2003 Conference
Conference Description
Every day we hear about the problems in our healthcare system. We know that medicines are costly, access to care is not universal and provider organizations are facing staffing shortages. This conference focused on the ways that these problems affect the healthcare workplace. Information was presented on workplace exposures and risks, the economic and social impacts of injuries and solutions developed in the field.
Presentations
Panel on Healthcare in Massachusetts:What is happening in Massachusetts?
Restructuring and budget cuts and their impact on healthcare.
William Lane, moderator
President, Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center
Thomas A. Golden Jr.
Massachusetts State Representative
Karen Higgins, RN
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Debra Thomson JD
Principal, The PASS Group
Six Simultaneous Breakout Sessions
- Staffing Ratios
Massachusetts Nurses Association
- Workers' Comp., Medical Management, Return-to-work Programs
Monica Galizzi
Assistant Professor, Univ. Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Economics
William Hughes
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Hazard Analysis
Jamie Tessler
Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Work Environment
Elizabeth O'Connor, RN
Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Stress in the Workplace
Nicholas Warren, ScD
Ergonomics Coordinator/ Asst. Professor Medicine
Ergonomic Technology Center, University of Connecticut
Dorothy Carino
Employee Assistance Program of Southern New Hampshire
- Handling, De-escalating, Preventing Violence
Noreen Hogan, RN
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Susan Vickory, RN
V.A. Boston Healthcare System
- Back Injuries
Andrew Gottlieb
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Panel on Staff Retention and Career Ladders
- Jacqui Collins
Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center - Tricia Ridge
SEIU 285
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