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Current & Past Events
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January 2012
Capturing and Spreading Change to Advance Health Care Quality
Moderator: Sam Basta, MD, MMM, Healthcare Innovation by Design
Presenter: Mary P. Nix, MS, AHRQ, ASPE
September 2011
Linking Clinical Care and Communities for Improved Prevention
Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Moderator: Tess Miller, DrPH, AHRQ
Presenters: Carol Ann King, DNP, FNP-BC, Wayne Action Teams for Community Health (WATCH); LaTonya Chavis Keener, MS, CDC
May 2011
Meeting the Health Care Needs of Underserved Women
Faculty: Beth Collins Sharp, PhD, RN from AHRQ and Sharon Schindler Rising, MSN, CNM, FACNM from the Centering Healthcare Institute
April 2011
Chats on Change: New Ways to Communicate With Patients
Facilitator: Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic
March 2011
Spread Models and Lessons: Learning from the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
This panel was held on March 21, 2011 at the 4th Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Policy and Practice. It featured presentations by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Innovations Exchange staff and innovators on models used to scale and spread innovations in health care delivery and lessons learned based on those experiences.
January 2011
Chats on Change: Using New Media for Innovation in Health Care Delivery
Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Presenters: Ted Eytan, MD, MS, MPH from the Permanente Federation and Ellen Crown from AHRQ
November 2010
New Approaches to Pediatric Obesity: Helping Families Help Kids
Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Presenters: Sarah E. Hampl, MD, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; Lori Stark, PhD, ABPP, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Joseph Skelton, MD, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
September 2010
Connecting Those At-Risk to Care: A Guide to Building a Community "HUB"
Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Presenters: Laura Brennan, MSW, PacificSource Health Plans; Mark Redding, MD, FAAP, Community Health Access Project, Mansfield, OH; Sarah Redding, MD, MPH, Community Health Access Project, Mansfield, OH; Leah Steimel, MPH, Pathways to a Healthy Bernalillo County, NM
June 2010
Realizing the Benefits of Guided Care Nursing
Innovators: Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Tracy Novak, MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
May 2010
Innovative Roles of Pharmacists in Health Service Delivery
Moderator: Carmen Kelly, PharmD, MBA, Pharmacist Officer at AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
March 2010
Ensuring Cultural Competence Across Care Settings
Moderator: Julia Puebla Fortier, Founder and Executive Director, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
January 2010
Clinical Nurse Leader as Quality Champion: A Dialogue About an Effective Nursing Innovation
Moderator: Marilyn Chow, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Kaiser Permanente
Lead Innovator: Nancy Hilton, RN, MN, St. Lucie Medical Center
November 2009
Learning From Disappointment: When Your Innovation Falls Short
Webinar Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Moderator: Paul E. Plsek, MS, Innovations Exchange Editorial Advisory Board member
Innovators: Dennis M. Manning, MD, Mayo Clinic; Cathleen Colón-Emeric, MD, MHS, Duke University Medical Center
October 2009
Effective Patient-Provider Email: A Pediatrician's Experience
With Paul Rosen, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
August 2009
Roller Coaster: Implementation of the Arizona Medical Information Exchange (AMIE)
Webinar Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Moderator: Foster Gesten, Office of Health Insurance Programs, New York State Department of Health
Innovators: Marc Leib, Office of the Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS); Anita Murcko, Clinical Informatics and Provider Adoption, AHCCCS; Perry Yastrov, EHR Systems and Services, AHCCCS
April 2009
Improving Innovations: How to Make Data Work for You
Webinar Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Moderator: Brian Mittman, Director of the VA Center for Implementation Practice and Research Support
Innovator: Michele Campbell, Christiana Care Health System
January 2009
Engaging Stakeholders: How to Obtain and Retain Buy-In for Your Innovations
Moderator: Judi Consalvo, Program Analyst, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Innovators: Georgia Oliver, RN, MS; Patria Johnson, MSSW; Paul Melinkovich, MD; Nancy Iversen, RN, CIC
September 2008
Highlighting Innovations from the Health Care Innovations Exchange
This panel was held September 9, 2008 at the AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference, entitled
Promoting Quality...Partnering for Change.
Opening Remarks: Mary Nix, MS, Project Officer for the Health Care Innovations Exchange and Rick Rader, MD, Innovations Exchange Editorial Advisory Board Member, Director, Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center, Orange Grove Inc.
Innovators: James Lee, MD, The Everett Clinic, Washington; Verluria Cobbs, Program Coordinator, National Kidney Foundation of Michigan; Nick Vizzoca, Business Manager, Innovation Center, Magee Women’s Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
May 2008
Using AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange to Take on the Challenges of Care Delivery
Presenters: Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, AHRQ Director; Mary Nix, MS, AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Project Officer
Innovators: Michael Leu, MD., MS; Linda Wick, NP; Mark Redding, MD
Last updated: March 28, 2012.