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Industry Hot Topics Panels

The Product Industry Panel, "Safety in Monitors", will take a comprehensive look at safety monitors and compare features of the various products available on the market. Panelists in the Underwriters Industry Panel, "What's Going to Happen to the Insurance Market Next?", will debate the future of the insurance market, predict whether markets will stay soft or become hard, and address what market officials want to learn from risk management professionals. Panelists in the Insurance Industry Panel, "Cyber Liability", will assess the frequency of cyber liability events in healthcare organizations and identify products and best products that can help eliminate these risks.

Monday, October 8: 10:15–11:15 a.m.
Product Industry Panel: Preventing Surgical Fires: Human Factors and Medical Devices - What Risk Managers Need to Know to Keep Patients Safe
Healthcare leaders will take a comprehensive look at safety monitors, comparing features of the various products available on the market.

Objectives: By the end of this session participants should be able to:

• Differentiate between the available products
• Indentify the multiple features on monitors
• Recommend an optimal approach for a safe and effective roll out of new monitors to advance the effectiveness of the product and reduce user error
• Define both sensitivity and specificity as they relate to monitor use and safety

Jeff Natterman, RRT, MA, JD
Johns Hopkins Hospital System
Baltimore, MD

Ronald D. Kaye
FDA/CDRH/ODE/HFPMET
Sliver Springs, MD

Marilyn Neder, MA, PMP – Moderator
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Md.

Tuesday, October 9: 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Underwriters Industry Panel: What's Going to Happen to the Insurance Market Next?

Healthcare leaders will debate the future of the insurance market, predicting whether the markets will stay soft or become hard, and addressing what market officials want to learn from risk management professionals.

Objectives: By the end of this session participants should be able to:

• Discuss new entries in the healthcare insurance market place
• Explain how insurance experiences impact price and capacity
• Predict whether the markets are likely to stay soft or become hard
• Discover what the markets want to hear from risk professionals as it relates to their risk and safety program

Jeff Driver, JD, ARM, DFASHRM – Moderator
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, Calif.

Tuesday, October 9: 1:45–2:45 p.m.
Insurance Industry Panel: Cyber Liability

A panel of healthcare leaders will explore cyber liability, assessing the frequency of cyber liability events in healthcare organizations and identifying products and best practices that can help eliminate these risks.

Objectives: By the end of this session participants should be able to:

• Define "cyber-liability"
• Assess the frequency of cyber-liability events
• Identify the types of cyber-liability insurance products that are on the market and differentiate between them
• Appraise best practices as they relate to prevention and response to cyber-liability exposures.

Mary Anne Hilliard, BSN, Esq., CPHRM – Moderator
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.