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State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop:
Tools You Can Use to Make a Difference
Workshop Agenda and Materials

January 17 and 18
Phoenix, AZ
Sheraton Crescent Hotel

IMPORTANT NOTE: All state participants will be able to self-select into the different breakout tracks. You will not be required to remain in a specific track for the entirety of the workshop, and you may switch between tracks during individual breakout sessions.

Day 1 Workshop Sessions: January 17

7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
BREAKFAST

Morning Plenary
The purpose of the opening welcome and plenary session is to share workshop objectives with participating state teams, and to stimulate participant thinking in the area of quality improvement with an overview of Arizona's quality agenda.

The goal of subsequent morning plenary sessions is to expand participant awareness of HCUPnet and the State Snapshots Tools and to share some concrete examples of how the tools have been used by decision makers in Utah, Maine, and Arkansas.

8:30 to 8:45 a.m.
Welcome & Overview: Marjorie Shofer, B.S.N., M.B.A., AHRQ
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks: The State's Role in the Quality Agenda: Anthony Rodgers, M.S., Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

9:45 to 10:15 a.m.
Overview of HCUPnet: Anne Elixhauser, Ph.D., AHRQ
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

10:15 to 10:45 a.m.
Utah State Case Study: Keely Cofrin Allen, Ph.D., Utah Department of Health
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

10:45 to 11:00 a.m.
BREAK

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Overview of the State Snapshots Tool: Jeff Brady, M.D., M.P.H., AHRQ
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

11:30 to 12:00 p.m.
Case Study of Maine's Experience Using the State Snapshots: Dennis Shubert, M.D., Ph.D., previously with the Maine Quality Forum
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

12:00 to 12:30 p.m.
Case Study of Arkansas' Experience Using the State Snapshots: Rhonda Jaster, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH

Breakout Session I
Track 1 participants will be encouraged to engage actively in a facilitated dialogue, considering the potential policy questions that each of the session tools might be used to help address. Common challenges related to data issues, navigating political situations, and targeting the appropriate audience will also be considered.

Track 2 participants will have an opportunity to meet in a smaller group with expert faculty who will be able to address any outstanding questions (e.g., data sources, methodology) about the presented tools. The goal of the session is to give participants adequate training with the tools such that their use could be incorporated into future state quality improvement activities.

1:45 to 3:00 p.m.
Track One - Policy Applications Round Table Discussion:State Snapshots and HCUPnet (Facilitated by Dennis Shubert, M.D., Ph.D., previously with the Maine Quality Forum, Jeff Brady, M.D., M.P.H., AHRQ, and Keely Cofrin Allen, Ph.D., Utah Department of Health)

Track Two - Hands-on Tool Training: State Snapshots and HCUPnet (Led by and Marguerite Barrett, M.Sc., Thomson Healthcare, and Anne Elixhauser, Ph.D., AHRQ)

3:00 to 3:15 p.m.
BREAK

Afternoon Plenary
The goal of the afternoon plenary sessions is to expand participant awareness of the Asthma and Diabetes Workbooks, and to share some concrete examples of how they have been used in Kentucky. This session also will introduce participants to a new AHRQ tool- the Asthma ROI Calculator.

3:15 to 3:45 p.m.
Overview of the Asthma and Diabetes Workbooks: Rosanna Coffey, Ph.D., Thomson Healthcare

3:45 to 4:15 p.m.
Kentucky State Case Study: Trudi Matthews, M.A., HealthBridge (previously with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services)
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

4:15 to 4:45 p.m.
Overview of the Asthma ROI Calculator: Ginger Carls, M.A., Thomson Healthcare
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

Breakout Session II
Track 1 participants will be encouraged to engage actively in a facilitated dialogue, considering the potential policy questions that each of the session tools might be used to help address. Common challenges related to data issues, navigating political situations, and targeting the appropriate audience will also be considered.

Track 2 participants will have an opportunity to meet in a smaller group with expert faculty who will be able to address any outstanding questions (e.g., data sources, methodology) about the presented tools. The goal of the session is to give participants adequate training with the tools such that their use could be incorporated into future state quality improvement activities.

4:45 to 5:45 p.m.
Track One - Policy Applications Round Table Discussion:Diabetes and Asthma Workbooks, and Asthma ROI Calculator (Facilitated by Trudi Matthews, M.A., HealthBridge (previously with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services) and Marjorie Shofer, B.S.N., M.B.A., AHRQ)

Track Two - Hands-on Tool Training: Diabetes and Asthma Workbooks, and Asthma ROI Calculator (Led by Rosanna Coffey, Ph.D., Thomson Healthcare and Ginger Carls, M.A., Thomson Healthcare)
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
NETWORKING RECEPTION & DINNER

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Day 2 Workshop Sessions: January 18

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST

Morning Plenary
The goal of this plenary session is to expand participant awareness of a recently revised AHRQ tool - the County-Level Mapping Tool. This session also will introduce participants to a new CDC tool that is based on AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data - the Chronic Disease Cost Calculator.

9:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Overview of the Preventable Hospitalization Costs - A County-Level Mapping Tool: Melanie Chansky, M.A.A., Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Overview of the CDC Chronic Disease Cost Calculator: Eric Finkelstein, Ph.D., RTI
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version (RTF)

10:15 to 10:30 a.m.
BREAK

Breakout Session III
Track 1 participants will be encouraged to engage actively in a facilitated dialogue, considering the potential policy questions that each of the session tools might be used to help address. Common challenges related to data issues, navigating political situations, and targeting the appropriate audience will also be considered.

Track 2 participants will have an opportunity to meet in a smaller group with expert faculty who will be able to address any outstanding questions (e.g., data sources, methodology) about the presented tools. The goal of the session is to give participants adequate training with the tools such that their use could be incorporated into future state quality improvement activities.

10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Track One - Policy Applications Round Table Discussion: County-Level Mapping Tool Chronic Disease Cost Calculator (Facilitated by Thomas Smith Jr., General Motors and Eric Finkelstein, Ph.D., RTI)

Track Two - Hands-on Tool Training:County-Level Mapping Tool and Chronic Disease Cost Calculator (Led by Melanie Chansky, M.A.A., Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, and Susan Haber, Sc.D., RTI)
Presentation Slides Handout | Text Version

11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
BREAK

12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Discussion and Closing Remarks: Marjorie Shofer, B.S.N., M.B.A., AHRQ

 

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