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The State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop was held to expand
participant awareness of a variety of AHRQ products, such as
State Snapshots, HCUPnet, and Preventable Hospitalization Costs: A
County-Level Mapping Tool, to stimulate thinking in the area of quality
improvement, and to share concrete examples of how the tools have
been used by decisionmakers.
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 (PowerPoint® File,
900 KB; PDF
File, 350 KB; PDF Help)
Marjorie Shofer
8:45 to 9:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks: The State's Role in
the Quality Agenda (PowerPointŪ File,
5.0 MB; PDF
File, 510 KB; PDF Help)
Anthony Rodgers
9:45 to 10:15 a.m.
Overview of HCUPnet (PowerPointŪ File,
6.9 MB; PDF
File, 3.5 MB; PDF Help)
Anne Elixhauser
10:15 to 10:45 a.m.
Utah State Case Study (PowerPointŪ File,
1.5 MB; PDF File, 980 KB; PDF Help)
Keely Cofrin Allen
10:45 to 11:00 a.m.
BREAK
11:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Overview of the State
Snapshots Tool (PowerPointŪ File, 2.4
MB; PDF
File, 1.2 MB; PDF Help)
Jeff Brady
11:30 to 12:00 p.m.
Case Study of Maine's Experience Using the State Snapshots (PowerPointŪ File,
950 KB; PDF File, 660 KB; PDF Help)
Dennis
Shubert
12:00 to 12:30 p.m.
Case Study of Arkansas' Experience Using the State Snapshots (PowerPointŪ File,
301 KB; PDF
File, 150 KB; PDF Help)
Rhonda
Jaster
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, Jeff Brady, and Keely Cofrin Allen
Track Two - Hands-on Tool
Training: State Snapshots and HCUPnet (PowerPointŪ File,
645 MB; PDF File, 70 KB; PDF Help)
Led by Marguerite Barrett and Anne Elixhauser
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 (PowerPointŪ File,
1.3 MB; PDF
File,
215 KB; PDF Help)
Rosanna Coffey
3:45 to 4:15 p.m.
Kentucky State Case Study
(PowerPointŪ File,
2.6 MB; PDF File, 1.9 MB;
PDF Help)
Trudi Matthews
4:15 to 4:45 p.m.
Overview of the Asthma ROI Calculator (PowerPointŪ File,
1.2 MB; PDF
File, 610 KB; PDF Help)
Ginger Carls
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 and Marjorie Shofer
Track Two - Hands-on Tool Training: Asthma Return
on Investment (ROI) Calculator (PowerPointŪ File,
777 KB; PDF File, 160 KB; PDF Help)
Led by Rosanna Coffey and Ginger Carls
6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
NETWORKING RECEPTION & DINNER
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.
Preventable Hospitalization
Costs - A County-Level Mapping Tool (PowerPointŪ File,
1.0 MB; PDF File, 220 KB; PDF Help)
Melanie Chansky
9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Overview of the CDC Chronic Disease Cost Calculator (PowerPointŪ File,
1.0 MB; PDF
File, 360 KB; PDF Help)
Eric Finkelstein
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. and Eric Finkelstein
Track Two - Hands-on Tool Training: County-Level
Mapping Tool (PowerPointŪ File,
710 KB; PDF File 110 KB; PDF Help)
Led by Melanie Chansky
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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