FULFILLING THE PROMISE:
ADVANCING PATIENT SAFETY AND MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM INNOVATIONS

A forum organized by Common Good, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for states, health care systems, and other interested entities and individuals to learn more about patient safety and medical liability reform innovations, and how to develop viable proposals for submission to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2010.

When:  Thursday, December 10, 2009
8:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 8:00 AM. 

Where:  National Press Club
13th Floor
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been authorized to allocate $25 million to states and health systems to test various patient safety and medical liability demonstration models that: improve patient safety and reduce preventable errors; improve communication between doctors and patients; compensate injured patients fairly and efficiently; reduce meritless lawsuits; and reduce doctors’ insurance premiums.  On December 10th, legal, medical, and policy experts from across the country will join potential grant applicants and other interested parties for a dialogue about how to develop, implement, and evaluate promising proposals.

Questions to be addressed:

• How can projects be designed to address both patient safety and medical liability?
• What are the best ways to include key stakeholders in projects?
• How can projects be measured and evaluated?

Presenters will include:
• Dr. Lucian L. Leape, Chair, Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation
• Michelle Mello, Professor of Law and Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health
• Nancy Foster, Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association   
• Dr. Albert L. Strunk, Deputy Executive Vice President, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Elaine Brightwater, Senior Project Coordinator, Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico
• Richard C. Boothman, Chief Risk Officer, University of Michigan Health System
• Edie Sonn, Director of Public Affairs, Colorado Medical Society
• Dr. Alan C. Woodward, Former President, Massachusetts Medical Society
• Martin J. Hatlie, President, Partnership for Patient Safety, and CEO, Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland
• David J. Oakley, Counsel, Healthcare, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
• Gordon H. Smith, Executive Vice President, Maine Medical Association
• Philip K. Howard, Chair, Common Good
Please check Common Good’s website – http://commongood.org/f-101.html – for updates. 

To RSVP for the event, please e-mail your name and contact information to RSVP@commongood.org.  While space is limited, we encourage you to share this invitation with colleagues and other parties who might be interested in attending.  A webcast of the event will also be available at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=64481.    

Please contact Andrew Park at Common Good with any questions or suggestions: apark@commongood.org.  Thank you.

Diversity: The Hallmark of Real Success

Key Note Speakers:
 
Ted Childs- Owner, Ted Childs LLC, and Former VP Global Diversity, IBM - Openning Session

Dr. Christopher Metzler- Associate Dean of Human Resources for MPS Program, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies (Co-Host) - Luncheon Speaker

Dr. Ancella Livers- Executive Director, Leadership Institute, Executive Leadership Council and Author of Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in America

Breakout Session Leaders Include:

Raymond Arroyo- Chief Diversity Officer, Aetna

Nancy Burnett, JD- Senior Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of EEO

Willie Carrington- President, Carrington & Carrington LLC Executive Search

David Casey- VP Workplace Culture & Chief Diversity Officer, WellPoint Inc.

Candi Castleberry-Singleton- Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, UPMC

Patrina Clark, MSM SPHR- Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, Government Accountability Office

Georgia Coffey- Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Veterans Affairs

Dr. Shirley A. Davis- Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, Society for Human Resource Management

Shireen Dodson- Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Civil Rights; CDO, State Department

Clarence Johnson- Deputy Under Secretary Defense for Plans, Office of the Sectretary of Defense

Louis Montgomery- Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Serco Inc.

Jimmie Paschall- Global Diversity Officer and  SVP External Affairs, Marriott International

Virgil Smith- Vice President Talent Management, Gannett Co., Inc.

Charles Spearman, JD- President, Tucker Spearman & Associates, LLC

Tyronne Stoudemire- Global Director for Diversity and Inclusion, Hewitt Associates

Carol Watson- Multicultural Marketing and Advertising Talent Sourcing, Tangerine-Watson, Inc.

Keith Washington- Deputy Director, Human Resources, U.S. Dept. of Transportation

Dr. Mary-Frances Winters- President and Founder, The Winters Group

Dr. Renee Yuengling- Diversity and Inclusion Practice Leader, ICF Consulting

Bill Zeigler, Jr.- Vice President HR and Organizational Development, Washington Gas Light Co.

Come and Join the Dialog!

For Agenda and Event Guide, email request select here.

     Diversity Summit Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045

Registration Fee:

Members Special rate extended– $175 thru November 30th; $200 at the Door

Non-members- Special rate extended – $200 thru November 30th; $225 at the Door

Students- $75 (Fulltime – In-advance); $100 (Fulltime – At the door)

Individual Registration Information:

To register to attend the Washington DC NAAAHR Chapter Diversity Summit go to: www.dcnaaahr.org

Diversity Summit Sponsors: Freddie Mac - Presenting Sponsor; Hewitt Associates - Platinum Sponsor; Ted Childs, LLC - Silver Sponsor; The Segal Company - Luncheon Sponsor; Neal Phillips Inc. - Registration Sponsor

Human Rights Day News Conference

Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Event Type: News Conference
Sponsored by: Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
Event Location: Zenger Room

Details: Human rights activists discuss importance of religious, racial, ethnic, and gender equality and liberty on "Human Rights Day," addressing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Please join us for a thought-provoking discussion that will address threats to universal human rights from ideologies that seek to deny both human equality and liberty.

