Presented by: Group Health Cooperative, Clinical Improvement &
Education, Seattle, Washington.

Dircetions for Success: Evidence-based Helath Care
May 7-9, 2001
The Westin La Paloma, Tucson, AZ, USA

Directions for Success: Evidence-based Health Care is designed to help
you -
* Improve health care outcomes.
* Decrease costs of delivering care.
* Involve patients by giving them information in a new and more
meaningful way so they can better participate in decisions about their
health care.

For full information on the program please see our web site:
http://www.ghc.org/web/cont_ed/conferences/ebmprog.jhtml

A world leader in health care, Group Health Cooperative is the first
delivery system to develop practical evidence-based ways you can
directly apply in your health care organization to bring the benefits
of
the best available research in a new way to organizations, clinicians
and patients.
This conference will emphasize practical tools that participants can
take away and immediately apply in their own organization.  This
hands-on approach will be beneficial to all health care organizations
that wish to implement change and improvement - ranging from those
organizations just beginning to implement clinical improvement to
those
with more developed programs and sophisticated systems of care.
The conference will also provide a foundation in the basics of
evidence-based medicine, and is intended to be of interest to those
new
to EBM and those with extensive experience in evidence-based clinical
improvement.  Various clinical conditions will be presented using
Group
Health's unique evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines, developed
using a rigorous and transparent process which puts practitioners and
patients in touch with both the best available evidence and its
clinical
implications.

AGENDA - DAY 1 - Monday, May 7, 2001
- Evidence-based Clinical Improvements - David Eddy, MD, PhD
- The Evidence-based Process - Matthew Handley, MD
- The Balance Sheet - David Eddy, MD, PhD
Workshops A, B, C
A. Technology Assessment - Michael Stuart, MD
B. Osteoporosis - Fred Heidrich, MD, MPH
C. Data Mining - Paul Fishman, PhD

AGENDA - DAY 2 - Tuesday, May 8, 2001
- Models of Care - Edward Wagner, MD, MPH, FACP
- Shared Decision Making - Albert Mulley, Jr., MD, MPP
- Evidence-based Approach to Pharmacy & Therapeutics - Marc Mora, MD
Afternoon Workshops (repeating - select two out of three)
D1. Evaluating a Guideline - Matthew Handley, MD (1st session only)
E. DVT Treatment - Marc Mora, MD
F. Critical Appraisal of the Literature - Diane Civic, PhD
D2. Adopting a Guideline - Matthew Handley, MD (2nd session only)

AGENDA - DAY 3 - Wednesday, May 9, 2001
- Information Systems - Ted Eytan, MD
- Clinical Registries - Clayton Gillett, MHA, MBA
- Clinical Web -Matthew Handley, MD
- Q&A - Panel Discussion

ACCREDITATION
Group Health Cooperative is accredited by the Washington State Medical
Association CME Accreditation Committee to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians.  Group Health Cooperative designates this
education activity for a maximum of 17.5 hours in Category I to
satisfy
the relicensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality
Assurance Commission and the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.  Each
Physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually
spent in the educational activity.

For information on Faculty, Registration, Location and Hotel
Reservations please see our web site:
http://www.ghc.org/web/cont_ed/conferences/ebmprog.jhtml

PROGRAM FEES
Registration Fee:       $795 (payment postmarked after Jan. 1, 2001)
Group Fee:      $625 (4 or more attendees from same organization)

For more information please feel free to contact me directly at:


Maria Cardenas-Anson
Manager, Continuing Medical Education
Group Health Cooperative
201 16th Avenue East, CEB-134
Seattle, WA 98112
ph. 206.326.2084
fx. 206.326.3774
email. [log in to unmask]

Michael E. Stuart MD
Director, Clinical Improvement and Education
Group Health Cooperative

Phone:  206-326-3441
Fax:  206-326-3774

201 16th Ave. East, CEB-141
Seattle, Washington 98112