Upcoming Meetings

Wednesday, September, 29

Quality Council Meeting Agenda

Focus Group and Breakfast with Platinum Sponsor – Novo Nordisk
Optional

(There we be an alternate breakfast available for those who do not wish to attend the focus group)

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Welcome & Introductions
Frederick J. Bloom, Jr., MD, MMM, Assistant Chief Quality Officer, Geisinger Health System

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Structuring Organizations Around Quality

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Clinical Integration Across the Entire Care Continuum

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Applying Evidence Based Guidelines to Internal Policy, i.e.

• Mammography
• Imaging
• Prostate screening

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Building Care Teams

• Changing Roles
• Preparing people for change

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Evidence Based teamwork - TeamStepps , AHRQ Program (Patient Safety)

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Update on Meaningful Use - AMGA

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Adverse Event Reporting Systems for Ambulatory Care & Patient Complaints

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Other Hot Topics

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Planning for Spring Council Meeting
Wrap Up and Adjourn

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Leadership Council Dinner Cruise

Wednesday, September, 29

IQL General Sessions / Agenda

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Welcome Announcements and Presentation of the 2010 AMGA Acclaim Award
AMGA Board Chair David L. Bronson, M.D., FACP, President, Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, and AMGF Board William A. Conway, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Henry Ford Health System

4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

General Session: Creating High Performing Care Organizations: What It Means to Be an ACO
Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., CAE, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMGA

5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

General Session: Healthcare Reform and Coordinated Systems of Care: Moving Forward on the Journey to ACOs
Peter V. Lee, M.D., Director of Delivery System Reform, Office of Health Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Invited)

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Networking & Welcome Reception