Halifax 8: The Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium, October 23-25, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium 8 continues the tradition of the Halifax Series of symposia. This event has proven to be Canada's unique gathering of individuals and organizations with a desire to improve healthcare safety and enhance the overall quality of our healthcare system. The Halifax Series helps provide a better understanding of the phenomena of health system hazards, the behaviours of patients and healthcare providers, environmental and organizational factors, and the role of regulators.

Theme: Healthcare and the Law

• How are legal issues affecting your work in healthcare and the delivery of healthcare services in Canada?
• Do you find yourself facing more and more difficult conversations with patients, clients, co-workers and administrators on issues related to healthcare safety?
• What do we do when personal, professional and system responsibilities for ensuring safety collide?
• Do healthcare practitioners, administrators, and lawyers see eye to eye on healthcare legal issues, such as disclosure and apology?
• How can we advance healthcare safety while protecting the rights of patients, professionals and healthcare organizations?

Martin J. Hatlie, p4ps president, moderates a pre-symposium seminar on disclosure built around real stories of patients and providers advancing progress in this challenging area of patient safety.

To register or obtain more information, go to www.buksa.com/halifax