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September 2011
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AHI Announces 2012 Premier Conference on Advancing the Methods for Healthcare
Quality Improvement Research
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The Academy for Healthcare Improvement is very pleased to announce the
organization of its premier conference offering, “Advancing the Methods for
Healthcare Quality Improvement Research,” to be held May 7-8, 2012 in the
Washington, DC area. Many thanks to Dr. Ted Speroff of the Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine and Dr. Paul Miles, AHI President-Elect and
Senior Vice President of the American Board of Pediatrics for their
extraordinary efforts to date in helping to plan this exciting meeting.
Included on the program planning committee working towards the success of
this conference are Dr. Denise Dougherty of the Agency for Healthcare Quality
and Research and Dr. Brian Mittman of the Center for Implementation Practice
and Research Support. This two day event will include presentations from the
leading experts in the quality improvement research field. The program will
include presentations, panel discussions, case studies, abstract
presentations, and posters. A call for abstracts will be announced soon and
submissions will be accepted through the AHI website.
Complete program details will
be posted to the AHI website as soon as
they are finalized. In the meantime, save the dates, and pass
the word to your colleagues. This is going to be a unique and valuable
conference that you won’t want to miss.
We are pleased to announce the following world-renowned
speakers and topics:
Dr. Duncan Neuhauser, Quality Improvement Research and Randomized Controlled
Trial
Dr. Mark Bauer, Hybrid Research Designs for Quality Improvement
Dr. Peter Margolis, Quasi-Experimental Designs for Quality Improvement
Research
Dr. Richard Colletti, Registries for Quality Improvement
Dr. Brian Mittman, What the Future Holds for Quality Improvement Research
Dr. David Atkins, Applicability of Quality Improvement Research for
Comparative Effectiveness
Dr. Don Goldmann, Disparities Reduction through Quality Improvement Research
Dr. Michael Matheny, Use of Registries: Time Series and Risk-Adjusted Control
Charts
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Complimentary Issue to Prospective Members!
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You are receiving this complimentary copy of the AHI E-Newsletter because you
have been identified to the association as a prospective member. We
encourage your participation and hope you will consider joining our young,
but thriving, organization. See the item below regarding our
membership drive.
This will be the last issue sent directly to your inbox. Don’t miss out! Join
this forum which includes many of your colleagues in the healthcare quality
improvement arena today.
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AHI Membership Growth Steadily Moving Higher
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AHI is an interprofessional community that advances quality improvement in
health care through scholarly and educational activities. As of
September, our membership stands at 212. With your help and the exciting new
programs and services AHI is offering, we are confident we can reach our goal
of 1,000 members by the end of 2012. Share this newsletter and other
AHI news with your colleagues and encourage them to join. Enrollment is
simple! Just visit the membership
section of the AHI website to join.
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2011 Scientific Symposium Abstract Submissions Now
Being Reviewed
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Over 70 abstracts have been received for consideration for presentation at
the 17th Annual Scientific Symposium to be held on December 5 in
Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement’s 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in
Health. The abstracts are currently being categorized and sent to reviewers.
Determination will be made and authors will be notified of acceptance in
early October.
Registration information for the AHI Scientific Symposium,
held in conjunction with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is now
available on the IHI
website.
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Continuing Education & Performance Improvement
(CE/PI)
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The CME Section of the Group on Academic Affairs of the Association of
American Medical Colleges (AAMC) attempts to guide academic Continuing
Medical Education (CME) as it moves from a primarily conference-based model
to one which employs best educational methods and quality and performance
improvement principles to close the clinical care gap. A host of CE/PI
resources aimed at supporting this change are found here: www.aamc.org/cme. These resources include:
a bi-monthly newsletter, CENews, offering links to current news,
innovations, funding opportunities, and literature updates; the AAMC/SACME
Harrison Survey, a report of funding, policy, and academic medical center
integration and impact; Aligning and Educating for Quality (ae4Q), offering
to assist Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) as they achieve system-wide and
patient-centered quality goals; and Online learning for Physician Credit, on
the AAMC’s MedEdPORTAL® platform (www.mededportal.org/cmeforcredit),
a collection of evidence-based online activities providing physicians with AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit™.
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QI News from the
AHI Membership…
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NACHRI QI Effort Saves Money While Saving Kids’ Lives
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Children’s hospitals across the country are celebrating a milestone in their
quest to eradicate central line-associated infections among hospitalized
pediatric patients. After five years of quality improvement in pediatric
intensive care and hematology/oncology units, children’s hospitals in the
National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions
(NACHRI) Quality Transformation Network saved 355 lives, prevented 2,964
central line infections and pass the $100 million milestone for cost savings.
“Policy makers regularly point to hospitals as key drivers of health care’s
rising costs,” said Lawrence McAndrews, president and CEO of NACHRI.
“Together children’s hospitals have successfully eliminated $100 million in
preventable hospital costs. And they’ve done it without government
intervention or significant government funding.” Visit the NACHRI
website for more information of
contact Gillian Ray at 703/797-6057.
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For Your Information:
AHRQ Grants Recently Posted
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On Patient Safety: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-022.html
Conference Support Grants: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-231.html
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Demand Better! Revive Our Broken Healthcare System
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A new book co-authored by David B. Nash, MD, MBA hopes to jolt our wobbly
healthcare system by debunking some of the common “healthcare myths” commonly
accepted by consumers.
“Demand Better! Revive Our
Broken Healthcare System” was co-authored by Dr. Nash and Sanjaya Kumar, MD,
MSc, MPH. Dr. Kumar is Founder, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Technical
Officer of Quantros, Inc., a leader in web-based healthcare data management
and decision support solutions to further patient safety and quality.
“This book has no axe to
grind, no lobbyists, no politicos and no DC policy wonks,” Dr. Nash, Dean of
the Jefferson School of Population Health, says. “It is from two experts
outside of the beltway, who have teamed up to really tell it like it is and
to offer some key solutions.”
“Demand Better” examines some common healthcare myths –
“More Healthcare Means Better Healthcare,” “Our Healthcare is Safe” – for
example, through the lens of quality: what quality is and is not, why it is
lacking in so much of our present system, and how to reclaim it.
The book’s timing is spot on. Many experts are calling this a pivotal moment
in American healthcare delivery, marked by tremendous innovation and
accelerating improvements in quality and safety. It’s the hope of the authors
that the book will improve quality of care by helping providers identify
safety gaps and put mitigating safeguards in place, thus saving lives.
For ordering information, visit SecondRiverHealthcare.com, or call
(406) 586-8775.
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Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, 4th Edition
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AHI Member Julie K. Johnson, MSPH, PhD, Associate Professor and Deputy
Director at the Centre for Clinical Governance, for the University of New
South Wales in Australia, reports that the 4th Edition of
McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s tome has recently been released.
Authored
by Johnson and William Sollecito at the University of North Carolina’s
Gillings School of Global Public Health, the reviews have been very
favorable. “It presents a road map and a ‘how to’ guide for the leadership of
a health care transformation that is the core work of the generation of
caring professionals,” writes Dr. Brent James of the Institute for Health
Care Delivery Research.
Through
a unique interdisciplinary perspective on quality management in health care,
this text covers the subjects of operations management, organizational
behavior, and health services research.
For more information, navigate
to this address: http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763781545/
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Disclaimer:
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The Academy for Healthcare Improvement does not endorse these publications,
but includes the information as a courtesy to the membership.
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