Thank you for your interest in the fourth regional workshop held in Washington, DC.  

National Academy of Sciences Building
Auditorium
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC
(Directions)

8:30 AM  Registration

9:00 AM  Opening and Welcome
Susanne Stoiber, IOM Executive Director (Audio)
Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio)

9:10 AM  Summary of Discussions at Regional Workshops
A. Brent Eastman, ScrippsHealth (Presentation) (Audio)

9:30 AM  Response to IOM Reports-Federal Agencies
Moderator: Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio)
Marilena Amoni, Associate Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Presentation) (Audio)
Glenn Cannon, Director, Response Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Audio)
Thomas Gustafson, Deputy Director, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Audio)
Jeffrey W. Runge, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland Security (Audio)
W. Craig Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (Audio)

Speakers will be asked to discuss how their agency/office can assist in promoting the development of a coordinated, regionalized and accountable emergency care system. 10-15 minute presentations. An open discussion will follow. (Audio)

11:00 AM  Response to IOM Reports-Congressional Staff
Moderator: Robert Bass (Audio)
Jennifer Bryning, Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee (Audio)
Lisa Raimondo, Office of Senator Inouye (D-HI) (Audio)
Debbie Curtis, Office of Congressman Stark (D-CA) (Audio)
Billy Wynne, Senate Finance Committee (Audio)

Brief remarks from congressional staff will be followed by an open discussion. (Audio)

12:00 PM  Lunch

Boxed lunches will be provided. 

12:45 PM  Keynote Address
Introduction: Arthur Kellermann, Emory Univeristy School of Medicine (Audio)
Pete Stark (D-CA), U.S. House of Representatives (Audio)

An open discussion will follow. (Audio)

1:15 PM  Response to IOM Reports-Consumer and Purchaser Groups
Moderator: Jane Knapp, Children's Mercy Hospital (Presentation) (Audio)
Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health (Audio)
Bruce Lesley, First Focus (Audio)
Brian Lindberg, Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care (Audio)
Joyce Dubow, AARP (Presentation) (Audio)
Bill Vaughan, Consumers Union (Audio)

Speakers will be asked to give a 10-minute presentation describing public awareness of problems in the emergency care system; reaction to the reports; and how to engender public support to address deficiencies in the emergency care system. An open dicussion session will follow. (Audio)

2:30 PM  Challenges and Opportunities in Emergency Care Research
Moderator: Aurthur Kellerman, Emory University School of Medicine (Audio)
William Barsan, University of Michigan Medical School (Presentation) (Audio)
Nate Kuppermann, University of California, Davis School of Medicine (Presentation) (Audio)
Daniel Patterson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Presentation) (Audio)

Presenters will have 10 minutes each to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with emergency care research within their respective areas (Hospital-based, pediatric and EMS). (Audio)

3:00 PM  Response from Federal Agencies Involved in Emergency Care Research
Moderator: Aurthur Kellerman, Emory University School of Medicine (Audio)
Chris DeGraw, Health Resource and Services Administration (Presentation) (Audio)
Irene Fraser, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Presentation) (Audio)
Richard Hunt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Presentation) (Audio)
Chetan Kharod, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Presentation) (Audio)
John Marler, National Institutes of Health (Presentation) (Audio)

Speakers will be asked to give a 10-15 minute presentation on strategies for overcoming the barriers and challenges to emergency care research that were identified in the IOM reports. An open discussion session will follow. (Audio)

4:30 PM  Closing
Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation (Audio included in above track)

4:30 – 5:30 PM  Reception in the Great Hall

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