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Monday October 23, 2006
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9:15 am
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- Examine the most innovative strategies for delivering information
resources to consumers
- Assess the degree to which different consumer navigation
strategies apply to different care delivery settings
- Determine how to maximize the potential of new technologies for assisting consumers with navigating the care continuum
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10:15 am
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Tuesday October 24, 2006
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9:15 am
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- Describe the barriers and opportunities to HIT integration into the continuum of care
- Review the current Federal programs exploring HITs impact on the continuum of care
- Discuss future research and demonstration needs required to fully integrate HIT into care environments
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10:15 am
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10:45 am
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- Analyze how technology can help older adults maintain their independence and successfully age in place
- Demonstrate how technology makes it possible to have an integrated health care team
- Challenge others to see how technology can connect health care and social services resources throughout a community
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Dr. Dena Puskin
Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
HRSA
(Invited)
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Wednesday October 25, 2006
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9:15 am
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- Review the impact of poor health literacy on disease and care management: medication errors, lack of self management skills, lack of preparation for important medical tests-$58-$73 billion annually
- Introduce the Newest Vital Sign (NVS)- where patients answer 6 questions about an ice cream nutritional label
- Show that half of patients do not grasp the information and practitioners need to have patients re-tell the information, use pictures and encourage questions
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Michael Pignone, MD
Associate Chief, Division of General Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine School of Medicine's Division of General Internal Medicine
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10:15 am
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10:45 am
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- Reveal the limitations of single disease Clinical Practice
Guidelines in treating the elderly
- Report that Pay for Performance initiatives based on clinical
practice guidelines may ignore the complexity of multiple comorbid
illnesses
- Conclude that Clinical Practice Guidelines need to address the
applicability of their recommendations, define measures of quality for
the co morbid elderly, set short- and long-term goals, give
guidance for incorporating patient preferences into treatment plans, as well as provide care coordination, self management empowerment
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Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine
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