Eastern Canada - Conference Information
Dates: October 15 - 16, 2008
Pre-Conference: Oct 14, 2008
Location:
Sheraton Parkway
City: Toronto, ON
Hotel:
Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel Suites & Conference
Centre
600 Highway 7 East
(Highways 404 & 7)
Richmond Hill, Ontario (near Toronto)
Rates:
Standard Room - $159
(Single/Double Occupancy)
Eastern Canada Region Keynote Speaker
Kathleen Catalano 
Site Visit
The Markham Stouffville Hospital in Markham, Ontario will be hosting
a site visit the afternoon of Tuesday, October 14.
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE only $25!
Join us as we look at:
- PACS/voice recognition interface to MEDITECH
- Breast Health/COPD Centre for Health – Tour of the newest
outpatient programs at MSH
- OR Wait Times process
- Smart Pumps – “smart infusion technology”
- Tour of new radiology suite
- Presentation by a family physician member of a multi-site Family
Health Team on the integration of Meditech into their practice
software
Markham Stouffville Hospital Corporation
 (MSH)
is a progressive multi-site community hospital with leading diagnostic
services and medical and surgical management focused on patient
care of our rapidly growing communities. Partnering with other specialist
providers, the Hospital’s 275 physicians and 1,500 staff make
it the centre of progressive community care for the residents of
Markham, Stouffville and Uxbridge – a catchment area of nearly
300,000 members.
In 2007/2008, care was provided to 14,544 inpatients plus 2,895
births, 65,702 emergency patients, 174, 426 patients receiving diagnostics
and 96,397 other outpatients receiving a variety of services.
Call for Participation
Planning is now underway for the Eastern Canada MUSE Conference
to be held in Toronto, Ontario. The conference will run from Wednesday,
October 15 through Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Sheraton Parkway
Toronto North Hotel & Conference Centre in Richmond Hill. Mark
your calendars and make your reservations!
MUSE is your user conference - this is your opportunity to participate
and share ideas!
Ways to Participate
- Be an instructor at one of our half day workshops
- Facilitate a Show & Tell session (Facility members only)
- Offer an educational session presentation
- Be a Regional Peer Group Leader (RPGL) (Facility members only)
Benefits of Participation
- Registration fee is waived for a presenter if the educational
session presentation is submitted before Friday August 22, 2008
(Facility members only and only for one presenter per session)
- Deadline for presentation submissions: Friday September 19,
2008
- Complimentary registration for Regional Peer Group Leaders (RPGLs)
- This is an excellent opportunity for professional and personal
growth
- Enhance your presentation skills before a friendly audience
of your peers
- Teaching is rewarding and beneficial to all involved
- Chance to share information and receive feedback
- Make contact with industry counterparts
Show & Tell
Representatives from different hospitals can give brief presentations
that demonstrate their achievements and innovative solutions. Show
& Tell sessions are designed to be short, informative sessions in
the peer group meetings where “users teach users.” (Note that Commercial
members may not offer Show & Tell presentations.)
Each Show & Tell session is specific to a particular module and
should be about 15 to 20 minutes in duration. It can be as simple
as a quick online demonstration, a handout of a unique report, a
straightforward PowerPoint show, or just a speech that explains
a helpful tip or trick. A Show & Tell presentation can be interactive
with the audience and it should generate good discussion.
Eastern Canada Region Keynote Speaker
Kathleen Catalano
MUSE
is pleased to welcome Kathleen Catalano RN, JD,
to the Eastern Canada MUSE Conference. Ms. Catalano will be speaking
to our conference theme “Patient Safety - Everyone’s
Responsibility”.
Her presentation is entitled “Patient Safety is Like
a Box of Chocolates”.
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm
Kathleen Catalano is the Director of Healthcare Transformation
Support in Perot Systems’ Clinical Solutions Center. Ms. Catalano’s
responsibilities focus on the areas of patient safety, risk management,
and medical staff where she enhances Perot Systems’ approach
to managing complex clinical content and regulations. Ms. Catalano
authors and assists in the writing of articles and white papers
that showcase Perot Systems’ Clinical Solutions Center. She
also speaks on National Patient Safety Goals, Risk Management (Sentinel
Events and FMEA), pay-for-performance, core measures, and the EMR/EHR.
Ms. Catalano has served on the Task Force for Quality for the Federation
of American Health Systems and was a member of the Joint Commission’s
Professional Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) for Hospitals.
Ms. Catalano is also a frequent speaker at national conferences
and has written numerous articles.
Ms. Catalano has a Juris Doctor degree and a Bachelor of Science
degree in law from the Western State University College of Law,
Fullerton, California, and a Science Degree and Nursing Degree from
Riverside City College, Riverside, California.
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