Agenda
Cosponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
November 3, 2008
Cambridge, Massachusetts
| Time |
Event |
| 8:00-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:50 |
Welcome from AHRQ and IHI; Goals for the Day
Speakers: Don Berwick, Carolyn Clancy, and Don Goldmann |
| 8:50-9:20 |
Background and Historical Perspective on Mortality Measurement
Speakers: Steve Jencks and Amy Rosen |
| 9:20-9:35 |
The Need for a National Mortality Measure: NQF's Rationale and Requirements
Speaker: Janet Corrigan |
| 9:35-12:20 |
Presentation and Discussion of Individual Mortality Measures
Speakers:
- Eugene Kroch
- Brian Jarman
- Mark Keroack and Steve Meurer
- Jack Hughes
- David Foster
Note: 30 minutes allocated per measure (15 minutes for presentation; 15 minutes for clarifying questions) |
| 12:20-12:45 |
Working Lunch |
| 12:45-1:15 |
Challenges and Opportunities of a 30-Day Mortality Measure
Speakers: Harlan Krumholz and Sharon-Lise Normand |
| 1:15-1:45 |
Aggregate Versus Diagnosis-Specific Risk-Adjusted Mortality
Speakers: David Shahian and Barry Straube |
| 1:45-2:30 |
Discussion on Mortality Measurement
Brent James and Cathy Schoen, Reactors |
| 2:30-2:50 |
Break |
| 2:50-4:00 |
Work at Tables
Two Groups:
- How Hospitals Could Use Aggregate Mortality Measures To Drive Improvement in Quality and Safety
Nancy Foster, Facilitator and Rapporteur
- How Consumers Could Use Aggregate Mortality Measures To Inform Dialog With Providers and Choice of Hospital
Jim Conway, Facilitator and Rapporteur |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Mortality Measurement in the EMR Era: What Real-Time Lab and Clinical Data Can Contribute to Precision and Prediction
Speakers: Gabriel Escobar and Marta Render |
| 4:30-5:00 |
Next Steps and Potential Research Studies To Accelerate Adoption of a National Mortality Measure (or Measures)
Speaker/Facilitators: Evan Benjamin and Eugene Nelson |
| 5:00 |
Meeting Adjourns |
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