June 4, 2009 AHI Newsletter

Dear AHI Member,

We would like to share with you the highlights from the May board meeting. The minutes are available to members at the website A4HI.org

May Highlights:

  • Plans are moving forward with a 2009 AHI Leadership Award for Advancing the Scholarship of Health Care Improvement
  • Web/Communications Committee is looking for volunteers to contribute to and enhance the web site (see below)
  • The AHI Scientific Symposium will be held December 7, 2009 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel, Orlando, Florida. We will be a 6 minute shuttle from the IHI Forum at the Marriot World Center. The Scientific Symposium Request for Abstracts is attached.
  • Membership is growing but we continue to need all your help in the AHI Membership Campaign, give your colleagues a flyer.
  • Education Committee needs your help is spreading the Request for Proposals (see below): Curricular Award

WWW, Social Networking Help Needed

Based on your input from the recent member survey, the AHI Board is planning to focus intensively in the coming six months on enhancing the AHI website. The current standing Web Committee members are David Moxley, Peter Buerhaus and Mark Splaine. We have had input from members in the past and now are looking for 2-3 volunteers to more consistently participate in discussions about how to enhance the AHI website as a means to serve the needs of our members. Currently the Web Committee meets monthly by conference call. Volunteers would be asked to serve in this role for a minimum of 6 months and attend Committee discussions as well as represent the AHI members in perspectives on enhancing the website.

If you are interested in serving as a member of the Web Committee, please contact Suzanne Bateman at suzanne.bateman@vanderbilt.edu

Thank you in advance for your interest and help with this important aspect of AHI's development.

Sincerely,
Mark Splaine, Peter Buerhaus and David Moxley

Duncan Neuhauser Award for Curricular Innovation
Informational Conference Call - June 25, 2009 at 9AM Central Time

If you are interested in learning more about the opportunity to submit material for consideration of the AHI Duncan Neuhauser Award for Curricular Innovation, you are invited to join us for an upcoming interactive presentation and discussion. Members of the AHI Professional Educational Resource Committee will advise participants on how to submit material for this award, and will highlight ways to increase their chances of a successful submission. Time will be allowed at the end of the call for questions and answers. To register for the call, please contact Samantha Welsh at welshse@health.missouri.edu or phone # 573-882-0572. You will be provided with an access phone number for the conference call, and will be directed to a weblink that will allow you to follow a slide presentation during the conference call.

ACADEMY HEALTH Meeting June 27-June 30

Quality Interest Group: Saturday June 27 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM at the Marquette Room, Hilton Chicago Hotel.

  • If you are attending the AH meeting, let's gather at the Quality Interest Group. It will be a chance for us to interact and to explore how the two Academies can relate in the future. Saturday
  • Keynote speaker is Carolyn Clancy MD, Director of AHRQ
  • No fee but registration required, see web or Mail/Fax. Fax to 202-292-6800 or mail to AcademyHealth, 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington DC 20036
  • Advisor Committee includes Gerald Arnold PhD MPH, James Burgess PhD, Cheryl Damberg PhD, Susan Felt-Lisk, Rita Mangione-Smith MD MPH, and Myles Maxfield PhD.

Panel on Public reporting of quality and safety measures.

  • Sun June 28 at 11 - 12:30
  • Donald Goldmann MD, chair.

Panel on Translational Implementation

  • Monday June 29 at 4:45 - 6:15 Concurrent Sessions
  • Brian Mittman PhD, Chair

Panel on Emerging Methods to Evaluate QI Initiatives

  • Tuesday June 30 at 9:45 - 11:15 Concurrent Sessions
  • Shirely Moore PhD (AHI President-Elect), panel Member

Other Academy Health Sessions related to Quality and Quality Improvement

  • Sun June 28 at 4:30 - 6:00 VA performance measurement
  • Mon June 29 at 11:30 - 1:00 Quality and efficiency measurement
  • Mon June 29 at 11:30 - 1:00 Organizational Performance and Management
  • Mon June 29 at 3:00 - 4:30 Quality and efficiency measurement
  • Mon Jun 29 at 3:00 - 4:30 Transforming Health System to Get Care Right
  • Mon June 29 at 4:45 - 6:15 Hospital quality from patient perspective
  • Tues June 30 at 9:45 - 11:15 Measuring patient safety indicators

Cheers,

Ted Speroff, Ph.D.
Center for Health Services Research
GRECC/HSR 4th Floor
VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
1310 24th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212