Event listings

This page is a resource to promote patient safety conferences, events and webinars of interest to health care providers in Massachusetts. If you would like to receive a list of upcoming events, subscribe to our email newsletter. If you have an event you would like to share, please email patientsafetybeat@​betsylehmancenterma.​gov.

Multiple dates

Learning Health Systems Grand Rounds 

This monthly webinar promotes continuous learning in learning health system science, quality improvement, patient engagement, and healthcare delivery research. Topics include patient engagement, system science, informatics, research ethics, research methods, leadership, research management, and PCORI methods for engaging patients, the public, and communities. Register here

February 10, 2026

Emergency Preparedness in Skilled Nursing Facilities

This webinar will support leadership teams and clinical managers in Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities as they strengthen emergency preparedness, with a special focus on sheltering in place and evacuation. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, Department of Public Health, Executive Office of Aging & Independence, and Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, the session will will feature presentations by leaders in the state who recently have managed emergencies and will highlight resources available to facilities in the Commonwealth. Register here

February 11. 2026

Progressive Strategies to Combat Workplace Violence in Health Care

Tyler Michaud, Workplace Violence Prevention Program Manager at Lowell General Hospital, will provide forward-thinking strategies to mitigate the risk of workplace violence through interdepartmental collaboration, training, program enhancement and more. This free webinar is presented as part of the Betsy Lehman Center’s Peer Support Learning Collaborative. Register here

February 11, 2026

Learning Health Systems Leaders Series

Eric J. Thomas, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety at UTHealth Houston, joins the quarterly Leaders Series hosted by the Massachusetts Institute for Excellence and Quality in Learning Health Systems. Register here