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Conference sessions will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, and conclude on Wednesday, September 16, at 11:30 am. Sunday, September 13, 2009 Monday, September 14, 2009 Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 The AHRQ Sessions Meetings Grid is available in PDF format. The grid requires that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. To get the latest version, click here.

Track ID Legend 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

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Registration

12 Noon - 5:00 p.m.

• Exhibit Tabletop Setup

1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Poster Set Up

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Registration

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

• Track A The Role of Health IT in Measuring and Reducing Disparities ( Details )
• Track A Emerging Issues in Data Registry Design, Implementation, and Use ( Details )
• Track B Linking Clinical Practices and Community Resources to Improve Health Care: Innovative Approaches ( Details )
• Track C Experience in Improving Health Care Decision-Making With Health IT: Impacts on Quality and Safety ( Details )
• Track C Reducing Hospital-Associated Infections (HAIs) ( Details )
• Track D Progress of a Learning Network: Working to Reduce Disparities by Improving Access to Care ( Details )
• Track F Shared Decision-Making: Helping Patients Be Partners in Their Care ( Details )
• Track F Informing Care Decisions: Emerging Technologies, Scientific Evidence, and Communication ( Details )

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

• All poster presenters to stand by their posters at this time.

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Plenary Session
  Health Reform and Health System Change: The View Ahead ( Details )
  Forging a Path to Achieving High-Quality, Affordable Care

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Learn Sessions
Participants are invited to bring their lunch and join the session discussion.

• Track C Research Informing Policy Informing Research: Continuous Quality Improvement and the AHRQ QI ( Details )
• Track D USPSTF: Potential Impact on Medicare Coverage ( Details )
• Track F Input Your Data – Output Your Website, a New AHRQ Tool That Transforms Data to Information ( Details )

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

• Track A Rating the Evidence: Using GRADE to Develop Clinical Practice Guidelines ( Details )
• Track A AHRQ's Role in Primary Care Transformation ( Details )
• Track A Developing Research Infrastructure to Enhance Quality and Reduce Health Care Disparities ( Details )
• Track A The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): AHRQ's Role in Comparative Effectiveness Research ( Details )
• Track B Facilitating Chronic Disease Improvement in Primary Care ( Details )
• Track C Trends and Disparities in Measuring Health Care Efficiency ( Details )
• Track C Advancing Safety and Quality: Supporting Patient Safety Organizations in Reducing Risks to Patients ( Details )
• Track C A Simulation Demonstration: Keeping Today’s Patients Safe While Training Tomorrow’s Clinicians ( Details )
• Track D Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care in Community Hospitals ( Details )
• Track D Building Patient and Consumer Awareness: Achieving Maximum Exposure ( Details )
• Track F Personal Health Records: What Are They Good For? A Panel Discussion ( Details )

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Track A Maximizing the Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Role of the DEcIDE Consortia ( Details )
• Track A Evidence-Based Coverage: Medicare Coverage With Evidence Development: Where Do We Go From Here? ( Details )
• Track B Addressing Primary Care Workforce Challenges: A Panel Discussion ( Details )
• Track C First Do No Harm: Ensuring the Safe and Effective Use of Health IT: A Panel Discussion ( Details )
• Track C Risk-Informed Interventions: Improving Quality and Reducing Harm ( Details )
• Track C Developing Research Careers Focused on Improving Health Care Quality ( Details )
• Track C A Window Into the U.S. Health Care System: Measuring Quality and Implementing Change in Emergency Departments ( Details )
• Track C Creating Health Information That Americans Can Understand ( Details )
• Track E Use of Outcome Measures in Payment Reform ( Details )
• Track F Learning From the Patient's Experience: Opportunities to Improve Patient Safety ( Details )

4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

• Networking Reception and mAHRQet place Cafe
  4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - ODD Poster Presenters to stand by their posters at this time
  5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - EVEN Poster Presenters to stand by their posters at this time

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Registration

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

• Track A Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement and Comparative Effectiveness Research ( Details )
• Track B Getting to Meaningful Use of Health IT: Experiences in Redesigning Workflow in the Ambulatory Setting ( Details )
• Track C Innovative Efforts for Linking Transparency, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care ( Details )
• Track C Using Collaboratives to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI): A National Implementation Program ( Details )
• Track C Risk-Informed Evaluation of Patient Safety Training Activities ( Details )
• Track D Improving Preventive Health Care: Success Stories ( Details )
• Track E Regional Collaboratives as Catalysts for Quality Reporting and Improvement ( Details )
• Track F Project RED: Reengineering the Hospital Discharge Process ( Details )

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Plenary Session
  Health Reform and Health System Change: The View Ahead ( Details )
  Addressing Health Disparities in Achieving High-Quality, Affordable Care

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Learn Sessions
Participants are invited to bring their lunch and join the session discussion.

