Preliminary Conference Agenda


Informing Consumers About Health Care Quality: New Directions for Research and Action

Hyatt Regency Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
December 11-12, 2000


Monday, December 11, 2000

7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
 
Gregg Meyer, M.D., M.Sc.
Agency for Health
care Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Michael McMullan
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)

8:45 a.m.

Conference Overview:
A Proposed Agenda for Research and Action


Dale Shaller, M.P.A.

Quality Measurement
Advisory Service

9:30 a.m. Findings from the AHRQ/KFF National Poll: How Do Americans Make Choices in Health Care? How Much Does Quality Matter?


Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Implications for the Research and Action Agenda: Panel and Response to the National Poll Results


Carol Cronin

Consultant

Peter Lee, J.D.
Pacific Business Group on Health

Charles Inlander
People
's Medical Society

Sam Ho, M.D.
Pacifi
Care Health Systems

11:45 a.m. Luncheon Address:
Informing Consumers About Medical Errors and Patient Safety

Robert Galvin, M.D.

General Electric Company
1:15 p.m. Implementing Research and Action in the Four Consumer Sectors, Round 1
(* = Session Leader)

Session A: Consumers Employed in the Public and Private Sectors

 

Suzanne Paranjpe, Ph.D.*
Greater Detroit Area Health Council

Peter Benner, M.A.
AFSCME Council 6

Christopher Queram
Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative

Robert Margolis, M.D.
Health Care Partners Group

Session B: Older Consumers/Medicare

 

Shoshanna Sofaer, Dr.P.H.*
Baruch College, CUNY

Bob Adams
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)

Kathryn Coltin, M.P.H.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.

Susan Kay
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging

Session C: Consumers with Special Health Care Needs

 

Christina Bethell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.*
Foundation for Accountability (FACCT)

Steven Christianson, D.O., M.M.
Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Alice Lind, R.N., M.P.H.
Washington State Medical Assistance Administration

Nora Wells
Family Voices

Session D: Consumers with Special Communication Needs

 

Christine Molnar, M.S., M.P.H.*
Community Service Society of New York

David Nerenz, Ph.D.
Michigan State University

Martha Jazo-Bajet, R.N., M.P.H.
Community Health Group

Jane Ohene-Frempong, M.S.
The Health
Promotion Council, Inc.

2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Implementing Research and Action in the Four Consumer Sectors, Round 2
(Repeat of Sessions A-D above)
5:00 p.m. Reception


Tuesday, December 12, 2000

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. The California Experience: A Case Study of the Research and Action Agenda in Practice
 


Ann F. Monroe

California HealthCare Foundation

9:30 a.m. What Can We Learn From Social Marketing?
 

Moderator:
Carol Schechter, M.A., M.P.H.

Academy for Educational Development

Panelists:
John Strand, M.Ed.

Academy for Educational Development

Lynne Doner, M.A.
Independent Consultant/Social Marketing Counselor

Peter Garrett, A.B.
Garrett Yu Hussein, LLC

10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Plenary Session:
Session Reports and Discussion
  Facilitator:
Ian Morrison, Ph.D.

Health Futures Institute
12:20 p.m. Luncheon Address:
Consumer Information and the Future of the American Health Care System
 
Ian Morrison, Ph.D.

Health Futures Institute
1:30 p.m. Closing:
Moving the Agenda Forward
 
Work Group on Consumer Health Information
2:00 p.m. Adjourn

 

Current as of November 13, 2000