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Healthcare Safety & Violence Prevention Summit

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022 | 8:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. ET
MHA Conference Center 
Burlington, MA 01803

$199   Member Rate
$299   Non-Member Rate
Group discounts of 3 or more are available. Inquire here for more information.

 

Conference Agenda

8:00 Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome Address: Patricia Noga, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice President, Clinical Affairs, 

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association 

 

8:40 Creating and Implementing a Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Program 

  Speakers:  

 
  • Bonnie Michelman, CPP, CHPA, MBA, MS, Executive Director, Police, Security & Outside Services, Massachusetts General Hospital & Mass General Brigham, Inc.  

  • Brendan Riley, MS, CHPA, Director, Security, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center; Chair, IAHSS Boston Chapter 

9:20 Legal Considerations in Preventing and Responding to Incidents of Violence 

Moderator Bonnie Michelman, CPP, CHPA, MBA, MS, Executive Director, Police, Security & 

Outside Services, Massachusetts General Hospital & Mass General Brigham, Inc.  

Panelists: 

 
  • Kyle Deskus, Esq., Assistant General Counsel, Baystate Health 

  • Jamie Verdi, JD, LLM, CPHRM, Senior Director, Clinical Safety & Risk Management, Baystate Health 

  • Allyson Hammerstedt, Esq., Partner, Dunn and Dunn 

  • Alice Bukhman, MD, MPH, Director, Clinical Operations, Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital


 

10:00 Addressing Equity and Bias in Violence Prevention  

Speakers:  

 
  • Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PhD, NP-BC, MPH, FAAN, Founder & Director, C.A.R.E. Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Co-Chair, MGB Trauma-Informed Initiative 

  • Nomi Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil, Vice Chair, Clinical Programs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Co-Chair, MGB Trauma-Informed Initiative 

 

 

10:50 Break 

 

11:00 Standards and Best Practices for Data Collection and Reporting 

Speakers: 

 
  • Brendan Riley, MS, CHPA, Director, Security, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center; Chair, IAHSS Boston Chapter 

  • Christi Barney, RN, MSN, CS, Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety, Emerson Health 

  • Tom Brennan, Manager, Healthcare Finance and Analysis 

  • Amanda Shea, MSW, LICSW, Manager, Office of Patient Advocacy, UMass Memorial Medical Center 

  • Erin Proudman, CHFM, FMP, Senior Director, Emergency Preparedness, Safety and Transportation Services, UMass Memorial Medical Center 

 

 

12:00 Post-Incident Healing: Supporting Our Caregivers  

Speakers:  

 
  • Michelle Blaney, BSN, RN, Associate Director, Clinical Operations, Inpatient Behavioral Health, Beverly Hospital 

  • Ryan Chenevert, RN, BSN, Employee Health Manager, Beverly Hospital  

  • Melissa Dube, RN, Clinical Coordinator, Employee Health, Beverly Hospital 

 

 

12:30 Closing remarks:  Patricia Noga, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice President, Clinical Affairs, 

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association 

 

12:35 Adjourn and Boxed Lunch 

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