CREATING “SYSTEMNESS” WITHIN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY:
Can Success be Proven and Shared?
ECRI Institute’s 19th Annual Conference on the Use of Evidence in Policy and Practice
November 28 - 29, 2012
In Washington, DC, at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center

This conference is a free public service; hurry, space is limited, so register now.

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Agenda
40 Distinguished Presenters and Moderators
Earn up to 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)tm

ECRI Institute’s 19th Annual Conference, brings together a range of constituencies, including public and private providers and payers, policy makers, clinicians, industry, regulators, consumers/patients, and researchers to examine the evidence of "what works and why it works" in American healthcare. The conference’s examination of “systemness” will range broadly, asking thought-provoking questions,
such as:

·  Are financial incentives alone enough to drive change?

·  Do "transformation" units within health systems produce results?

·  Which elements within mature healthcare systems result in the best clinical outcomes?

·  Is there evidence that the use of EHRs promotes more cohesive, effective, and efficient systems?

Join nearly 50 distinguished speakers and moderators, including:

• John Colmers, MPH, Vice President, Health Care Transformation and Strategic Planning, Johns Hopkins Health System
• Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, Director, Health Informatics, Veterans Health Administration
• Jessie Gruman, PhD, President, Center for Advancing Health
• Brent James, MD, MStat, Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare
• Sarah Krevans, MBA, MPH, Chief Operating Officer, Sutter Health
• Sharon Levine, MD, Associate Executive Director, the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Kaiser Permanente
• Ralph Muller, Chief Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Warren Lockette, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Clinical and Program Policy; Chief Medical Officer, TRICARE Management Activity, U.S. Department of Defense
• Paul C. Tang, MD, MS, Vice President, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation 
• Earl Steinberg, MD, Executive Vice President, Innovation & Dissemination, Geisinger Health System; Chief, Healthcare Solutions Enterprise

Session Topics

• Developing an Effective Culture: Why Financial Incentives are not Enough
• Creating Teams to Improve Inter- and Intra- Health System Operations: Does the Evidence Show Benefit?
• Transformation Centers and the Evidence: Where Are We Now?
• The Use of EHR in Furtherance of “Systemness”: Case Studies
• Beyond the Borders of Traditional Systems: The Changing Locus of Care?
• System Evolution: Incorporating New Partners and Partnerships
• Federal and State Initiatives: What Does the Evidence Show?
• Evidence-Based Management: Lessons and Demands from the Business World
• Measuring the Success of Systems
• Perspectives and Commentary
• Regulatory and Legal Issues of "Systemness"

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Space is limited to 350 attendees and early registration is strongly recommended.

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