Welcome and Introduction
Overview – National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention
Don Wright, MD, MPH, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Patient Perspective
Rosie Bartel, Patient Advocate, Patient & Family Centered Care (PFCCpartners)
Federal Activities to Track and Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections
Denise Cardo, MD, Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
Melissa Miller, BSN, MD, MS, Medical Officer, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ
Jade Perdue, MPA, Director, Division of Quality Improvement Innovation Models Testing, CMS
Targets and Measures
Clydette Powell, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director, Division of Health Care Quality, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Data and Surveillance Updates
Denise Cardo, MD, Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
Pamela Owens, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, AHRQ
Audience Q&A
Preventing Health Care-Associated Infections