Meeting Agenda
November 9, 2009
Keck Center of The National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW, Room 206
Washington, DC
8:00-9:45am CLOSED SESSION
9:45 am Begin OPEN SESSION
Presentations from Sponsors
- Mary Barton, Project Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Invited Congressional Staff: Shawn Bishop, Senate Finance
Committee Q & A/Discussion
10:45 am Break
11:00 am The Quest for a Gold Standard: Guideline Development Process
- Rick Shiffman, Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
Committee Q & A/Discussion
12:00-12:30 pm CLOSED SESSION
Continue OPEN SESSION
12:30 pm Alternative Methods for Appraising the Evidence and Strength of Recommendations
- Holger Schuenemann, Chair, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University
Committee Q & A/Discussion
1:30 pm Implementing Guidelines and Evaluating Knowledge Translation
- Jeremy Grimshaw, Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (via teleconference)
Committee Q & A/Discussion
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Measurement and Evaluation of the Impact of Guidelines on Quality
- Greg Pawlson, Executive Vice President, NCQA
Committee Q & A/Discussion
3:45 -5:00 pm CLOSED SESSION
5:00 pm Adjourn
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