AHQA 2007 Annual Meeting
General Information
 This activity is joint sponsored by the Colorado Foundation for Medical
Care, Office of Continuing Education and American Health Quality
Association.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
Attendees will be able to:
- Examine best practices within the SOW8 and apply them to one's own organization
- Identify methods to increase transparency in information available to beneficiaries and methods for their organizations to become more deeply involved with transparency initiatives
- Analyze steps to integrate quality improvement and HIT
- Outline strategies for motivating health care leaders to promote improvement
- Address health care disparities and list steps to improve cultural competency
HOTEL
New
Orleans Marriott
555
Canal Street
New
Orleans, LA 70130
The
New Orleans Marriott has
been chosen as the official headquarters hotel for the 2007 AHQA Annual
Meeting. The New Orleans Marriott is located in the historic New Orleans
French Quarter. Within short walking distance of all major attractions,
the Aquarium of the Americas, the Riverwalk, French Market, Bourbon
Street, and the Convention Center. For visitor information, please
contact the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau.
New Orleans
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
1520 Sugar Bowl Drive
(504) 566-5003
www.neworleanscvb.com
The
room rate will be $180 single/double, plus tax.
HOTEL
RESERVATIONS
Reservations will be accepted through the AQHA registration process until January 8, 2006. After that date, participants will be responsible for obtaining their own hotel accommodations. The New Orleans Marriott may only be contacted after January 16th for sleeping room availability.
Hotel confirmations will be emailed to meeting participants during the first week of February. Once confirmations are mailed, participants may then contact the hotel to make changes to their reservations. For questions about hotel accommodations, please contact Amanda Scott (ascott@ahqa.org).
Each room reservation must be confirmed and guaranteed with a
valid credit card.
Hotel Check-in/Check-out
times
The
hotel’s
check-in time is 3:00 p.m. Checkout time is 12:00 p.m. Guests
arriving before 3:00 p.m. will be accommodated on a first-come basis pending
availability of rooms.
Travel Agency
Alamo
Travel, AHQA's official travel agency, can assist you
with your travel plans and can be reached at 800-748-8565 (phone) or 228-688-7590
(fax). We urge you to make your travel arrangements as soon as possible
to receive all discounts being offered. AHQA is not responsible for
non-refundable tickets.
WEATHER
February
high temperatures average around 70 to 80 degrees and lows around 60
degrees. Visitors are most comfortable with light jacket or coat. An
all-weather coat will take the chill off evenings. Lightweight summer
clothes are recommended.
Driving
from the Airport
Begin
at New Orleans Intl/moisant Fld/ and go Northeast for 0.7 miles; Continue
on Shell Rd and go Northeast for 0.6 miles; Turn left and go West for
about 500 feet; Turn right on Virginia St and go North for less than
100 feet; Turn right on Veterans Memorial Hwy, Veterans Memorial Blvd
and go East for 0.4 miles; Turn left on LA-49,Williams Blvd and go North
for 0.2 miles; Turn right on ramp and go East for 0.3 miles; Continue
on I-10 and go Southeast for 10.8 miles; Bear left on ramp at sign reading "Exit
234B to Poydras St/Superdome" and go East for 0.2 miles; Continue
and go East for about 400 feet; Continue on Poydras St and go East for
0.9 miles; Turn left on Tchoupitoulas St and go North for 0.2 miles; Continue
and go North for less than 100 feet; Turn left on Canal St and go Northwest
for 0.1 miles.
For questions or comments about meeting logistics and exhibiting, please contact Jacqueline Osborne at (202) 331-5790 ext. 1575 or josborne@ahqa.org. For registration or hotel accommodations, please contact Amanda Scott at (202) 331-5790 ext. 1567 or ascott@ahqa.org. Questions about program contact, governance, or speaker logistics should be addressed to Bruce Ehrle at (202) 331-5790 ext. 1576 or behrle@ahqa.org
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