Partners
PATHs Program
Fifth Annual Meeting
Agenda
CERTS 5th Annual Partnerships to Advance Therapeutics (PATHs) Meeting
PATHs Success Stories: Present and Future
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Hotel Washington, Washington, DC
Objectives
To provide a forum for leaders of national organizations to:
- Learn about initiatives of the CERTs and other organizations aimed at improving public health through the appropriate use of drugs, medical devices and biological products (therapeutics); and
- Identify specific potential collaborative opportunities within the breakout session topic areas.
Program
9:00 Welcome and Review of Objectives
- Hugh Tilson, MD, DrPH, Chair
CERTs Steering Committee
9:15 Introductions
- Each participant will have a minute for introduction: name, organization, and a brief description of an initiative to improve health for which their organization is seeking partners.
10:20 PATHs Success Stories
- Brian Strom, MD, MPH, moderator
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
10:20 Beta Blocker Quality Indicator
- Barbara Hoffman, MBA, Project Director
Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
10:30 Prescription Drug Care Coordination Program
- Joel Kavet, MPH, ScD, Director
Managed Care Program Development & Research
UMWA Health and Retirement Funds
10:40 Using a Toolkit to Improve Care
- Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, Director, Steering
Committee on Quality Improvement and Management
American Academy of Pediatrics
10:50 Tools for Improved Medication Use
- Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs
America's Health Insurance Plans
Additional Panel Members:
- Judith Kramer, MD, MS Duke University Medical Center
- Richard Platt, MD, MS, HMO Research Network
- Patrick Irvine, MD UMWA Health and Retirement Funds
11:00 Panel Discussion
All participants
11:20 Break
11:40 Breakout Sessions
- Prevention and treatment of heart disease
Co-Chairs: Judith Kramer, MD, MS
Ed Havranek, MD
Denver Health Medical Center
- Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
Chair: Joshua Metlay, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Prevention of gastrointestinal side effects
Chair: Kenneth Saag, MD, MSc
University of Alabama at Birminghamv
1:00 Partnering to Advance Quality and Safety: Achieving a New Level in Health Care Today
- Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
1:15 Breakout Session Reports:
- 1:15 Prevention and treatment of heart disease
- 1:25 Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
- 1:35 Prevention of gastrointestinal side effects</li>
1:45 Keynote Speaker
- Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Administrator
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2:15 Closing Comments
- Hugh Tilson, MD, DrPH
2:30 Adjourn
Participating Organizations
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Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
AcademyHealth
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Association of Retired Persons
American College of Cardiology
American College of Clinical Pharmacology
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
American Health Quality Association
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation
American';s Health Insurance Plans
Association of American Medical Colleges
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
Denver Health Medical Center
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug and Therapeutics Information Service
Eli Lilly & Company
Food and Drug Administration
Institute of Medicine
International Institute for Pharmacoepidemology
Merck & Co., Inc.
National Committee for Quality Assurance
National Consumers League
National Council on Patient Information and Education
National Institutes of Health
National Patient Safety Foundation
National Pharmaceutical Council
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
The Patients and Consumers Coalition
United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. (USP)
UMWA Health & Retirement Funds