Evolution of the Quality Initiative
May 6-7, 2008 - Ramada Plaza Suites - Fargo, ND

Application for contact hours has been made to CNE-Net, the education division of the North Dakota Nurses Association, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Please call Stacie Fredenburg (605) 357-1509 at the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas for more information about contact hours.

AGENDA - Tuesday - May 6, 2008

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Exhibits

9:00 a.m. 

Welcome

9:30 a.m.

Quality Improvement I
Christine St. Andre, BA, MA - CSI Solutions, LLC

10: a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m

Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1   
  • Institute of Healthcare Improvement: Innovation Community pilot site - Family Healthcare Center

  • Going Beyond the Collaboratives: Using Clinical Measures for Peer Review and Wellmark Pay for Performance - Union County Health Foundation

Breakout Session 2

  • Spreading from Diabetes to Cardiovascular Disease to Access& Redesign to Depression - Coal Country Community Health Center

  • Plan, Do, Study, Act Cycles for Collection Rates, Immunization Rates, Lab Turn-around-time and No-show Rates - Falls Community Health

12:00 p.m.

Lunch Provided

1:30 p.m. 

Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1   
  • Institute of Healthcare Improvement: Innovation Community pilot site - Family Healthcare Center

  • Going Beyond the Collaboratives: Using Clinical Measures for Peer Review and Wellmark Pay for Performance - Union County Health Foundation

Breakout Session 2

  • Spreading from Diabetes to Cardiovascular Disease to Access& Redesign to Depression - Coal Country Community Health Center

  • Plan, Do, Study, Act Cycles for Collection Rates, Immunization Rates, Lab Turn-around-time and No-show Rates - Falls Community Health

2:45 p.m. 

Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1

  • The Quality Improvement Organization Program: 8th SOW Results and 9TH SOW Priorities - Barb Groutt

Breakout Session 2

  • OC3 Manual Orientation - CHAD Specialists

4:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1

  • The Quality Improvement Organization Program: 8th SOW Results and 9TH SOW Priorities - Barb Groutt

Breakout Session 2

  • OC3 Manual Orientation - CHAD Specialists

5:00

Sponsor Social

   

Wednesday - May 7, 2008

   

8:00 a.m. 

Breakfast and Exhibits

9:00 a.m.

Quality Improvement II
Christine St. Andre, BA, MA - CSI Solutions, LLC

11:00 a.m. 

Break

11:15 a.m.

Reactor Panel

Tania Hellman, ND Medicaid
Dr. Jon Rice - Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND
Barb Groutt, North Dakota Health Care Review

12:00 p.m.

Conclude