Advances in Treating and Managing the Cost of Respiratory Disease

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Tuesday June 28, 2005

7:15 am

Continental Breakfast

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8:00 am

Chair's Remarks

Richard J. Martin M.D.
Acting Chairman, Department of Medicine Head, Pulmonary Division
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Edelstein Family Chair in Pulmonary Medicine Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Medical and Research Center University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

8:15 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Improving the Home and Work Environment to Reduce the Incidence of Respiratory Disease

Discuss the implications of smoke-free policies at the state, local, national and international levels
Evaluate indoor air quality and exposure to chemicals and mold in the workplace in “light” industry, as well as exposure in “heavy” industry
How can these occupational exposures and hazards be prevented or minimized by employers
What are the economics (cost-shifting) of work-related disease?

Moderator/Panelist:

	David Weissman MD, FCCP Director, Respiratory Disease Studies National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health View Biography
Panelists:

	Dorsett D. Smith MD, FCCP Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Washington Medical School American College of Chest Physicians
	Cassandra Welch Director, National Advocacy American Lung Association View Biography

9:15 am

Applying the Stages of Change Model to Respiratory Disease

Trace patients and populations progress through the stages of change for health behaviors related to respiratory disease
Discuss principles for how stage based interventions can reach and retain many more patients in health behavior change programs related to respiratory disease
Explain how interventions tailored to principles and processes of change at each stage of change can produce high impacts on single and multiple behaviors related to respiratory disease

James O. Prochaska PhD
Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology Director Of Cancer Prevention Research
University of Rhode Island

10:15 am

Networking and Refreshment Break

10:45 am

Moving Asthma Care Out of the Emergency Department Department

Discuss five major reasons why adults and children visit the emergency department for asthma care
Demonstrate solutions that have and have not worked previously in the U.S. heath care system

Leonard Fromer MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
UCLA School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

11:30 am

Luncheon Roundtable Discussions

12:30 pm

Cost and Quality Impact of the National Respiratory Training Center (NRTC): Health Provider Education

Determine how statewide health care provider education can improve care, reduce hospital admissions and GP consultations and build coalitions
Promote the use of research and evidence-based medicine on how the organization and delivery of training in respiratory disease management can impact on patients’ health and raise awareness of respiratory disease
Compare, contrast NRTC U.S. experience with UK and global initiatives

Monica Fletcher MSc, BSc (Hons) RGN RSCN HVdip PGCE
Chief Executive Officer
National Respiratory Training Center UK, USA

1:15 pm

Can Primary Care Offices Produce and Interpret Spirometry Testing for Asthma and COPD?

List major educational needs of primary care office staff related to the inclusion of spirometry in their office practice
Discuss major barriers to continued production of adequate spirometery testing in primary care offices.
Suggest solutions that have previously worked to overcome educational and practice barriers related to the introduction of spirometery into primary care office practice

Barbara Yawn MD, MSC
Director of Research
Olmsted Medical Center
Adjunct Professor of Family and Community Health
University of Minnesota
AAFP
Vice Chair
International Primary Care Respiratory Group Research Committee, USA

2:00 pm

Networking Refreshment Break

2:30 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Treating and Managing the Costs of Respiratory Disease – An International Perspective

Discuss initiatives in Norway that may have result in greater control of COPD through smoking cessation policies
Explain how Canada has led the way in creating multiple guidelines for asthma, both pediatric and adult as well as COPD, both management of COPD and AECOPD.
Explain how asthma came to be viewed as a chronic condition in the UK versus a 'series of acute episodes,' and the momentous shift in management from secondary to primary care

Moderator/Panelist:

	Barbara Yawn MD, MSC Director of Research Olmsted Medical Center Adjunct Professor of Family and Community Health University of Minnesota AAFP Vice Chair International Primary Care Respiratory Group Research Committee, USA
Panelists:

	Alan Kaplan MD, CCFP(EM) Chairperson, Family Physician Airways Group of Canada Board Member IPCRG
	Dr. Mark L. Levy FRCGP Editor, GPIAG and Primary Care Respiratory Journal Research Fellow, Division of Community Health Sciences: GP Section, University of Edinburgh UK Medical Adviser National Respiratory Training Centre, Warwick Chairman Primary care and General Practice Scientific Group of the ERS Consulting Editor IPCRG Website
	Dr.Anders Ostrem MD Specialist in Family Medicine President of IPCRG, NORWAY View Biography

3:30 pm

Conference Concludes

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