Quality Improvement meetings & conferences

DiversityRx 2013 Conference--the Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations

Achieving Equity in an Era of Innovation and Health System Transformation

March 11-14, 2013, Oakland, California

New partnerships between health care organizations and communities, research into improved ways to deliver care, and changes in health care policy are opening up opportunities to achieve equity and the highest quality health care for culturally diverse populations. In this time of transition, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and advocates for health equity can focus attention on implementation, participation and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities. The 2013 conference will offer participants the opportunity to hear from experts and front-line leaders about how diverse populations are affected by:

state and national reform efforts
changes to the Medicaid program
innovative technology for information management and outreach
social determinants of health
other practice and financing developments.

As always, the conference will continue to feature both established and innovative cultural and linguistic competence and disparity reduction programs and policies from across the country and abroad.

6th Annual Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Clinical Practice Forum

Managing Complex Chronic Illness: Trajectories and Transitions

September 14-15, 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The keynote address will be delivered by Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN.

Two pre-conferences are offered on Friday September 14, 2012 from 8 – 11:30 a.m.

-- Creative Management of Complex Wounds in the Presence of Chronic Illness presented by Carol Mathews, BSN, CWOCN, Nurse Clinician, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA

--Putting the Pieces Together for Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing presented by Constance Dahlin, APRN, BC, ACHPN®, FPCN, FAAN, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA

The HPNA Clinical Practice Forum is purposely developed with an interdisciplinary focus and always provides attendees a unique blend of interaction, participation, conversation, and networking with colleagues from around the country.

Conference on Practice Improvement

November 29–December 2, 2012 Greenville, South Carolina

At the Conference on Practice Improvement, you’ll learn to organize your practice around your patients, streamline processes, engage staff, increase revenue, and provide consistent, evidence-based care. You’ll learn from those who know best – primary care providers, researchers, and practice staff who have redesigned their practices into Patient-centered Medical Homes.

The conference is sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities 10th International Conference on Medical Regulation

Medical Regulation in the Real World: Bringing Evidence to Bear

October 2 - 5, 2012 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

IAMRA, the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities, will hold its 10th International Conference on Medical Regulation, on October 2 - 5, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Following from the work done at the 2010 conference, IAMRA 2012 will build on the discussions of best practices in medical regulation by focusing on three important content areas:

Registration / Licensure
Complaints / Resolutions
Quality Assurance of a Physician's Practice

In keeping with this year’s theme of Medical Regulation in the Real World: Bringing Evidence to Bear, conference sessions will discuss the importance of evidence in medical regulation and provide participants with tools and information to apply in their own regulatory context. The program consists of a combination of plenary sessions, breakout sessions, oral abstract presentations workshops, and poster presentations, and also includes ample time for networking and social events. Program sessions are designed to ensure relevance to all participants regardless of their level of expertise, resources or the current status of their regulatory processes and infrastructure.

10th International Conference on Medical Regulation
c/o BUKSA Strategic Conference Services
Suite 307, 10328 - 81 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6E 1X2

Phone: +1.780.436.0983 ext. 257
Fax: +1.780.437.5984
Email:IAMRA@buksa.com

34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making

October 17 - 20, 2012 Phoenix, Arizona

"Designing Health Information Technology for Better Health Decisions"

The theme focuses on presenting current state-of-art health information techniques (HIT) aimed at improving the delivery of health care services. In addition, the meeting will host several symposia which will enable attendees to gain an in depth understanding of the methods needed to develop and implement innovative HIT interventions.

Meeting attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the international leaders in HIT and be exposed to the latest research methods and medical decision making.

 

28th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Nurses Organization - CNO2012

Conference topic: Nursing and Midwifery responding to the Challenges of Globalization

Paramaribo, Suriname

Conference starts 21st October 2012 and ends 26th October 2012

The purpose of CNO is to work towards improving health of all people of the Caribbean, by promoting improvement in the standards of nursing care, and by advancing the educational, economic and professional welfare of all nurses.

CNO 2012 contact:

Phone: +597
Fax: +597 474404
General Email: info@cno2012.org

6th International Conference on Ocular Infections

The 6th International Conference on Ocular Infections (ICOI) will be held on March 7-10, 2013 at the Loews Hotel, Santa Monica, CA, USA.

