On October 27, 2008, organizations across the United States logged-on as the 5 Million Lives Campaign showcased some of the best and most innovative quality improvement and patient safety work happening in the US on National Network Day. IHI faculty experts, Campaign Mentor Hospitals, hospital leaders, frontline care providers, Nodes, and national and scientific partners contributed to a dynamic day of interactive, web-based learning. 

All of the sessions were recorded and can be downloaded for free from the agenda below along with slides and materials mentioned during the sessions.

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National Network Day Session Materials and Recordings

Keynote Session:    Making the Network Work for You  Don Berwick, MD, MPP, President and CEO, IHI  Joe McCannon, Vice President and Campaign Manager, IHI Richard Umbdenstock, President and CEO, American Hospital Association

Break: 12:15 - 12:25 PM Eastern Time

"A" Breakout Sessions    A1: The Execution Framework Materials: PowerPoint slides, Handouts (PDF) Continuing to drive change and improvement project by project often leads to frustration.  This model for executing change allows senior leaders to develop a sustainable program that leads to improvement of system-wide aims. Andrea Kabcenell, Vice President, IHI Anna Roth, Assistant Director for System Redesign, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez, CA Review the Execution of Strategic Improvement Initiatives to Produce System-Level Results IHI White Paper to prepare for the session.    A2: Preventing Falls Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Tranforming Care at the Bedside How-to Guide: Reducing Patient Injuries from Falls Chuck Meek, RN, Director Patient Safety, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville, Roseville, CA Jane Taylor, EdD, Improvement Advisor, IHI    A3: Moving your "Big Dot" Overall mortality reduction at Owensboro Medical Health System Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Jeff Barber, DrPH, President and CEO, Owensboro Medical Health System, Owensboro, KY Diane Jacobsen, Director, IHI Review the Move Your Dot™: Measuring, Evaluating, and Reducing Hospital Mortality Rates (Part 1) and Reducing Hospital Mortality Rates (Part 2) IHI White Papers to prepare for the session.    A4: Infection Prevention Panel Discussion 12:25 PM - 1:20 PM Eastern Time Hear the latest in infection prevention issues from the Campaign's scientific partners.  Representatives from APIC, the CDC, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America have been invited to participate. Lillian Burns, MT, MPH, CIC, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Victoria Fraser, MD, The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) John Jernigan, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Fran Griffin, Director, IHI

Break: 1:20 - 1:30 PM Eastern Time

"B" Breakout Sessions    B1: Physician Leadership Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Alice Gosfield, Esq, Alice G. Gosfield and Associates Eric Dickson, MD, Faculty, IHI Review the Engaging Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda IHI White Paper to prepare for the session.    B2: Making Improvements Stick:  Reducing Surgical Complications and Improving Cardiac Care Materials: PowerPoint Slides - Griffin, Handouts - Griffin (PDF), PowerPoint Slides - Crotty, Handouts - Crotty (PDF) Glenn Crotty, MD, Chief Operating Officer, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV Fran Griffin, Director, IHI    B3: The Adoption and Spread of Medication Protocols Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Patrick Thies, Director - Pharmacy Services, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, IA Stuart Levine, PharmD, Informatics Specialist, ISMP Michelle Mandrack, RN, BSN, Director of Consulting Services, ISMP Frank Federico, Director, IHI    B4: Reducing Hospital Readmissions Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Amy Boutwell, Content Director, IHI Anna Roth, Assistant Director for System Redesign, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez, CA Pat Rutherford, Vice President, IHI

Break: 2:25 - 2:55 PM Eastern Time

"C" Breakout Sessions    C1: Building the Business Case for Quality Materials: PowerPoint Slides - Bisognano, Handouts - Bisognano (PDF), PowerPoint Slides - Shannon, Handouts - Shannon (PDF) (PDF)  Richard Shannon, MD, Chair-Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Maureen Bisognano, Chief Operating Officer, IHI    C2: Rural Affinity Group Grand Rounds Materials: PowerPoint Slides - Patton, Handouts - Patton (PDF), PowerPoint Slides - Turner, Handouts - Turner (PDF) Two rural hospitals will share practical strategies they learned through improvement projects at their hospitals. How the use of protocols with collaboration of the medical staff helped reduce average blood glucose, Rapid Response Teams in a Critical Access Hospital, and partnering with patients and families to accelerate change will all be covered. Pat Patton, St. Joseph Berea, Berea, KY Billie Turner, Saint Joseph Health System Kathy Duncan, Faculty, IHI    C3: Engaging Patients and Families & Family-Activated Rapid Response Teams Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Tools and materials from North Carolina Children's Hospital Tina Schade Willis, MD, North Carolina Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC Doris Hanna, Project Director, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)    C4: The Business Case for Patient- and Family-Centered Care Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Patricia Sodomka, FACHE, Senior Vice President, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA Jim Conway, Senior Vice President, IHI Review Partnering with Patients and Families to Design a Patient- and Family-Centered Health Care System: Recommendations and Promising Practices to prepare for the session.

Break: 3:50 - 4:00 PM Eastern Time

"D" Breakout Sessions  D1: The Keystone Project: Using evidence-based interventions to improve the quality and safety of ICU care Materials: PowerPoint Slides, Handouts (PDF) Chris Goeschel, RN, MPA, MPS, Executive Director, Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality Sean Townsend, MD, Faculty, IHI    D2: New Ways to Make Care Patient- and Family-Centered Materials: PowerPoint Slides - Brady, Handouts - Brady (PDF), PowerPoint Slides - Turner, Handouts - Turner (PDF) Planetree Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide Sally Turner, Director-Patient and Family Centered Care, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI Carrie Brady, Vice President, Quality, Planetree, Inc.

Break: 4:55 - 5:00 PM Eastern Time

Keynote Session:    The Way Forward  Don Berwick, MD, MPP, President and CEO, IHI  Joe McCannon, Vice President and Campaign Manager, IHI Janet Corrigan, President, National Quality Forum

National Network Day participants get 50 percent off Forum satellite broadcast

If you join us on National Network Day, but can’t be in Nashville for IHI’s 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care on December 8-11, 2008, consider viewing the live satellite broadcast of the Forum Keynote and Mini Keynote presentations on December 10 and 11. All organizations attending National Network Day will be eligible for a 50 percent discount off the total satellite broadcast enrollment fee.  After National Network Day, all participants will be sent the discount code to enter when registering for the Satellite Broadcast of the 20th Annual Forum.

For more information about the discount for National Network Day participants, please email campaign@ihi.org.