AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference

AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference

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To help advance its goal of improving health care for all Americans, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held its third annual conference on September 13-16, 2009, in Bethesda, MD. This conference was designed to showcase the best of the Agency's research and provide examples of how that research is being implemented at all levels in health care delivery. Entitled "Promoting Quality... Partnering for Change," the conference featured presentations in seven major themes.

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Conference Contents
Plenary Sessions
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

Plenary Sessions
Health Reform and Health System Change: The View Ahead Forging a Path to Achieving High-Quality, Affordable Care
Panelists:

Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Karen Davis, Ph.D., President, The Commonwealth Fund
Robert S. Galvin, M.D., Executive Director, Health Services, and Chief Medical Officer, General Electric Company
Jessie C. Gruman, Ph.D., President, Center for Advancing Health
Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D., FACP, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees, National Medical Association, and Member, Illinois Adequate Health Care Task Force

Health Reform and Health System Change: The View Ahead Addressing Health Disparities in Achieving High-Quality, Affordable Care
Panelists:

Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Wade Henderson, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Hispanic Medical Association (PowerPoint® File, 530 KB; Web Version)

Kalahn Taylor-Clark, Ph.D., M.P.H., Research Director, Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform, HVHC Initiative, The Brookings Institution (PowerPoint® File, 319 KB; Web Version)

Randall D. Cebul, M.D., Director, Center for Health Care Research & Policy, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Director, Better Health Greater Cleveland (PowerPoint® File, 4.3 MB; Web Version)

Current as of December 2009

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Internet Citation:

AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference. December 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annualconf09/

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