Patient Safety and Quality Conferences
Venous Thromboembolism Symposium
Dates: March 7, 2025
Audience: internal and external
Held every March, this symposium highlights some of the latest research on venous thromboembolism and features a keynote speaker who is an international authority in this field.
Diagnostic Excellence Summit
Audience: internal and external
This event is a pivotal gathering for healthcare professionals and researchers eager to delve into the significance of timely, accurate and well-communicated diagnosis.
Hospital Activity and Mobility Conference
Virtual dates: April 8 & 9, 2025
In-Person dates: May 12 & 13, 2025
Audience: internal and external
Hosted by the Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion (JH-AMP) team alongside guest speakers from around the world, this conference focuses on how to create or expand the culture of mobility within healthcare institutions.
Quality, Safety, and Service Summit
September 20, 2024
Audience: internal only
The Quality, Safety, and Service Summit (previously the Patient Safety Summit) gathers clinicians and researchers to discuss recent innovations in safety, quality and service outcomes and includes presentations from experts in the field.
Past Conferences
Diagnosis Transformed: Innovations & Practice Adaptations to Address Disparities and Care Equity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 2, 2021
The Diagnostic Excellence Summit is an annual one-day internal Johns Hopkins conference devoted to key topics linked to improving the quality, accuracy and timeliness of medical diagnosis. This virtual conference discussed disparities and equity issues facing patients during the COVID-19 pandemic; innovations in care models, research and clinical interventions; and examineing existing gaps in knowledge of and best practices for addressing the impact of disparities on diagnosis.
Armstrong Institute Diagnostic Excellence Summit
Virtual
The 2020 summit focused on diagnosing SARS-CoV-2, COVID disease, and non-COVID diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Diagnostic Excellence Summit 2019
March 7, 2019
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
?Baltimore, MD
The 2019 summit theme was “Improving Diagnostic Performance Through Innovative Educational Strategies.”
Patient Safety Summit 2019
March 8, 2019
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
?Baltimore, MD
Hundreds of health care professionals learned about patient safety, research, safety culture and preventing and identifying harm.
Diagnostic Excellence Summit 2018
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins Pain Symposium
September 25, 2017
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
This symposium focused on current trends in pain management and opioid stewardship, recent regulatory changes, and opportunities to optimize rational opioid use.
9th Annual VTE Symposium
March 31, 2017
The symposium included panel discussions, short talks showcasing VTE-related research studies across Johns Hopkins Medicine, and other presentations.
High Reliability Health Care Summit
This inaugural summit, presented together with global professional services firm EY, shared how high-reliability practices can help health care organizations to consistently deliver safe, predictable and effective care.
Forum on Emerging Topics in Patient Safety
This forum brought together researchers, practitioners, private industry, and other stakeholders to explore approaches for accelerating improvement in patient safety and quality.
Best Practices in Patient-Centered Care
This conference was an opportunity for hospitals across the United States to learn about and disseminate innovations and promising practices for delivering patient-centered care.
National Workshop on Quality for Medical Education
November 9, 2013
The Armstrong Institute and the American College of Medical Quality held an all-day event that introduced the possibilities of integrating quality improvement and patient safety work into their clinical careers.