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SUMMARY:MHA's 2025 Healthcare Safety and Violence Prevention Summit
DESCRIPTION:This event has concluded.  \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin statewide healthcare safety and violence prevention leaders at MHA’s 5nd annual Healthcare Safety and Violence Prevention Summit devoted to the critical intersection of healthcare safety and violence prevention.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$219  Member Rate$319   Non-Member Rate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Closed\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL –  Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are experiencing any difficulties with the site or registration\, please email Sara Ramon at sramon@mhalink.org or Laurie Snelson at lsnelson@mhalink.org for assistance. In your correspondence\, please include the registrant's name\, title\, organization\, and email for confirmation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year\, we will bring together healthcare leaders\, security experts\, and clinical professionals to share best practices on risk assessment\, violence prevention strategies\, technology solutions\, and staff support systems. \n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration \n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks \n\n\n\nPatricia Noga\, R.N.\, Vice President\, Clinical Affairs\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association \n\n\n\n9:10 – 9:30 a.m. Workplace Violence: A Retrospective and Prospective Review \n\n\n\nBonnie Michelman\, Former Vice President & Chief Security Officer\, Massachusetts General Hospital & Mass General Brigham \n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Keynote: Safe by Design: Leading the Movement Toward Violence-Free Healthcare Through Strategic Risk Management and Cultural Excellence \n\n\n\nJason Stopyra\, M.D.\, Enterprise VP\, Public Safety\, Advocate Health & Wake Forest University \n\n\n\n10:30 – 11:15 a.m. The Clinical Toolkit: Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Violence in Complex Cases \n\n\n\nModerator: Christi Barney\, R.N.\, Vice President Quality and Patient Safety\, Chief Health Equity Officer\, Emerson Hospital \n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nKelsey Belgrade\, Director\, Behavioral Health Training & Education\, Franciscan Children’s\n\n\n\nStephanie Fosbenner\, M.D.\, Medical Director\, Inpatient Child Psychiatry Service\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\nStacey Larson\, Program Manager for Workplace Violence Prevention\, VA Bedford Health System\n\n\n\nCaitlyn Nolan\, R.N.\, Nurse Manager\, Child Inpatient Psychiatry\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\n\n11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break \n\n\n\n11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Using High Fidelity Simulation to Mitigate Workplace Violence and Incivility \n\n\n\n\nCaroline Ferzoco\, R.N.\, Professional Development Manager\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\n\n\n\nChristine Smith\, R.N.\, Clinical Educator\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\n\n\n\nDiane Tsitos\, R.N.\, Nurse Director\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\n\n\n\n\n12:15 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Breakout Tables \n\n\n\n1:00 – 1:55 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions: \n\n\n\nI. The Ripple Effect: How Addressing Healthcare Incivility Can Improve Patient Safety and Staff Wellbeing \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nDiane Regan\, R.N.\, Associate Chief Nursing Officer\, Tufts Medicine-Lowell General Hospital\n\n\n\nPatricia Noga\, R.N.\, Vice President\, Clinical Affairs\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\n\n\n\n\nII. Alert Systems and Action Plans: How Technology and Training Create Safer Healthcare Environments \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nManavi Dhakal\, R.N.\, Associate Chief Nursing Officer\, Brockton Behavioral Health Center\n\n\n\nZachary Rega-Oliveria\, Executive Director\, Brockton Behavioral Health Center\n\n\n\nAmanda Ford\, R.N.\, Clinical Director\, Continuity of Care & Cancer Services\, Lowell General Hospital\n\n\n\n\nIII. PediBERT: Addressing the Growing Pediatric Behavioral Health Crises in EDs \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nJemima Amankwah\, R.N.\, Nurse Manager\, Emergency Mental Health Department\, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center\n\n\n\nNicole Brisbois\, R.N.\, Nurse Manager\, Pediatric ED\, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center \n\n\n\nChristopher Slocum\, R.N.\, Nursing Professional Practice Specialist\, Workplace Violence Program Manager\, UMass Memorial Health\n\n\n\n\n2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Beyond the Incident: Building Effective Follow-Up Systems for Healthcare Violence Prevention and Staff Support \n\n\n\nModerator: Diane Regan R.N.\, Associate Chief Nursing Officer\, Lowell General Hospital \n\n\n\n\nAmy Kehoe\, Manager of Emergency Behavioral Health Services\, Tufts Medicine-Lowell General Hospital\n\n\n\nNick LeClair\, Director of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness\, Tufts Medicine-Lowell General Hospital\n\n\n\nTracie McPadden R.N.\, Associate Chief Nursing Officer\, Tufts Medicine-Lowell General Hospital\n\n\n\nTyler Michaud\, Workplace Violence Prevention Program Manager\, Tufts Medicine-Lowell General Hospital\n\n\n\n\n2:45 – 3:30 p.m. Beyond Training: Best Practices for Supporting Healthcare Workers Inside and Outside of the Physical Environment \n\n\n\nModerator: Ralph Nerette\, Associate Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management\,  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute \n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nLiz Boehm\, Executive Strategist\, Heart of Safety Coalition\n\n\n\nRobert Devlin\, Director\, Public Safety\, Chief of Police\, Tufts Medical Center\n\n\n\nAmanda Leone\, Social Work Supervisor\, Employee Mental Health Program\, Brigham Psychiatric Specialties\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\n\n\n\n\n3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjourn \n\n\n\n\nChristi Barney\, R.N.\, V.P.\, Quality & Patient Safety\, Chief Health Equity Officer\, Emerson Health\n\n\n\nKim Stevenson\, Director\, Workforce & Clinical Affairs\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView Event \n\n\n\nCancellation Policy (for in-person events only): Full refunds will be recognized when cancellations occur at least 5 business days prior to an in-person event. Any cancellation notices received after this time will result in $50 administrative fee. To avoid this penalty\, you may send someone in your place by forwarding their full name\, title and email address to the Director of Healthcare Education\, Amy Smalarz at asmalarz@mhalink.org. No shows will be responsible for payment in full.
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/mhas-2025-healthcare-safety-and-violence-prevention-summit/
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center\, 500 District Ave\, Burlington\, Massachusetts\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHA Conferences
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