Consistent with the IHI’s policy, faculty for this program are expected to disclose, at the beginning of their presentation(s), any economic or other personal interests that create, or may be perceived as creating, a conflict related to the material discussed. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a speaker with a significant financial or other relationship from making a presentation, but rather to provide participants with information on which they can make their own judgments.

Unless otherwise noted below, each presenter provided full disclosure information, does not intend to discuss an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device, and has no significant financial relationship(s) to disclose. If unapproved uses of products are discussed, presenters are expected to disclose this to participants.

Carol Haraden, PhD, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is responsible for patient safety initiatives and the development of innovative designs in patient care at IHI. She currently leads the Safer Patients Initiative, a four-year project to improve patient safety in the UK. Dr. Haraden has been a dean in higher education, a clinician, a researcher, and Vice President for Quality Services at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vermont. She served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on Engineering Approaches to Improve Health Care, and she is a judge for several national quality awards. Dr. Haraden has published several papers and serves as associate editor for the journal, Quality and Safety in Health Care.