Agenda: Creating the Business Case for Quality Improvement and Quality Improvement Research
WORKSHOP AGENDA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007
8:30 am Welcome and overview of workshop including objectives and goals
Thomas Boat, Forum co-chair
Paul O’Neill, Forum co-chair
Scott Hamlin, Planning committee leader
9:00 am Session 1: The Business Case for Quality and QI Research
Herb Fritch, HealthSpring
Steve Spear, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Institute for Healthcare Improvement
James Bagian, Department of Veterans Affairs Gary Kaplan, Virginia Mason
Marita Titler, University of Iowa
Moderator: Paul O’Neill
11:30 pm Working lunch
12:30 pm Session 2: The Role of Policy Makers
Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Barnett S. Kramer, National Institutes of Health
Moderator: Denise Cardo, CDC
1:50 pm Break
2:00 pm Session 3: Research as a Driving Force for QI and Broad Implementation
Joel Kupersmith, Department of Veterans Affairs
Patrick Romano, University of California, Davis
Jeffrey Alexander, University of Michigan
Moderator: Lori Melichar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
3:20 pm Breakout groups
Group 1 Topic Discussion – Developing a value proposition statement
Group 2 Topic Discussion – Effective “intra-organizational” spread of quality improvement gains Group 3 Topic Discussion – Effective “industry-wide” spread of quality improvement gains
4:20 pm Reports back to group
4:45 pm Wrap-up Session: Creating and Communicating a Value Proposition
Moderator: Thomas Boat, Forum co-chair
Issues to be Addressed:
Who generates the value proposition statement and who is the targeted audience?
What are the targeted venues of communication?
Other “next steps” to move forward?
5:30 pm Adjourn
Back to Meeting