Rollin J. “Terry” Fairbanks, MD, MS, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality & Safety Officer, MedStar Health and Executive Director, MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety

Changing the Trajectory of Safety: Your Role in Driving Meaningful Progress: This session will explore why, after 20 years of patient safety efforts, meaningful process remains elusive. Dr. Fairbanks will challenge conventional approaches to safety and system design, encouraging you to think differently about how safety is achieved. Together, conference attendees will explore innovative ways to commit to designing safer systems that move us closer to the goal of zero preventable harm.

Michele Schreiber, MD. Deputy Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) and the Director of the Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group at CMS.

Looking Towards a Safer Future: Intent and Impact: This session will outline the latest national actions designed to create safer systems for both patients and the healthcare workforce. This session will examine new regulatory measures and initiatives targeting systemic safety issues, providing attendees an overview of these key activities. Led by Michele Schreiber from CMS, the session will provide attendees with insight into why the new CMS structural measures were created, offer attendees the opportunity to explore challenges, and focus together on actionable steps organizations can take to align with these requirements and impact change.

Patricia McGaffigan, MS, RN, CPPS, Vice President for Safety Programs at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and President of the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety. Co-chair for the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety

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Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Co-chair for the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety

Assessment to Action: Implementing the National Action Plan and Moving Towards Total Systems Safety: This session will introduce the National Action Plan to Improve Patient Safety, providing a comprehensive overview of the report, and recommendations. Led by the co-chairs of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety, this session will explore the plan’s four foundational and interdependent areas, which the NSC prioritized as essential to create total systems safety. This session will inspire and equip participants to take actionable steps towards implementing the plan’s framework and advancing patient safety in their own institution.

 Thursday, April 10

9:00 AM                                    Welcome

9:20 AM                                    Opening Keynote: Changing the trajectory of Patient Safety with Audience Participation

10:45 AM                                  Break

11:00 AM                                  Keynote: Looking Towards a Safer Future: Intent and Impact

12:00 Noon                              Exhibit Hall:  exhibitors, posters and networking lunch

1:15 PM                                   Afternoon Keynote: Assessment to Action: Implementing the National Action Plan and Moving Towards Total Systems Safety

2:15 PM                                   Voices from the Field: An Interactive Workshop on Prioritizing Patient Safety 

3:00 PM                                    Break

3:15 PM                                    Building a Safer Future Together

4:00 PM                                    Closing

Healthcare leaders, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, and Patient Safety Executives, patient safety officers, quality improvement managers, and Front-line care providers.  This conference is applicable to both hospital and non-hospital settings alike. Leaders and patient safety professionals from pre-hospital and post-acute settings will benefit from this conference.

Contribute to MPSC’s mission to keep Maryland Healthcare Safe by submitting a   proposal to present a poster at the MPSC Annual Conference on April  10, 2025  at the Baltimore Hilton Inner Harbor. Conference proposal submissions should be timely, relevant, and evidence-based topics that feature best practices in patient safety and help achieve the conference learning objectives:

Submission will be prioritized that:

• Support conference learning outcomes in various settings of care
• Eliminate preventable harm in various settings of care
• Demonstrably consider health equity in the work, and/or address a health equity topic
• Incorporate patient safety and improvement science methods and outline the method or framework used to implement practice change(s)
• Include key takeaways that allow the work to be replicated at other organizations
• Clearly identify, describe, and address a gap in education, practice or outcomes that impacts patient safety or quality of care provided in a health care setting
• Demonstrate an improvement and outline metrics that indicate the effects of practice change(s)
• Reflect current or cutting-edge science through evidence-based content
• Project is timely, relevant, creative, and innovate

Presentations should have no confidential information (e.g., patient-, family-, or staff-identifying information) and should be free of commercial bias (no mention of company equipment, company logos, tag lines, equipment photos with visible company names, etc.).

Incomplete submissions will not be evaluated. Submissions are due by Jan 15^th at midnight.  Decisions on acceptance will be made by mid-February.

Submitting a proposal does not register you for this event. There is no fee to submit your proposal, however, if accepted, all Presenters are responsible for any fees associated with printing their poster, travel to and accommodations at the conference, and conference registration costs.  

Please plan to have your poster printed on XXXX (size, etc.) and at the conference location no later than 8:30 AM on Thursday April 10. 

For questions about poster submissions, email: Adriane Burgess at aburgess@marylandpatientsafety.org

The Annual Conference is a trusted annual event that attracts health care professionals from across the state of Maryland that are dedicated to improving patient safety and workforce well-being. Join us to:

• Position your brand as a catalyst for change.
• Engage with Maryland healthcare professionals in a powerful learning environment.
• Increase exposure of your business to an audience of healthcare professionals dedicated to patient safety.
• Align your organization with the state’s premier conference on patient safety.

Event Sponsorship Options:

Align your organization with this important conference through sponsorship of learning opportunities.

Special Events Exhibit Booth: This year we’re moving our exhibitor booth inside the exhibit hall space to gain the greatest exposure and learning experience for our attendees, poster presenters, exhibitors and sponsors. The exhibit hall will feature:

• Conference Registration Booth
• Welcome Breakfast
• Lunch and Exhibitor Reception
• Poster Presentation
• Exhibit Hall

As an Exhibitor you will receive:

• 10X10 exhibitor space
• 6×30 Draped table (confirm size)
• 1 Conference Registration so that you can join in the learning
• Logo on website
• Logo on mobile app exhibitor listing?

Maryland Patient Safety Center Member Organizations, (including CEU’s): EARLY BIRD RATE $99 thru February 28. REGULAR RATE after February 28: $129

Non-members, (including CEU’s): EARLY BIRD RATE $249 thru February 28. REGULAR RATE after February 28: $299

$69 student discount in-person with accepted poster only

Maryland Patient Safety Center Annual Conference Cancellation Policy

To ensure the success of our event and accommodate all participants, the following cancellation policy applies:

• Cancellations made on or before March 27, 2025, will be eligible for a full refund.
• No refunds or changes will be processed after March 27, 2025, including but not limited to registration transfers, or refunds for non-attendance.

We encourage you to review your schedule carefully before completing your registration. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at programs@marylandpatientsafety.org

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We look forward to seeing you at the conference!