CONFERENCE (Maryland) - Researh to Reform: Achieving Health System Change

AHRQ's 2009 Annual Conference - Research to Reform: Achieving Health System Change
September 13-16, 2009
Bethesda, Maryland - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annlconf09.htm

The conference is designed to bring participants together with leading health care research and policy experts in sessions on issues including quality and safety, delivery of services and improving Americans' health status.

Tracks:
Track A: Health Care Infrastructure
Track B: Organization of How Services Are Delivered
Track C: Health Care Quality and Safety
Track D: Improving Americans' Health Status
Track E: Provider Performance and Payment Reform
Track F: Increasing Patient and Consumer Involvement in Their Care

Sunday, September 13, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. -
· AHRQ Scientific Review: Keeping Pace with New Trends
· AHRQ Ambulatory Triggers and TIDS ACTION Task Order Steering Committee
· Emergency Preparedness
· Risk Informed Workgroup Meeting

Monday, September 14, 2009
· Track A The Role of Health IT in Measuring and Reducing Disparities
· Track A Emerging Issues in Data Registry Design, Implementation, and Use
· Track B Linking Clinical Practices and Community Resources to Improve Health Care: Innovative Approaches
· Track C Experience in Improving Health Care Decision-Making With Health IT: Impacts on Quality and Safety
· Track C Reducing Hospital-Associated Infections (HAIs)
· Track D Progress of a Learning Network: Working to Reduce Disparities by Improving Access to Care
· Track F Shared Decision-Making: Helping Patients Be Partners in Their Care
· Track F Informing Care Decisions: Emerging Technologies, Scientific Evidence, and Communication
· Track C Research Informing Policy Informing Research: Continuous Quality Improvement and the AHRQ QI
· Track D USPSTF: Potential Impact on Medicare Coverage
· Track F Input Your Data – Output Your Website, a New AHRQ Tool That Transforms Data to Information
· Track A Rating the Evidence: Using GRADE to Develop Clinical Practice Guidelines
· Track A AHRQ's Role in Primary Care Transformation
· Track A Developing Research Infrastructure to Enhance Quality and Reduce Health Care Disparities
· Track A The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): AHRQ's Role in Comparative Effectiveness Research
· Track B Facilitating Chronic Disease Improvement in Primary Care
· Track C Trends and Disparities in Measuring Health Care Efficiency
· Track C Advancing Safety and Quality: Supporting Patient Safety Organizations in Reducing Risks to Patients
· Track C A Simulation Demonstration: Keeping Today’s Patients Safe While Training Tomorrow’s Clinicians
· Track D Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care in Community Hospitals
· Track D Building Patient and Consumer Awareness: Achieving Maximum Exposure for Your Study Findings
· Track F Personal Health Records: What Are They Good For? A Panel Discussion
· Track A Maximizing the Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Role of the DEcIDE Consortia
· Track B Addressing Primary Care Workforce Challenges: A Panel Discussion
· Track C First Do No Harm: Ensuring the Safe and Effective Use of Health IT: A Panel Discussion
· Track C Risk-Informed Interventions: Improving Quality and Reducing Harm
· Track C Developing Research Careers Focused on Improving Health Care Quality
· Track C A Window Into the U.S. Health Care System: Measuring Quality and Implementing Change in Emergency Departments
· Track C Creating Health Information That Americans Can Understand
· Track D AHRQ's Role in the Patient-Centered Medical Home
· Track E Use of Outcome Measures in Payment Reform
· Track F Learning From the Patient's Experience: Opportunities to Improve Patient Safety

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
· Track A Connecting Guidelines, Measures, and Clinical Decision Support Systems. What's New?
· Track A Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement and Comparative Effectiveness Research
· Track B Getting to Meaningful Use of Health IT: Experiences in Redesigning Workflow in the Ambulatory Setting
· Track C Innovative Efforts for Linking Transparency, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care
· Track C Using Collaboratives to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI): A National Implementation Program
· Track C Risk-Informed Evaluation of Patient Safety Training Activities
· Track D Improving Preventive Health Care: Success Stories
· Track E Regional Collaboratives as Catalysts for Quality Reporting and Improvement
· Track F Project RED: Reengineering the Hospital Discharge Process
· Track A Tricks of the Trade: Tools for Evaluating Clinical Effectiveness of Medical Interventions
· Track B What Not to Do in Primary Care: Overuse of Preventive Services
· Track C Overview of AHRQ Resources to Improve Patient Safety
· Track D Generating Quality Headlines in a Change Environment: Media Attention That Leads to Increased Awareness
· Track A Implementing the GRADE Method in Guideline Development: Real-World Experiences
· Track A Are We Making Progress? Measuring the Adoption, Meaningful Use, and Impacts of Health IT
· Track B Reforming Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
· Track B Measuring Inequities in Financing the U.S. Health Care System
· Track B Moving Beyond Institution-Based Service Delivery: Medical Homes and Health 2.0
· Track C Measuring Improvement in Hospital Team Work
· Track C Recent Findings in Patient Safety
· Track C Health Literacy in Action: Design, Development, and Measurement
· Track E Helping Hospitals Help Themselves: Proactive Steps to Avoid a Health Care System "Bailout"
· Track A Building the Health IT Infrastructure: How Do We Get There? A Panel Discussion
· Track A Do Ask, Do Tell: Best Practices in Conflict of Interest Policies for Research, Publishing, and Recommendation-Making
· Track B Adapting Global Innovations in Health Services Delivery
· Track B Redesigning Hospital Care for Quality and Efficiency
· Track B Expanding Insurance Coverage for Children, the Elderly, and the Uninsured: Opportunities and Challenges
· Track C Children's Health Care Quality: Responding to a New National Focus
· Track D Disparities in Health Care: Issues for National Reporting
· Track D Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Are Electronic Health Records Enough for Population Health? A Panel Discussion
· Track F Assessing Patients’ Experiences With Care: Using CAHPS as a Standardized Quality Metric

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
· Track A Assessing the Evidence: Overview of AHRQ's Comparative Effectiveness Guide for Systematic Reviews
· Track A Connecting Communities: Lessons From Six State Health Information Exchange Demonstrations
· Track B Trends and Issues in Access to Care: Implications for Health Care Reform
· Track B Enhancing Patient Safety and Quality With Evidence-Based Health Care Design
· Track C Reducing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolisms: Interventions That Work
· Track D So You're Doing Quality and Safety Improvement: How Can You Tell Whether It's Working?
· Track D Experiences in Patient-Centered Care: Improving Coordination and Communication Among Patients and Providers
· Track E Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Anticipated and Realized Benefits
· Track A Assessing the Evidence: Overview of AHRQ's Comparative Effectiveness Guide for Systematic Reviews
· Track B Health Care Quality for Children: New Opportunities for Measurement and Improvement
· Track B Chronic Diseases and Health Care Use and Spending: The Impact of Changes in the Health Care System
· Track C Advancing Safety and Quality: Supporting Patient Safety Organizations in Reducing Risks to Patients
· Track C MRSA: Reducing Infections and Changing Epidemiology, Improving the Health of Populations
· Track C A Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) as an Intervention Strategy
· Track C The Pharmacist's Role in Quality: Is the Profession Ready?
· Track C Collaboration Between Researchers and State Policymakers: A Model for Health Care Improvement
· Track D An Innovative Approach to Women's Health Care Research: Lessons from the California Virtual Lab
· Track E Payment Reform: Cost of Collecting Performance Data in Primary Care