Knowledge is the enemy of unsafe care
Advisory Council for Research on Patient Safety Annual Meeting - 1st May 2007, Rockville, MD, USA
Co-chairs Dr Carolyn Clancy Sir Liam Donaldson Director Chair WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Chief Medical Officer United States of America United Kingdom
Participants
Dr Ross Baker Dr Lindiwe Makubalo Professor of Health Policy Chief Director Management & Evaluation National Department of Health University of Toronto Principal Health Research Advisor to the Minister Canada of Health South Africa Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta Professor of Pediatrics Mr Kevin McCarthy University of Karachi Head of Sector Public Health Research Pakistan European Commission
Dr Somsak Chunharas Dr Dennis O'Leary Secretary General President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Thailand Health Foundation HealthCare Thailand Organizations United States of America Professor Sally Davies Director of Research and Development Ms Deborah Queenan Department of Health Special Advisor Agency for Healthcare Research United Kingdom and Quality United States of America Dr Fiona Godlee Editor, British Medical Journal Ms Susan Sheridan United Kingdom Lead Patient for Patients United States of America Dr Diana Horvath Chief Executive Dr Claire Stebbing Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Special Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer Health Care Department of Health Australia United Kingdom
Dr Ashish Jha Dr Enrique Terol García Harvard School of Public Health Deputy Director for Quality and Safety United States of America Ministry of Health
Spain
Professor Naruo Uehara Tohoku University school of Medicine Division International Health Japan
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WHO Secretariat Dr Jonás Gonseth-Garcia Expert in Quality of Health Services Dr David Bates Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) External Research Program Lead WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO) WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Mr Alexo Esperanto Director Centers of Excellence in Patient Safety Quality of Health Services and Research Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Chief of Division of General Medicine Brigham and WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO) Women's Hospital Harvard University United States of America Apologies
Mr Martin Fletcher Dr Harvey Fineberg Performance Manager President. Institute of Medicine Patient Safety Programme United States of America WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Professor N.K. Ganguly Dr Itziar Larizgoitia Director General Research Lead Indian Council of Medical Research Patient Safety Programme India WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Dr Atul Gawande Dr Douglas Noble Assistant Professor Harvard University and Clinical Adviser, Patient Safety Programme Scientific Writer WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Dr Tikki Pang Ms Pauline Philip Director. Research and Policy Cooperation Programme Lead, Patient Safety Programme World Health Organization WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety Dr Peter Pronovost Ms Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier Director, Quality and Safety Research Group Technical Officer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Patient Safety Programme United States of America WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety
Ms Kristine Stave Professor James Reason Partnership Development Officer Department of Psychology Patient Safety Programme University of Manchester WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety United Kingdom
Mr Babak Mohit Prof Fumimaro Takaku Consultant in Quality of Healthcare President, Japanese Society for Quality and Patient Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Safety WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO) Japan
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