Building Bridges Conference
April 6-8, 2005
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Call for Abstracts Has Ended
Please contact Stephanie Lentz, Senior Program Manager in Professional Education at slentz@ahip.org for more information.
The Building Bridges Conference works to improve the delivery of health care services by forging stronger relationships between leaders in health services research, academia, clinical medicine, government, health policy and health insurance organizations. Join the discussion and share research results on new evidence that is making a difference in health care; how to address gaps in accountability; health information technology as a means to strengthen physician support; and how to make the priorities of the IOM real.
We invite health care researchers, health insurance plan professionals, physicians, providers, academicians and members of the health services community to submit an abstract. Be a part of this vital dialogue as we roll up our sleeves and work to make quality health care a reality.
The abstract categories indicated below will guide the development of this year's conference program. Please consider these categories as you develop your submission.
- Market-based Innovations to Address Quality: Aligning Incentives with Quality, Tiering and Consumer Participation
(including changing relationships between health plans and providers)
- Changing behaviors for Improved Health (obesity, inactivity, overweight, and smoking)
- Applying IT to Improve Consumer Health and Provider Care (Activating the Patient and Provider Decision Support)
- Addressing Disparities: Cultural Competence and the Use of Ethnicity and Race Data
- Practice Redesign: Making the Components of a Practice Effective
- Pharmacy Benefits and Health Insurance Product Designs
- Cost and Effectiveness of Chronic Disease Management Programs
- Comparative Effectiveness: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology Assessment
- The Business Case: ROI for Prevention, Behavioral Health and Chronic Care Programs
- The Effective Application of Recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force and the Community Guide
Building Bridges-Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Friday, November 12, 2004
Building Bridges requests abstracts for both concurrent and poster session presentations. Interested professionals and individuals working in the field of health care research, either clinical or health services-related, are invited to submit abstracts detailing their presentations.
Concurrent Presentations:
Abstracts selected for concurrent session presentation will be grouped by topic area into panels of two individuals who will present in the same session. Each speaker will discuss his/her work for approximately 20 minutes, with a question and answer period to commence after the final presentation within the group. Concurrent sessions are tentatively scheduled to take place at the following times (subject to change):
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Thursday, April 7, 2005 |
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9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions
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Concurrent Sessions
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Friday, April 8, 2005 |
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9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Concurrent Sessions
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Poster Session Presentations:
Abstracts selected for poster presentations will be displayed during the conference. Authors must be available to discuss their posters during designated poster viewing sessions. The conference agenda includes three scheduled poster session viewing times. Poster viewing sessions are tentatively schedule at the following times (subject to change):
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Wednesday, April 6, 2005 |
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5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Welcome Reception and Poster Viewing |
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Thursday, April 7, 2005 |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Continental Breakfast and Poster Viewing
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12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Luncheon with Posters
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All abstracts selected for poster session presentation will be published in a booklet that will be distributed to conference attendees. By submitting an abstract, authors agree to have their abstract published in this booklet.
To Submit an Abstract for Building Bridges
By submitting an abstract, each author signifies that if his/her abstract is selected, he/she will be available for presentation during scheduled concurrent sessions or poster sessions on either April 6, 7, or 8, 2005. Individual presentation times will be determined two to three months before the conference and each presenter will be notified of the precise date/time of their presentation.
- Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the AHIP online submission form
- Complete the submission form at: http://www.ahip.org/abstracts/bridges
- You will receive an e-mail message within 2 business days confirming receipt of your proposal
Deadline and for More Information
Abstracts must be received on or before Friday, November 12, 2004. Entries received after this date will not be accepted for consideration.
If you have any questions about Abstract Submissions, please contact Stephanie Lentz, Senior Program Manager in Professional Education at 202.778.3265 or slentz@ahip.org
If you wish to obtain additional information on this conference please visit our website at: http://www.ahip.org/links/bridges2005/
If you wish to register for this conference, please contact the AHIP Customer Action Center at 877.291.2247 or online at https://www.aahp.org/secure/register2005bridges.cfm
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