with the guidance of QIO experts during "Leveraging Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Rural Hospital Success into Future Opportunities."

Understand the successful rural-specific quality measures outlined in "Quality of Care in the Rural Environment."

Use root-cause analysis to identify opportunities for improvement in your facility in preventing decubitus ulcers in "Decreasing Potential for Inpatient Decubitus Ulcers through Performance Improvement."

Take a step towards eliminating health care disparities with telemedicine in the session "Extension for Community Health Outcomes."

These are just a few of the many educational sessions included in this high-quality conference! This conference has been approved for 13.5 CPHQ continuing education credits by the National Association for Healthcare Quality, and credit is pending from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Virginia Nurses Association. VA Nurses Association credit is accepted by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

Earn 13.5 CE credits in two days, and take advantage of our early-bird registration rates - $149 for NRHA members, and $349 for all others.

Medical students with an interest in rural health can attend free if you register now! For more information, please call Estelle Montgomery at (816) 756 - 3140 or Montgomery@NRHArural.org.

Please join NRHA for our Quality/Clinical Conference in San Diego July 15-17, 2008. For more information, please click here.