Sunday, October 23, 2011           DEM AFTERNOON HALF-DAY SHORT COURSE
1:00 - 5:00 PM	The Role of Testing in Diagnostic Error
1:00 - 1:15	Introduction of Short Course, Philip E. Castle, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, American Society for Clinical Pathology Institute and Center for Health Services Research, Washington, DC Click here for session presentation
1:15 - 1:45	Introduction to Diagnostic Errors, Mark L. Graber, MD, DEM Executive Committee, RTI International, St James, NY
1:45 - 2:30	Errors in Test Selection and Result Interpretation: A Major Source of Poor Patient Outcome, Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, Edward and Nancy Fody Professor. Executive Vice Chair of Pathology, Dept of Pathology. Pathologist-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville TN Click here for session presentation
2:45 - 3:30	The Impact of Anatomical Pathology on Diagnostic Error, Stephen Raab, University of Washington Click here for session presentation
3:30 - 4:15	The Impact of Imaging Studies on Diagnostic Error, Leonard Berlin, MD, FACR, Radiology Department, Skokie Hospital, Skokie, Illinois; Professor of Radiology, Rush University and University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Click here for session presentation
4:15 - 5:00	Panel Discussion: How Can Testing Services Reduce Diagnostic Error in the Future?
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011           DEM MORNING HALF-DAY SHORT COURSE
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Diagnostic Error: A State of the Science Overview
9:00 - 9:10	Introduction and Objectives, Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH
9:10 - 9:40	Epidemiology, Mark L. Graber, MD and Geeta Singhal, MD Click here for session presentation
9:40 - 10:25	Interactive Diagnostic Error M&M: How to Do Them and What Do We Learn Karen S. Cosby, MD, FACEP and Geeta Singhal, MD Click here for session presentation
10:35 - 11:35	Contributory Factors and Interventions, Cognitive: Patrick Croskerry, MD, PhD and Systems: Gordon D. Schiff, MD Click here for session presentation
11:35 - 12:00	Wrap Up, Putting it all Together, Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH and Mark L. Graber, MD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011           CONFERENCE DAY ONE
12:30 - 1:00 PM DEM	Welcome and Opening Remarks David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, DEM 2011 Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Gordon D. Schiff, MD, DEM 2011 Co-Chair, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Mark L. Graber, MD, DEM Executive Committee, RTI International
1:00 - 2:00 PM	Keynote Presentation: What Physicians Can Learn from Firefighters Gary Klein, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at MacroCognition LLC. Click here for session presentation
2:00 - 3:00 PM	Diagnostic Error "Hot Topics" Debate David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, DEM 2011 Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College
2:00 - 2:20	Diagnostic Error Definitions: Are we all on the same page?
2:20 - 2:40	Diagnostic Error Measurement: Where should we focus our attention?
2:40 - 3:00	Diagnostic Error Solutions: How should we invest our resources?
3:00 - 4:30 PM	DEM Poster Presentations and Coffee Break
4:30 - 5:30 PM	Trainee "Stump the Professor" Case Session
6:00 - 10:00 PM	DEM "Meet the Professor" Dinners.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011           CONFERENCE DAY TWO
8:00 - 11:00 AM	Critical Misdiagnoses with Common Symptoms
8:00 - 10:00	Part I: What Have We Learned?
8:00 - 8:30	Chest Pain and Acute Coronary Syndromes, Christopher Ross, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FRCPC, Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency,
8:30 - 9:00	Dizziness and Stroke, David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, DEM 2011 Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
9:00 - 9:30	Headache and Aneurysms, Jonathan A. Edlow, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
9:30 - 10:00	Dyspnea Evaluation, Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX and Laura Zwaan, MSc, VU University Medical Center, Netherlands Click here for session presentation
10:15 - 11:00	Part II: Where Do We Go From Here? Panel Comments and Open Audience QA
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Keynote Presentation: The Theory and Reality of Developing Clinical Decision Rules Ian G. Stiell, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Distinguished Professor and University Health Research Chair, University of Ottawa / Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
12:15 - 1:00 PM	DEM New Society Meeting
1:00 - 2:30 PM	Concurrent Tracks
TRACK 1 -	Clinical Care and Education
1:00 - 2:20 PM	Clinician's Corner Robert L Trowbridge, Jr., MD, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME Arthur Elstein, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Stuart Levin, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
TRACK 2 -	Research and Methods
1:00 - 2:30	Researcher's Corner
1:00 - 1:30 PM	Insight in the Brain: Neuroimaging Insight and Intuition, Mark Beeman, PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston IL Click here for session presentation
1:30 - 2:00 PM	Interventions to Improve Clinical Reasoning, Sílvia Mamede, MD, PhD, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Click here for session presentation
2:30 - 4:00 PM	Cognitive Debiasing Workshop, Patrick Croskerry, MD, PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax
4:00 - 5:30 PM	DEM Plenary Presentation of Oral Abstracts