The speakers will focus special attention on human rights challenges to women and children.

Panelists will include:

* Jeffrey Imm, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.), on women's and children's rights, the dual challenge of religious supremacism and freedom, the challenges to human liberty by totalitarian ideologies, and growing challenges to racial equality by supremacists
* Dr. Nazir Bhatti, Pakistan Christian Congress, on Pakistan's blasphemy law, threats, attacks, and killings of Christian religious minorities in Pakistan
* Ashraf Ramelah, The Voice of the Copts, on the suppression of Christian religious minorities in Egypt, including kidnapping and forced conversion of Coptic Christian women and girls
* Lisa Tao, Falun Dafa (Falun Gong), on human rights atrocities against the Falun Gong over the past 10 years in Communist China (in Chinese with English Interpreter).

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has international support for renewed focus on national and international policies designed for consistent support of our universal human rights.  The press conference will be a part of other international public outreach events on December 10, Human Rights Day. Jeffrey Imm has spoken at the George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) on the challenge of the ideology of Islamic supremacism, which was reportedly attended by Fort Hood attack suspect Major Nidal Hasan.

Visit www.realcourage.org.

Contact:
Jeffrey Imm
301-613-8789
usa@realcourage.org

5 p.m. - State of the Industry Briefing - Holeman Lounge

6:30 p.m. - State of the Industry Reception - Ballroom

7 p.m. - Time for a Toast! - Ballroom

Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s

State of the Alcohol Industry – Recession Tough, Recession Resilient

Briefing and Reception

RSVP! now at www.wswa.org for the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s first annual “State of the Alcohol Industry” media briefing and reception, Dec. 10, 5:00 p.m., at the National Press Club. This is an event you will not want to miss!

Today’s economic climate has impacted industries across the globe. The alcohol industry is no exception.  All three tiers of the industry (suppliers, wholesalers and retailers) have been affected by the economic downturn, subsequently impacting consumers, investors and employees.  In response, WSWA has created a high-level forum for all three tiers to communicate to the national media, trade press and business community how the industry has weathered this economic storm. 

An elite panel (moderated by WSWA President and CEO Craig Wolf) of supplier, wholesaler and retailer executives will share their assessment of how the industry has fared during the worst recession since the Great Depression. They will also discuss the unique nexus between their companies, the tiers and how the industry is contributing to the country’s overall economic recovery.

Current panelists include:

Mark Brown, CEO

Sazerac Company, Inc.

W. “Rocky” Rockwell Wirtz, President

Wirtz Beverage Group

Phil Terry, CEO

Monarch Beverage Co., Inc.

David Jabour, President

Twin Liquors

Danny Brager, Vice President, Beverage Alcohol Team

The Nielsen Company

The reception following the briefing will be exciting and enjoyable for all!  WSWA will have the latest and greatest that our industry has to offer with exclusive product tastings, light fare and a specialty bar. All is sure to make for a great party and kick off to the holiday season.

For more details, contact:

Jerry Brown

Vice President, Communications

& Public Affairs

Wine and Spirits Wholesalers

of America, Inc.

805 15th Street, NW, Suite 430

Washington, D.C. 20005

202-371-9792 x306

jerry.brown@wswa.org

DC Human Rights City Celebration

Amherst College Young Alumni Happy Hour

Broadcast Legend "Cousin Brucie" to Speak at the National Press Club

*SOLD OUT--THIS EVENT IS FULL*

On December 10, at 6:30 pm, "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, member of the Radio Hall of Fame, Broadcasting & Cable's Hall of Fame, and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame will speak at the National Press Club about his new book Rock & Roll...and the Beat Goes On .   Mr. Morrow will speak about the book, engage in a question and answer session and then sign copies of his book. The event is free and open to all. 

Copies of Rock & Roll...and the Beat Goes On will be available for purchase at the event.  Proceeds from the book sales benefit the Eric Friedheim Library so no outside books are allowed. 

No one is better suited than Bruce Morrow, the man who introduced the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966, to write Rock & Roll...and the Beat Goes On.  The book features more than 300 photographs, along with posters, album covers, record labels newspaper articles, magazine covers, poems, anecdotes, and quotations about everything related to the Rock & Roll generation.  With a forward by Brian Wilson, a preface by Petula Clark, and an epilogue by Billy Joel, an autographed copy of Rock & Roll...and the Beat Goes On would be the perfect holiday gift for anyone who interested in music from the R & B era of the 1950's through the punk rebellion and beyond.

  "Cousin Brucie" is the only on-air personality in New York City to have a street named after him.  His radio program on clear channel stations reached listeners across a wide part of the United States.  He can currently be heard on SIRIUS XM Radio where he recently signed another long-term contract.   He also wrote Cousin Brucie: My Life in Rock and Roll Radio and Doo Wop: The Music, the Times, the Era.  Rock & Roll...and the Beat Goes On and Doo Wop were co-authored by award-winning writer and musician Rich Maloof.

Date:  December 10,   2009

Time: 6:30 PM

Place:  Zenger Room

The National Press Club

529 14^th St. NW

Washington DC

RSVP:  nnottingham@press.org