Thank you for your interest in the second regional workshop held in Chicago, Illinois. 

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron
Third Floor; Pritzker Auditorium
Chicago, IL

8:30 AM     Registration

9:00 AM     Welcome and Workshop Introduction (Audio)
Nels D. Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Eric E. Whitaker, IL Department of Public Health (Audio)

9:20 AM     Overview of the IOM Reports on the Future of Emergency Care (Presentation) (Audio - starts with Whitaker)
A. Brent Eastman, Scripps Memorial Hospital
Brent Asplin, Regions Hospital
Nels D. Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Joseph Wright, Children’s National Medical Center

10:00 AM     Break

10:15 AM     State and Local Response Panel  (Moderator: A. Brent Eastman) (Audio)
Peter Butler, Rush University Medical Center
Thomas Esposito, Loyola University Burn and Shock Trauma Institute
Stephen Hargarten, Medical College of Wisconsin
Bill Jermyn, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Leslee Stein-Spencer, Independent Consultant

Members of the panel will engage in a conversation, led by the moderator, about the IOM reports based on a series of questions set in advance:
(1) What do you think are the key messages of the reports?
(2) Are there any important issues that the reports missed?
(3) What are the top priority areas for action?
(4) What are some of the barriers to implementation?

11:15 AM     Open Discussion  (Moderator: A. Brent Eastman) (Audio)

Attendees are given an opportunity to make a brief comment or ask a question.  Members of the IOM committee will respond.

12:00 PM     Luncheon Presentation (Audio)
Cortez Trotter, Chief Emergency Officer, City of Chicago

Boxed lunches will be provided.

1:00 PM     The Emergency Care Workforce   (Moderator: Nels Sanddal) (Audio)
Bruce Browner, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Steven Krug, Children’s Memorial Hospital (Presentation)
Patricia Kunz Howard, University of Kentucky Hospital (Presentation)
Ron Pirrallo, Medical College of Wisconsin (Presentation)

10 Minute Presentations Followed by an Open Discussion Session

2:15 PM     Hospital Efficiency (Information Technology and Patient Flow)  (Moderator: Brent Asplin) (Audio1 - Audio2)

Peter Angood, JCAHO (Presentation)
John T. Finnell, Indiana University School of Medicine (Presentation)
Linda Kosnik, Overlook Hospital (Presentation)
Susan Nedza, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Presentation)

10 Minute Presentations Followed by an Open Discussion Session

3:30 PM     Lessons Learned from Trauma System Development (Audio)
J. Wayne Meredith, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Presentation)

4:00 PM     Final Summation
Nels D. Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation

Return to the Main Page