4:00PM	20-YEAR SUMMARY OF US MALPRACTICE CLAIMS FOR DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS FROM 1985-2005 Ali Saber Tehrani, MD1, HeeWon Lee, MD-candidate1, Simon Mathews, MD1, Andrew Shore, PhD1, Kevin D. Frick, PhD2, Martin Makary, MD, MPH1, Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM1 and David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD1, (1)Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, (2)Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD Click here for session presentation
4:15PM	A FOCUS ON SUPPORTIVE FEATURES MEDIATES THE TENDENCY TO ACCEPT DIAGNOSTIC SUGGESTIONS Kees van den Berge, MD1, Silvia Mamede, MD, PhD2, Tamara van Gog, PhD2, Jacqueline de Graaf, MD, PhD3, Jan van Saase, MD, PhD1 and Remy Rikers, PhD2, (1)Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, (2)Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, (3)Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
4:30PM	REDUCING COGNITIVE ERRORS BY CAPTURING AND DISSEMINATING EXPERT REASONING Sandra Kay Tice, BS1, Robert McNutt, MD, FACP2, Paul Tice, MD3, Arthur Elstein, PhD4, Alan Schwartz, PhD5, Georges Bordage, MD, PhD5, Richard Abrams, MD6 and Richard J. Stuckey, MBA1, (1)Management Integration Process Corporation (MIP), Chicago, IL, (2)Rush University Medical Center, Lagrange, IL, (3)Harrison Memorial Hospital, Locum tenens nationally and internationally, Bremerton, WA, (4)The University of Illinois at Chicago, Wilmette, IL, (5)University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, (6)Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL Click here for session presentation
4:45PM	THE THINK STUDY: HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION TO PROMOTE THE USE OF A DIAGNOSTIC TIME-OUT AND A DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE Lara G. Kothari, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA Click here for session presentation
5:00PM	DEVELOPING RELIABLE SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING AND FOLLOW-UP OF ABNORMAL TEST RESULTS IN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS Michael W. Smith, PhD1, Daniel R. Murphy, MD, MBA1, Archana Laxmisan, MD, MA1, Brian Reis, BE1, Dean F. Sittig, PhD2 and Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH1, (1)Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, (2)University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX Click here for session presentation
5:15PM	AUDIT OF ESOTERIC COAGULATION LABORATORY TESTING REVEALS 63% ERROR RATE IN TEST SELECTION AND RESULT INTERPRETATION Jennifer Giltnane, MD, PhD and Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN Click here for session presentation
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011           CONFERENCE DAY THREE & CONCLUSION
8:00 - 9:30 AM	Diagnostic Error Disclosure: Patient, Provider, Legal, and Risk Management Perspectives
8:00 - 8:20	Patient Perspective, Linda K. Kenney, Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS), Chestnut Hill, MA
8:20 - 8:50	Lawyer vs. Doctor: Perspective Wearing Both Hats, Allen Kachalia, MD, JD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Click here for session presentation
8:50 - 9:10	Disclosure Protocols, Laura Zwaan, MSc, VU University Medical Center, Netherlands
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	How Much Diagnostic Safety Can We Afford?
10:00 - 10:20	Session Introduction, Kathryn McDonald, MM, Stanford Health Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Click here for session presentation
10:20 - 10:40	Diagnostic Errors and Malpractice Costs, Allen B. Kachalia, MD, JD, Brigham and Women's Physician Organization, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Click here for session presentation
10:40 - 11:00	Adult Pharyngitis: When to Use a Clinical Prediction Rule; When to Use a Diagnostic Test Robert M Centor, MD, Huntsville Regional Campus, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL Click here for session presentation
11:00 - 11:20	Applying Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Strategies to Reduce Misdiagnosis Among Patients Who Present With Dizziness, David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, DEM 2011 Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
11:20 - 11:40	Ensuring That Perfect is Not the Enemy of the Good: Framing the Role of Costs in the Study of Diagnostic Error, David Meltzer, MD, PhD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
11:40 - 12:00	What Research will be Useful to Decision Makers Committing Resources to Improving Diagnostic Accuracy?
1:00 - 3:00 PM	21st Century Decision Support - How Can Computers Best Help Us Avoid Misdiagnosis?
1:05 - 1:50	DSS: Examples of Almost-Ready-for-Primetime Solutions
1:05 - 1:20	Checklists to Prevent Diagnostic Errors, John W. Ely, MD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1:20 - 1:35	Automated Interviewing David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, DEM 2011 Chair, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1:35 - 1:50	Telemedicine by Smartphone, Beau Bruce, MD, MS, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1:50 - 2:20	Watson and DSS: Are We There Yet?, Martin S. Kohn, MD, MS, FACEP, CPE, FACPE, Chief Medical Scientist, Care Delivery Systems, IBM Research and Josko Silobrcic, MD, MPH, MS, Strategy, IBM Research
2:20 - 2:45	Discussants (Multidisciplinary) Cognitive Psychology, Valerie Reyna, PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Informatics, Harold Lehmann, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
2:45 - 3:00	Audience question and answer session with the speakers
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Conference Summary and Challenges to Attendees, Let's Get Serious About Solutions Gordon D. Schiff, MD, DEM 2010 Co-Chair, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Robert A. McNutt, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL