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		Topic: Web&ACTION Discussion Groups: Web&ACTION: Reducing Harm from Falls 5 Web&ACTION: Hospital to Home: Optimizing the Transition 0 Web&ACTION: Partnering with Patients and Families to Accelerate Improvement 4
		Topic: National Forum Discussion Discussion Groups: 18th National Forum (December 2006) 1 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care 4
		Topic: STAT Calls Discussion Groups: Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point 6 When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events 4 What Senior Leaders Need to Know about Spreading Improvement 1
		Topic: Perinatal Care Discussion Groups: Web&ACTION: Improving Perinatal Outcomes 1 Perinatal Care 9
		Topic: HSMR Discussion Groups: Web&ACTION: How to Measure and Improve Mortality Rates 9
		Topic: Campaign Discussion Groups: Prevent Surgical Site Infections 71 Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 43 Prevent Pressure Ulcers 14 Prevent Central Line-Associated Infections 86 Prevent Harm from High-Alert Medications 3 Rural Affinity Group 6 Share Your Campaign Stories 22 Reduce Surgical Complications 4 Public and Safety Net Hospitals Affinity Group 2 Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infection 11 Data Collection and Measurement 35 Field Operations 7 Deliver Reliable, Evidence-Based Care for CHF 4 Adverse Drug Events (Medication Reconciliation) 43 Academic Affinity Group 3 Rapid Response Teams 112 Pediatric Affinity Group 2 Get the Board on Board 5 IHI Global Trigger Tool 5 Improved Care for AMI 16
		Topic: IHI Open School Discussion Groups: IHI Open School 33
		Topic: Author in the Room Discussion Groups: Combined Tetanus, Diphtheria, and 5-Component Pertussis Vaccine for Use in Adolescents and Adults 1 Clinical Decision Support and Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Prescribing 1 Impact of Varicella Vaccination on Health Care Utilization 1 Follow-up Testing Among Children With Elevated Screening Blood Lead Levels 2 Watchful Waiting vs Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Minimally Symptomatic Men 1 Outcomes in Hypertensive Black & Nonblack Patients Treated w/Chlorthalidone, Amlodipine, & Lisinopri 1 IV Morphine & Topical Tetracaine for Treatment of Pain in Preterm Neonates Undergoing CLP 1 Update on the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection 1 Effects of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy on Urinary Continence 1 Early Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Bariatric Surgical Procedures 2 Effectiveness of Collaborative Care for Older Adults With Alzheimer Disease in Primary Care 0 All-or-None Measurement Raises the Bar on Performance 1 Evaluation and Management of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux 1 Gastric Acid-Suppressive Agents & the Risk of Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile-Assoc Disease 1 A 71-Year-Old Woman Contemplating a Screening Colonoscopy 0 Symptom Experience After Discontinuing Use of Estrogen Plus Progestin 1
		Topic: Reliability Discussion Groups: CMS / Premier Demonstration and Reliability 3 Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care 1 Reliability Science in Health Care 3
		Topic: Patient-Centeredness Discussion Groups: Patient-Centered Challenges 4 General Patient-Centeredness Discussion Group 15
		Topic: ESRD Discussion Groups: Increasing AV Fistula Rates General Discussion Group 3
		Topic: Flow Discussion Groups: Web&Action: Queuing for Clinicians 2 Web&Action: Smoothing Surgical Flow 3 Web&Action: Improving Patient Flow-Getting Started 3 Web&Action: Streamlining Discharges 2 Cracking the Code to Hospital-Wide Patient Flow Seminar 1 General Flow Discussion Group 56 Maximizing Hospital Flow for Efficient and Effective Care 9
		Topic: Critical Care Discussion Groups: Don Berwick's Challenge: Open ICU Visiting Hours 5 General Critical Care Discussion Group 49 Surviving Sepsis Database 17 Innovations in Critical Care-Calls to Action Series 2 Surviving Sepsis 5
		Topic: Chronic Conditions Discussion Groups: Improving Diabetes Care 10 Improving Chronic Illness Care 12
		Topic: HIV / AIDS Discussion Groups: General HIV/AIDS Discussion Group 5
		Topic: Office Practices Discussion Groups: Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Practice 2 Improving Access and Efficiency in the Clinical Office 17 Who Are My Patients and What Do They Need 6 Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting 6 Alternatives to One-on-One Doctor Visits 3 Clinical Office Improvement and Redesign 10 Ask the Expert: Hosted by Mark Murray, MD, MPA 46 Don Berwick's Challenge: Eliminate Unnecessary Use of Antibiotics in Acute Otitis Media Treatment 3
		Topic: The Commons Discussion Groups: Calls to Action Discussion Groups 4 General Discussion Group 182 Employment Opportunities / Job Postings 8 Raising the Bar: Achieving Dramatically Better Results 12 STAT Call Discussion Groups 4
		Topic: Improvement Methods Discussion Groups: Behavior Matters: Learning How to Pursue Perfection in Organisations and Through Individuals 4 Improving Health Care with Control Charts 2 Strategies for Spreading Improvement in Health Care Systems 5 General Improvement Methods Discussion Group 38 Sustainability, Hosted by Professor Dave Gustafson, PhD, and Lynn Maher 1 Executing for System-Level Results (Hosted by Tom Nolan) 5 Continuous Improvement Approaches in Indigenous Primary Health Care Centres 3 Getting Physicians Involved in Improvement 7
		Topic: Patient Safety Discussion Groups: Disclosing Medical Errors 2 The Global Trigger Tool for Improving Patient Safety 12 General Patient Safety Discussion Group 93 How to Use Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Tool to Improve Patient Safety 6 Safety Strategies as a Frontline Manager 0 Navigating Clinical Incident Investigations: A How To Guide 1 Institute of Medicine Report: Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses 4 Surgical Site Infections 11 Web&Action: Using SBAR to Improve Communication Between Caregivers 4 Making Progress on a Non-punitive Approach to Errors 6 Medication Systems: Measuring Harm Versus Error 17