TreatSafely

It's been 2 years since we held our inaugural Minimizing Errors, Maximizing Quality workshop at the Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, CA! Since then, we've given courses from Philadelphia to Brazil to Thailand.

We are very excited to announce a plan for another course in Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla in Oct, 2012.

In an effort prepare for this workshop, we are offering the opportunity to pre-register without any financial obligation. Individuals and groups that pre-register will be offered a 10% discount on standard registration fees.

Standard fees are $950 per registration, $850 per registration for 2 registration from the same institute, or $750 per registration for three or more individuals from the same institute.

We look forward to seeing you in La Jolla this Fall!

To pre-register please send an email to registration@treatsafely.org indicating your interest.

Our first South American Minimizing Errors, Maximizing Quality workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil was a tremendous success!

With 39 attendees we had some of our best, most lively discussions to date. What a great, really fun group to work with!

Many thanks to Laura Furnari, the Brazilian Association of Medical Physics (ABFM), and the Instituto de Radiologia (InRad- Hospital das Clinicas USP) for organizing and hosting the event.

We are thrilled to announce that our Minimizing Errors, Maximizing Quality workshop has been integrated into the Thai Medical Physics Annual Conference in Phitsanulok, Thailand.

For this very special event, we've turned our two-day workshop into a one-day executive version.

Registration for the workshop is being handled directly by the Thai Medical Physics Society. Please see the Thai Medical Physics Conference page for registration details.

Maintaining a quality and safety program is a big job. Starting one from scratch is downright daunting. The goal of our Quality Improvement ToolBox is to get you started as quickly and painlessly as possible.

The Quality Improvement ToolBox is a suite of online tools that provide easily interpreted, institution-specific results that can be put into action immediately.

If you're implementing a new technique, our process maps can provide a solid footing for your roll-out plans. If you're looking for proactive risk reduction strategies, our Flexible FMEA walks you through the analysis, step by step.

The Quality Improvement ToolBox will be available, free to the world, in early 2012.

Our intensive, extremely interactive, 2-day workshops provide individuals with the skills and materials required to implement effective, efficient quality and safety programs within their own organizations. These programs help to reduce the likelihood of errors, improve learning from errors that do occur, and ultimately lead to better care for patients.

When you come to one of our workshops you learn how to implement effective, efficient quality and safety programs. When you leave one of our workshops you'll take with you electronic versions of all the course material, including presentation slides, exercises, and notes for instructors.

Minimizing Errors, Maximizing Quality workshops are AAPM endorsed, and CAMPEP and MDCB accredited.

Developed and presented by recognized experts in the fields of quality and error management, the workshops introduce the following concepts:

• Human Factors
• Preventive Measures
• Incident Learning
• Root Cause Analysis
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Process Control
• Quality Management

With electronic versions of all the course material, you're not empty handed when you return to your clinic. Not only will you be able to implement an effective, efficient quality and safety program, you'll also be able to run the entire course, as is, for your colleagues.

Our online Introduction to Error Management course is now available free of charge!

The course consists of four modules, each comprised of two fifteen minute presentations, and two multiple-choice quizzes.

• Overview
• Human Factors
• Error Management Techniques
• Quality and Safety

iPhone and iPad compatible versions available, so you can view course presentations anytime, anywhere!