AAAASF Convenes Patient Safety Summit

The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF), in conjunction with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCHCO), the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and the American Osteopathic Association  (AOA), is convening the Patient Safety Summit Conference 2007: Patient Safety in the Office-Based Surgery Setting. The event will be held at the Westin in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Patient Safety Summit Conference 2007 brings together leaders of the major national healthcare accreditation agencies to assess the impact of national accreditation processes for assuring compliance with universal quality standards to lower risks and improve overall safety of surgical procedures performed in ambulatory facilities.  It is estimated that 30 percent of all U.S. surgeries occurs in outpatient settings.

For more information, go to: www.aaaasf.org

Source: AAAASF