Consumer-led Workshop to Advance Patient Safety Convenes at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Chicago, October 18, 2003 - Partnership for Patient Safety and the other facilitators involved in developing the first Consumer-led Workshop to Advance Patient Safety wish to express our thanks and appreciation for the many organizations and individuals who made it happen. It would not have occurred without the commitment of a marvelous team of consumer change agents, stakeholder representatives, planners and dedicated staff -- all of whom made and continue to make significant contributions of time and energy to improve healthcare safety.

We acknowledge the following partners in this important work.

Consumer Convenors

• Roxanne J. Goeltz
• Susan E. Sheridan

Facilitating Partners

• Communicating HealthCare
• Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
• Institute for Alternative Futures
• Partnership for Patient Safety (p4ps)

Co-Sponsor

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Convening Partner

• The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sponsoring Partners

• Atlantic Health System Hospital
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Healthcare Mediations, Inc.
• Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
• OSF Healthcare System
• Paul M. Schyve, MD
• VHA Healthcare Foundation

All Participants in the Consumer-led Workshop to Advance Patient Safety October 16-18, 2003

A report from the Workshop will be published by December 1st. Consumer Convenors Roxanne Goeltz and Susan Sheridan will present findings from the Workshop at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) 2nd National Summit on Patient Safety Research, November 7, 2003 in Arlington, Virginia.

Please go to http://www.rand.org/health/conferences/summit/ for more information and instructions on how to register for the AHRQ Summit.