HMO Research Network Conference
April 8–10, 2002 Agenda
Westin Hotel Long Beach, CA

8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Privacy Strategy - Board of Governors & Privacy Staff

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Board Luncheon

1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Strategic Planning

3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Annual Board Meeting

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Poster Board Set-up

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference Collaborative Project Work Sessions

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Poster Board Set-up

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Plenary I

Welcome

Opening Remarks
Diana B. Petitti, MD, MPH – Kaiser Permanente Southern California

The Future of Health Services Research
Robert Brook, MD, ScD – Vice President and Director, RAND Health

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Break 

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions, Group A

(A1)

Clinical Trials Compliance Quality Improvement: Avoiding the Belly of the Beast

Building Blocks for a Clinical Trials Compliance Program: The Kaiser Permanente Experience
Steve Black, MD – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  – and –
Nancy King, MPA, MED – Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

(A2)

Data Sharing and Data Access in Multi-site Projects: "Lessons from the VSD and CERT Projects"

Robert Davis, MD, MPH – University of Washington
K. Arnold Chan, MD, ScD – Harvard School of Public Health
David Shay, MD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control
William Barlow, PhD – Group Health Cooperative

(A3)

Research to Improve Cultural and Linguistic Competence

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Roundtable Discussions

Funding Opportunities and Special Interests
Senior officials from several institutes of NIH and from CDC will lead discussions

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions, Group B

(B1)

Privacy Laws and Compliance: Job Search or
Should I Have the Keys?

Andrew F. Nelson, MPH – HealthPartners Research Foundation
Pierre-Andre La Chance – Kaiser Permanente Northwest

(B2)

Research on Clinical Information Systems

Dean Sittig, PhD – Kaiser Permanente Northwest
John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Ted E. Palen, PhD, MD, MSPH – Kaiser Permanente Colorado
William A. Rush, PhD – HealthPartners Research Foundation
Michael A. Bodily, MBA – Kaiser Permanente Colorado

(B3)

What Are/Should We Be Doing in Patient Safety Research?

Richard Platt, MD, MSc – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Break 

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Interactive Poster Session 

5:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Break 

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Reception

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Plenary II

The Role of Mathematical Models in Designing
and Applying Clinical Research: Help, Hindrance, or Hoax?
David M. Eddy, MD, PhD – Senior Advisor, Kaiser Permanente Southern California

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions, Group C

(C1)

Training and Staff Development: Preparing for the Research Needs of Today and Tomorrow

Pam Anstine, MA – Group Health Cooperative
Virginia Immanuel, MPH – Group Health Cooperative
Patricia Karlen – Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Ellen Gordon, PhD – Group Health Cooperative

(C2)

Practical Clinical Trials

Joe Selby, MD, MPH – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Sean Tunis, MD, MSc – Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
David Campen, MD – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Dan Cherkin, PhD – Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies

(C3)

Hospital Volume and Quality: Weighing the Evidence

Michael D. Finch, PhD – Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation, UnitedHealth Care Group
Jennifer Frytak, PhD – Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation, UnitedHealth Care Group
David J. Magid, MD – Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Brent Asplin, MD – HealthPartners Research Foundation

12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Plenary III Luncheon

Organizing for Quality: The Challenge for Research
Irene Fraser, PhD – Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

State of the HMO Research Network Address
Dennis Tolsma, MPH – Kaiser Permanente Georgia

2:00 p.m.

Conference Adjourns

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Poster Board Tear Down

2:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Working Sessions for Collaborative Projects