AHRQ Annual Conferences Conference Materials Sign up: Events & Announcements email updates Conference materials from the AHRQ Annual Conferences, including slide presentations and videos of plenary sessions (when available). About the AHRQ Annual Conferences To help advance its goal of improving health care for all Americans, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held its first-ever annual conference September 2007, in Bethesda, Maryland. This conference is designed to showcase the best of AHRQ research and provide examples of how that research is being implemented at all levels in health care delivery. AHRQ 2012 Annual Conference The sixth AHRQ Annual Conference was held September 9-11, 2012, in Bethesda, Maryland. Entitled Moving Ahead: Leveraging Knowledge and Action to Improve Health Care Quality, the conference featured presentations in seven major themes. AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference 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. AHRQ 2010 Annual Conference The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held its fourth annual conference on September 26-29, 2010, in Bethesda, Maryland. This conference, entitled Better Care, Better Health: Delivering on Quality for All Americans, showcased leading authorities in health care research and policy in sessions on transforming health care delivery; developing new patient care models; strengthening preventive care and reducing health disparities; improving quality and patient safety; and measuring and reporting on provider and system performance. AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference To help advance its goal of improving health care for all Americans, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held its third annual conference on September 13-16, 2009, in Bethesda, MD. This conference was designed to showcase the best of the Agency's research and provide examples of how that research is being implemented at all levels in health care delivery. Entitled "Promoting Quality... Partnering for Change," the conference featured presentations in seven major themes. AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference To help advance its goal of improving health care for all Americans, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held its second annual conference on September 7-10, 2008, in Bethesda, MD. This conference was designed to showcase the best of the Agency's research and provide examples of how that research is being implemented at all levels in health care delivery. Entitled "Promoting Quality... Partnering for Change," the conference featured presentations in five major themes. ArchivedAHRQ 2007 Annual Conference Current as of October 2012 Internet Citation: AHRQ Annual Conferences: Conference Materials. October 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/conference/index.html
About the AHRQ Annual Conferences To help advance its goal of improving health care for all Americans, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held its first-ever annual conference September 2007, in Bethesda, Maryland. This conference is designed to showcase the best of AHRQ research and provide examples of how that research is being implemented at all levels in health care delivery.