Seven National Experts Coming to Illinois for Patient Safety Conference

CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company is excited to announce our 2^nd Annual Risk Management Symposium: Emerging Risks. This daylong conference, our premier learning event, will be held November 17 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, and is open to all interested health care professionals and administrators.

This year's symposium will feature keynotes and individual breakout sessions focusing on changing care models, patient safety, genetic testing, opioid abuse, polypharmacy, pharmacogenomics, cybersecurity, health IT, and more. Speakers this year will include Amy Compton-Philips, MD; Wendy Chung, MD, PhD; Alex Ricardo; Ryan R. Nash, MD, MA; Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA; Russ B. Altman, MD, PhD; and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS.

"This conference underscores our longstanding commitment to developing innovative, effective risk management education," said ISMIE Vice Chairman Paul H. DeHaan, MD. "We've built on last year's highly successful inaugural symposium, and will be bringing together a new line-up of nationally recognized speakers to examine the risks and opportunities on the horizon for all health care professionals."

"As ISMIE continues to expand nationwide, we're very pleased to offer our approach to patient safety to an even wider audience," he added.

For over 40 years, ISMIE has been leveraging the experience of its physician leadership to protect its policyholders and help them care for patients. For 13 of those years, ISMIE has been offering practical, forward-thinking risk management education as part of its Managing Risk Partnership Program.

ISMIE policyholders can attend the symposium for free. Substantial discounts are available for Illinois State Medical Society members and employed staff of ISMIE policyholders. Additional early-bird savings are available to those who register before October 1.

Visit www.ismierms.com for more information.

ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company is the tenth-largest physician liability carrier in the nation.
The company, founded in 1976, is completely physician-owned. ISMIE is rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best.
ISMIE Indemnity is a wholly owned subsidiary of ISMIE Mutual.
 Dr. DeHaan practices orthopedics in McHenry, Illinois.

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