Optional Evening Events

 

 

Vidacare Dinner with Emergency Department Directors

Tuesday, February 19, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm 

Location:  Omni Dallas Park West Hotel Park West Ballroom, Section A & B

Presenters at the Vidacare Dinner:
Chris Davlantes, MD, FACEP, Medical Director of Clinical Affairs at Vidacare, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center 
Jullette Saussy, MD, FACEP, Medical Director of Clinical Affairs at Vidacare, Former EMS Director for the City of New Orleans and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at LSU School of Medicine  

• Dr. Davlantes will review the recently updated Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines and discuss how intraosseous vascular access may be utilized by clinicians as a means of delivering crucial early goal-directed therapy to patients during the initial "golden hour" of their presentation in the ED.
• As CMS focuses on preventing infections, patient throughput and patient safety, Dr. Saussy will highlight how the use of intraosseous vascular access can both facilitate throughput and provide an alternate to central venous insertion, thereby potentially reducing associated complications and infections.   

RSVP is requested, but not required.  Dinner seating is limited to 50 people on a first come, first served basis.  To reserve your seat, please RSVP to Susan Spradlin.

 

Emergency Medicine Scribe Systems Dinner with Emergency Department Directors

Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Location:  Omni Dallas Park West Hotel Park West Ballroom, Section C & D

Presenter at the EMSS Dinner:
Robert Gayou, MD, Director, Emergency Medicine Scribe Systems; Assistant Medical Director, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Emergency Department

Dinner Topic:

Medical Directors: Increase Productivity and Physician Satisfaction with EMSS Scribes

Description:
Do you ever feel like the increase in paperwork is distracting you from quality time with patients? Would you like to get back to the bedside, enhance physician-patient relationships and increase workflow efficiencies in your facility?

Emergency Medicine Scribe Systems (EMSS) provides a seamless transition to the EMR so that your physicians can work more efficiently without the burden of documentation.

Find out how EMSS is supporting the provider and patient experience with premier scribe talent:

• Discuss the challenges you face in the ED
• Learn how scribes are a cost-effective solution
• Discuss how EMSS scribes enhance physician quality of life
• Hear testimonials from current EMSS partners

RSVP is requested, but not required.  Dinner seating is limited to 50 people on a first come, first served basis.  To reserve your seat, please RSVP to Susan Spradlin.