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Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety Educational Conference

Date(s): August 18, 2009
Time: 08:00 AM CTto 4:00 PM CT

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The Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety will host its first educational conference on August 18, 2009. Keynote speaker will be David Marx, JD, discussing The Just Culture. Mr. Marx is President of Outcome Engineering, a Dallas-based risk management firm. David has a BS in Mechanical Systems Engineering and Juris Doctor in Law. His firm currently spends the majority of its effort on helping high-risk organizations develop safety supportive practices and culture. David began his career as a Boeing aircraft design engineer. In his final years at Boeing, David organized a human factors and safety group where his team won the International Whittle Award for the development of a human error investigation process now used by air carriers around the world.

In the health care sector, David was the principal consultant to guide the State of Oregon and the Oregon Health Care Association to build the first state-wide, quantitative model of medication safety risk. In the area of safety culture, David authored for the National Institutes of Health the document "Patient Safety and the 'Just Culture': A Primer for Healthcare Executives." David’s Just Culture tools have now been implemented at a statewide level in both Minnesota and North Carolina. In November of 2005, David's firm launched the Just Culture Community, a web-based resource for organizations on the journey to more open learning cultures. In December 2005, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices awarded David the Cheers award for his work in developing the "Just Culture."

Please see a complete agenda, program descriptions and registration information on the attached PDF of the program brochure.

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