Infections of the eye continue to challenge clinicians around the world to make an accurate, rapid diagnosis, as well as providing optimal therapy given the emergence of spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Main Conference Topics

Surgical Strategies to Prevent Infections
Update on TASS and Preferred Instrument Sterilization Methods
Unraveling the Contact Lens-Associated Microbial Keratitis Epidemics
Antimicrobial Resistance: Strategies for Survival and Prevention
The revolution in Ocular Imaging for real - time Diagnosis of Eye Infections
Drug Delivery systems for intraocular and surface disease
The Latest Clinical Updates on External Infections, Keratitis, Endoophthalmitis, Uveitis and Retinitis
Advances in Antimicrobial Agent Research & Development
Ocular Microbiology Laboratory Techniques
Epidemiology, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Drug Delivery

Conference Secretariat
Paragon Conventions
18, Avenue Louis-Casai, 5th Floor
1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 747 7930, Fax: +41 (0)22 747 7999
Website: www.ocularinfections.com

Conference Manager

Ms. Shirley Dinenson

Email: sdinenson@paragon-conventions.com

IDWeek 2012

A Joint Meeting of IDSA, SHEA, HIVMA, and PIDS

IDWeek 2012 is an exciting new venture. With the theme—Advancing Science, Improving Care—IDWeek will feature the latest science and bench-to-bedside approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, across the lifespan.

The inaugural IDWeek will take place October 17-21, 2012, in San Diego.

IDWeek is presented by:

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS). IDWeek is the first-ever combined meeting of these four societies.

IDWeek: Contact

IDWeek 2012
1300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 740-4961
info@idweek.org

2012 International Cancer Screening Network Biennial Meeting

October 23–25, 2012 Sydney, Australia

The International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN) Biennial Meeting is cosponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Sydney International Breast Cancer Congress (SIBCC). The meeting will take place October 23–25, 2012, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Meeting topics will include:

Cancer burden in developed and developing countries
Evaluating new technologies and their readiness for incorporation into organized screening programs
Benefits, harms, and costs of cancer screening programs
Factors influencing policy and decision making
Roles of allied health professionals and lay health workers in cancer screening
Incorporating cancer prevention strategies into organized screening programs

Contact Information
Direct questions to Kathy Sedgwick of NOVA Research Company at 301-986-1891, extension 124, or via e-mail to KSedgwick@novaresearch.com.

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association 14th Annual Conference

The Future of Integrated Healthcare: Activating Clinicians, Consumers, Researchers, and Policy Makers

October 4-6, 2012 Austin, Texas

The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) is a member-based, member-driven collaborative organization. For us, collaboration isn’t just a word in our name; it defines who we are, how we interact with each other and other organizations. We believe deeply that collaboration is an essential element necessary for re-visioning healthcare specifically and society generally. CFHA promotes a comprehensive and cost-effective model of healthcare delivery that integrates mind and body, individual and family, patients, providers and communities. CFHA achieves this mission through education, training, partnering, consultation, research and advocacy.

The CFHA Annual Conference focuses on the many and varied aspects of collaborative and integrated healthcare. It has become the premiere conference of its type, bringing together practitioners, researchers, students, academicians, consumers and patients, corporations, governmental agencies, foundations, and many others.

More than 400 attendees are expected to attend the 2012 CFHA Conference in Austin, Texas. The three-day conference includes preconference workshops; three plenary sessions and more than 50 educational breakout sessions.

The theme of CFHA’s 2012 conference is The Future of Integrated Healthcare: Activating Clinicians, Consumers, Researchers, and Policy Makers. In Texas as well as nationally, building capacity to increase access, improve outcomes and maximize efficiency in healthcare are essential to meeting the population health and economic imperatives before us. Together, we can create the opportunities in policy and practice, share the learning, and combine our voices to make collaborative care the standard rather than the exception. With that as our goal, we must leverage our creativity and our expertise in research, policy, practice, education and training, and advocacy to fuel the movement and reach the tipping point.

This conference is your opportunity to share your expertise and your creativity with others from whom you too can learn. This is an opportunity to expand connections and accelerate our collective capacity to become effective change agents in the adoption of collaborative care.