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

1. Staffing Ratios
   
   Massachusetts Nurses Association
   
   
2. Workers' Comp., Medical Management, Return-to-work Programs
   
   Monica Galizzi
   Assistant Professor, Univ. Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Economics
   
   William Hughes
   Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
   
   
3. Hazard Analysis
   
   Jamie Tessler
   Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Work Environment
   
   Elizabeth O'Connor, RN
   Brigham and Women's Hospital
   
4. 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
   
   
5. Handling, De-escalating, Preventing Violence
   
   Noreen Hogan, RN
   Massachusetts Nurses Association
   
   Susan Vickory, RN
   V.A. Boston Healthcare System
   
   
6. 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