Group Health Solutions For Transforming Care
Innovating Through Engagement
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Program Details
Doors open and registration
Welcome address
Reform From Within: The Delivery System's Challenge in a Fragmented World
Delivery system reform is complicated but achievable through an approach that puts patients at the center, arms them with information, and partners with them. Our day's agenda will explore these and other elements that have been successfully developed and deployed at Group Health.
Michael Soman, MD, MPH, president and chief medical executive, Group Health PhysiciansThe Medical Home: Patient-Centered Care
By redesigning standard work and leveraging advanced information technology, the patient-centered medical home can improve key attributes of primary care and the chronic care model. Hear how Group Health designed a medical home prototype and then spread the redesign throughout Group Health Medical Centers by creating standard work and continuous improvement cycles.
Michael Erikson, MSW, vice president, Primary Care Services, Group HealthRob Reid, MD, associate medical director, Health Services Research & Knowledge Translation, Group Health
Barbara Trehearne, PhD, RN, vice president of Clinical Excellence, Quality, and Nursing Practice, Group Health
Claire Trescott, MD, medical director, Primary Care Services, Group Health Physicians
Break
Seamless Transitions for Patient-Centered Care:
Emergency Department/Hospital Inpatient Initiative — Engaging the Health Care System
When patients are moved from one care setting to another, problems often emerge that return the patient to a higher care setting. Hear how Group Health's Emergency Department/Hospital Inpatient initiative has put systems in place that reduce readmission rates, improve patient outcomes, and reduce cost.
Kate Brostoff, MD, medical director, APPLE (Acute, Post-acute, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Emergency Patient Resources & Options), Group Health PhysiciansBrenda Bruns, MD, executive medical director, Health Plan Services, Group Health Physicians
Barbara Trehearne, PhD, RN, vice president of Clinical Excellence, Quality, and Nursing Practice, Group Health
Barbie Wood, RN, MBA, director, Care Management Services, Group Health
Break
Lunch and keynote address
Tracking Medicine: A Researcher's Quest to Understand Health Care
Introduction by Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, MACP, executive director and senior investigator, Group Health Research Institute
Keynote address by John E. Wennberg, MD, MPH, Peggy Y. Thomson professor emeritus in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences & founder and director emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
Across the United States, there is great variation in the type and amount of treatments patients receive for similar conditions, how those treatments are delivered, and the outcomes of those treatments. Dr. Wennberg explores the economic impacts of this variation, the implications for individuals' health, and remedies for improving care while also controlling costs.
Break
Engaging the Patient With Shared Decision Making
Learn what happens when a patient-centered approach to shared decision making is built into standard processes. Dr. McCulloch and a panel of front-line experts will explore preference-sensitive treatment options for a knee condition as an example of how shared decision making can be employed. What works, what's been learned at Group Health, and what can be improved?
Chris Cable, MD, assistant medical director, Consultative Specialty Services, Group Health PhysiciansJenny Fry, LPN, Orthopedic Clinic, Capital Hill Campus, Group Health
Charlie Jung, MD, chief of Orthopedics, Group Health Physicians
Diana Leback, RN, MS, clinical operations manager, Orthopedic Clinic, Capitol Hill Campus, Group Health
David K. McCulloch, MD, FRCP, medical director of Clinical Improvement, Group Health Physicians
Break
Improving the Value of High-End Imaging: Engaging Providers With Feedback
High-end imaging has emerged as a classic example of wasteful health care spending. Group Health and The Everett Clinic have worked to improve the value of high-end imaging, implementing clinical decision support and using feedback with providers to help them change their clinical practice to provide safer, more cost effective care.
Matt Handley, MD, associate medical director, Quality & Informatics, Group Health PhysiciansRobert Karl, MD, chief of Radiology, Group Health Physicians
Kelly Weaver, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Everett Clinic Spine Center and facility medical director, Advanced Imaging Center, The Everett Clinic
Closing remarks: Innovation as the Driver of Industry Reform
Health care reform is demanding that our industry remake itself, creating challenges and opportunities. As we close the day, we'll look at organizations like Group Health and others that have demonstrated the power of innovation to effect positive change, and at the pivotal role innovation leaders will have as reform unfolds.
Scott Armstrong, president and CEO, Group Health CooperativeComplimentary wine and cheese reception, Fifth Avenue Room