| Conference
Tracks
Criteria
for Submission
Submission
Process
| Potential
Conference Topics
Track
1: Health Care Quality Improvement
- Measurable
results in projects targeting patients in nursing facilities and home
health settings.
- Physician
and consumer behavior change.
- Successful
Rapid Cycle Improvement projects.
- Results
and lessons learned from rural health
collaborations.
- Innovative
approaches to foster adoption of
information technology.
Track
2: Hospital Payment Monitoring Program
- Proven
methods for improving provider and practitioner performance.
- DRG validation.
- Medical
records tracking.
- Management
and review of electronic medical records.
- Payment
data analysis methodologies.
Track
3: Case Review
- Beneficiary
complaint programs.
- EMTALA
issues.
- Innovative
techniques for managing the case review process.
Track 4: Finance and Human Resources
- Models
for estimating resource requirements.
- Successful
recruitment and retention strategies.
- Cost
management for quality improvement.
- Corporate
compliance.
- Streamlining
processes to improve profitability.
- Baldridge
Certification, ISO Certification, etc.
- Investments
in the customer service experience.
Track
5: Communications and Beneficiary Outreach
- Lessons
learned from successful partnership
building activities.
- Electronic
health records.
- Effective
strategies for communicating with physician office, home health agency
and nursing home staff.
- Methods
for elevating the quality improvement agenda in the media.
- Measurable
results in innovative beneficiary education interventions.
- “Branding”
Initiatives.
Track
6: Analytic Methodologies
- Application
of analytic software.
- Innovative
analytic methods, risk adjustment, etc.
- Outcomes
assessment.
- Large-scale
data analysis.
Track
7: Information Systems & Technology
- HIPAA
compliance.
- Use of
Internet based applications to improve
quality of care.
- Applications
for e-commerce, content,
services, and connectivity.
- Database
and tracking system development.
- Development
of data collection tools.
- Network
security.
Track
8: Leadership & Professional Development
- Proven
management strategies.
- Creative
thinking skills development.
- Professional
certification rewards and pitfalls.
- Use of
the Internet in career development.
- Team
building activities
- “How
to” for publication and presentation.
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