Workshop on Implementing Colorectal Cancer Screening

National Cancer Policy Forum

The NAS Building

2101 Constitution Ave, NW

Lecture Room

Washington, D.C.

February 25 and 26, 2008

 

	Monday, February 25, 2008
8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM	Introduction to Colorectal Cancer Screening Workshop Dr. Ralph Coates, CDC, Dr. William Lawrence, AHRQ, and Tom Kean, C-Change
9:15 AM	Natural History and Epidemiology Dr. Michael Pignone, University of North Carolina Dr. Bernard Levin, MD Anderson Cancer Center Link to Background Paper: Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer Screening
9:45 AM	Evidence for Effectiveness of Screening Technologies Dr. Evelyn Whitlock, Oregon Health and Sciences University
10:15 AM	Cost-Effectiveness and Outcomes of Screening Strategies Dr. Ann Zauber, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
10:45 AM	BREAK
11:00 AM	Evidence for Effectiveness of Community and Office-Based Interventions  Dr. Shawna Mercer, CDC
11:30 AM	Health Insurance Company: Barriers and Measure to Increase Screening Dr. George Isham, HealthPartners Inc.
12:00 noon	LUNCH
12:30 PM	Public and Patient Interventions to Implement Screening Dr. Sally Vernon, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1:00 PM	Primary Care Practice Interventions to Implement Screening Dr. Robert Fletcher, Harvard Medical School
1:30 PM	GI Specialty Practice Interventions to Implement Screening Dr. David Lieberman, Oregon Health and Science University
2:00 PM	BREAK
	State Initiatives to Implement Screening -- 3 Presentations
2:15 PM	1. Public State Initiatives Dr. Tim Byers, University of Colorado
2:45 PM	2. Private Initiatives Dr. Alan Thorson, Creighton University
3:15 PM	3. Population Based Screening Programs Dr. Laura Seeff, CDC
3:45 PM	Employer Perspectives on Barriers and Measures to Increase Screening Ann Skye, Quintiles Transnational Corp.
4:15 PM	Reflections from Participants Who Will Not Be Present for Day Two: 2-3 Priority Areas Meeting Participants; Tom Kean, facilitator
4:30 PM	ADJOURN DAY ONE
	Tuesday, February 26, 2008
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM	Effectiveness of strategies to monitor performance and provide feedback to providers Dr. Phil Renner, NCQA
9:00 AM	Interventions to Address Costs of Developing and Maintaining Screening Programs -- 3 Presentations 1. Practice Models for Delivering Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care and their Cost Implications Dr. Carrie Klabunde, NCI
9:30 AM	2. Addressing Costs of Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs in Medical Practice Dr. Richard Wender, Thomas Jefferson University
10:00 AM	3. Developing and Maintaining Public Health Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs Dr. Florence Tangka, CDC
10:30 AM 12:00 noon	Priority Actions Needed to Increase Recommended Screening Services Meeting Participants; Tom Kean, Facilitator Adjourn Workshop

For more information, please contact:
Michael Park
mpark@nas.edu