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
Clancy
Introductory Remarks (Flash video; 7 min., 11 sec.; 40 MB)
David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Blumenthal
Remarks (Flash video; 8 min., 20 sec.; 45 MB)
Karen Davis, Ph.D., President, The Commonwealth Fund
Davis Remarks
Robert S. Galvin, M.D., Executive Director, Health Services, and Chief Medical Officer, General Electric Company
Galvin Remarks (Flash
video; 5 min., 36 sec.; 30 MB)
Jessie C. Gruman, Ph.D., President, Center for Advancing Health
Gruman Remarks
Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D., FACP, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees, National Medical Association, and Member, Illinois Adequate Health Care Task Force
Lubin-Johnson
Remarks (Flash video; 6 min., 45 sec.; 36 MB)
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.
Clancy
Introductory Remarks (Flash video; 8 min., 48 sec.; 48
MB)
Wade Henderson, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights\
Henderson
Remarks (Flash
video; 13 min., 30 sec.; 73 MB)
Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H., President and Chief Executive Officer, National
Hispanic Medical Association
Rios Remarks (Flash
video; 12 min., 20 sec.; 61 MB) (Presentation slides (PowerPoint® File,
530 KB, Plugin Software Help; Web
Version)
Kalahn Taylor-Clark, Ph.D., M.P.H., Research Director, Engelberg Center
for Healthcare Reform, HVHC Initiative, The Brookings Institution
Taylor-Clark
Remarks (Flash
video; 10 min., 30 sec.; 56 MB); Presentation slides (PowerPoint® File,
319 KB, Plugin Software Help; 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
Cebul Remarks (Flash
video; 14 min., 15 sec.; 64 MB) (Download
Flash® Player. ); Presentation slides (PowerPoint® File,
4.3 MB, Plugin Software Help; Web Version)
Return to Conference Contents
Proceed to Track A: Health Care Infrastructure
Current as of December 2009
Internet Citation:
AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference. December 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/annualconf09/