What: CAHPS® & SOPS User Group Meeting
Date: April 19-21, 2010
Where: Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
Cost: Free
For more details, go to: https://www.cahps-sopsugm.org/ugm/ugmoverview.aspx. 
Why Attend
Attendees at this meeting will hear about the most recent developments in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) and Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) suites of surveys, learn how to administer the surveys more effectively, and get tips on using the survey results to educate health care professionals and improve the safety and quality of care for patients. Participants will also hear how CAHPS® survey measures can be incorporated effectively into consumer reports on health care quality.
This conference is also an excellent opportunity to learn from and network with AHRQ staff, members of the CAHPS® and SOPS research teams, and survey users.
Registration
Registration for this free conference opens in early November. If you have already signed up for E-mails about CAHPS®, you will receive announcements about the meeting. If you have not yet signed up for these updates, please visit https://subscriptions.ahrq.gov/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USAHRQ.
More Information
User Group Meeting: https://www.cahps-sopsugm.org/ugm/ugmoverview.aspx 
CAHPS®: https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/default.asp
SOPS: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/patientsafetyculture/.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation:
12th CAHPS® & 2nd SOPS User Group Meeting. September 2009, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cahpssops.htm