AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration Sign up: Events & Announcements email updates AHRQ held its fifth annual conference on September 18-21, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland. Entitled Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration, the conference featured presentations in seven major themes. Conference ContentsAgendaPlenary SessionsPostersTabletopsSession Presentations—listed by different tracks: Track A: Making Care Safer by Reducing Harm Caused in the Delivery of Care Track B: Ensuring That Each Person and Family Are Engaged as Partners in Their Care Track C: Promoting Effective Communication and Coordination of Care Track D: Promoting the Most Effective Prevention and Treatment Practices for the Leading Causes of Mortality, Starting With Cardiovascular Disease Track E: Working With Communities to Promote Wide Use of Best Practices to Enable Healthy Living Track F: Making Quality Care More Affordable for Individuals, Families, Employers, and Governments by Developing and Spreading New Health Care Delivery ModelsSpecial Sessions from the AHRQ Multiple Chronic Conditions Research Network: 60-Second Presentations Plenary SessionsLeading Through Innovation & Collaboration: Addressing Health Care Disparities, Access, and Quality of CarePlenary Session, Day 1 (Flash® video; 94 min.; 1.2 GB) (Plugin Help)Moderator:Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and QualitySpeakers:Gary R. Gunderson, D.Min., M.Div., Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareRhonda M. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H., Highmark, Inc.Herbert C. Smitherman, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Wayne State University School of Medicine/Detroit Medical CenterSusan Vega, Alivio Medical CenterLeading Through Innovation & Collaboration: Addressing Health System Change, Patient Safety, and Quality of CarePlenary Session, Day 2 (Flash® video; 90 min.; 1.2 GB) (Plugin Help)Moderator:Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.Speakers:Molly Joel Coye, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, Los AngelesArnold Milstein, M.D., M.P.H., Stanford Clinical Excellence Research CenterPeter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Current as of March 2012 Internet Citation: AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference: Leading Through Innovation & Collaboration. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/conference/2011/index.html