1 in every 10 patients experiences a medical error. 

Healthcare professionals are called to identify, analyze and prevent medical errors that often lead to adverse events.

You need strategies for evidence-based compliance with emphasis on reporting, analysis and prevention. Join Dr. Dianne Ditmer for this 60-minute look into the focused efforts to mitigate contemporary errors and adverse events by applying lessons learned from industry.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:

• Get the scoop on the prevalence and incidence of adverse events
• What are the root causes of healthcare errors in relationship to:
• Medical complexity
• System failures
• Recognize evidence-based patient risk factors associated patient safety goals
• Zoom in on the changes to the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals as determined by The Joint Commission.
• Discover quality and safety initiatives to improve compliance while enhancing patient safety

Who should attend? Managers, administrators, nurse managers, floor nurses, long term care nurses, ambulatory care facility nurses, risk managers, infection control practitioners, quality improvement staff, other compliance staff in hospital settings, and private practice physicians.

Why use AudioEducator?

• Skip the costly travel arrangements and wasted time. Our conferences are available from the comfort and convenience of your own office or meeting room.
• Multiple formats to fit your training needs. All of our conferences are available on CD or PDF transcript so you can train your staff around your schedule.
• Every conference includes the speaker's materials so you can keep learning long after the conference is over.
• Gather around a speaker phone or computer and train your team for one low price.
• Multiple locations? Ask our customer specialists about discounts for your whole staff.

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Dr. Dianne Ditmer is a clinical nurse educator and Certified Forensic Nurse with a background in risk management and emergency nursing. Her clinical training and certifications include forensic nursing and medical error investigation.  As a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Dr. Ditmer serves as board member of the American Board of Forensic Nurses, Ohio Healthcare Taskforce on Family Violence, and Montgomery County Sexual Assault Response Team. As a board member for the State of Ohio Department of Mental Health, she is currently developing evidence-based training protocols specific to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Her national publications include forensic nursing certification modules for the American College of Forensic Examiners and article publication in the peer reviewed journal, The Forensic Examiner, Nurses Digest and the Magnet Advisor. As an international speaker, Dr. Ditmer presents to multi-disciplinary healthcare providers on topics including forensic nursing, workplace violence, caring for vulnerable populations. Dr. Ditmer also serves as adjunct faculty at Kettering College of Medical Arts where she teaches ethics and healthcare law; research; and forensic science.