• Track A Tricks of the Trade: Tools for Evaluating Clinical Effectiveness of Medical Interventions ( Details )
• Track B What Not to Do in Primary Care: Overuse of Preventive Services ( Details )
• Track C Overview of AHRQ Resources to Improve Patient Safety ( Details )
• Track D Generating Quality Headlines in a Change Environment: Media Attention That Leads to Increased Awareness ( Details )

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

• Track A Implementing the GRADE Method in Guideline Development: Real-World Experiences ( Details )
• Track A Are We Making Progress? Measuring the Adoption, Meaningful Use, and Impacts of Health IT ( Details )
• Track B Reforming Disease Prevention and Health Promotion ( Details )
• Track B Measuring Inequities in Financing the U.S. Health Care System ( Details )
• Track B Moving Beyond Institution-Based Service Delivery: Medical Homes and Health 2.0 ( Details )
• Track C Measuring Improvement in Hospital Team Work ( Details )
• Track C Health Literacy in Action: Design, Development, and Measurement ( Details )
• Track E Helping Hospitals Help Themselves: Proactive Steps to Avoid a Health Care System "Bailout" ( Details )

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Track A Building the Health IT Infrastructure: How Do We Get There? A Panel Discussion ( Details )
• Track A Do Ask, Do Tell: Best Practices in Conflict-of-Interest Policies for Research, Publishing, and Recommendation-Making ( Details )
• Track B Redesigning Hospital Care for Quality and Efficiency ( Details )
• Track B Expanding Insurance Coverage for Children, the Elderly, and the Uninsured: Opportunities and Challenges ( Details )
• Track C Children's Health Care Quality: Responding to a New National Focus ( Details )
• Track D AHRQ's Role in the Patient-Centered Medical Home ( Details )
• Track D Disparities in Health Care: Issues for National Reporting ( Details )
• Track D Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Are Electronic Health Records Enough for Population Health? A Panel Discussion ( Details )
• Track F Assessing Patients’ Experiences With Care: Using CAHPS as a Standardized Quality Metric ( Details )

7:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Registration

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

• Track A Assessing the Evidence: Overview of AHRQ's Comparative Effectiveness Guide for Systematic Reviews ( Details )
• Track A Connecting Communities: Lessons From Six State Health Information Exchange Demonstrations ( Details )
• Track B Trends and Issues in Access to Care: Implications for Health Care Reform ( Details )
• Track B Enhancing Patient Safety and Quality With Evidence-Based Health Care Design ( Details )
• Track C Reducing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolisms: Interventions That Work ( Details )
• Track D So You're Doing Quality and Safety Improvement: How Can You Tell Whether It's Working? ( Details )
• Track D Experiences in Patient-Centered Care: Improving Coordination and Communication Among Patients and Providers ( Details )
• Track E Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Anticipated and Realized Benefits ( Details )

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Track A Assessing the Evidence: Overview of AHRQ's Comparative Effectiveness Guide for Systematic Reviews, Continued ( Details )
• Track B Health Care Quality for Children: New Opportunities for Measurement and Improvement ( Details )
• Track B Chronic Diseases and Health Care Use and Spending: The Impact of Changes in the Health Care System ( Details )
• Track C Advancing Safety and Quality: Supporting Patient Safety Organizations in Reducing Risks to Patients ( Details )
• Track C A Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) as an Intervention Strategy ( Details )
• Track C The Pharmacist's Role in Quality: Is the Profession Ready? ( Details )
• Track C Collaboration Between Researchers and State Policymakers: A Model for Health Care Improvement ( Details )
• Track D Innovative and Inexpensive Approaches to Health Research on Women and Disadvantaged Populations: California Virtual and Population-Based Laboratories ( Details )
• Track E Payment Reform: Cost of Collecting Performance Data in Primary Care ( Details )

11:30 a.m.

• Meeting Adjournment