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	The 16th Annual HMO Research Network Conference March 21–24, 2010, Austin, Texas Scott & White Healthcare / Scott & White Health Plan		Agenda Details Saturday \| Sunday \| Monday \| Tuesday \| Wednesday

	Host Scott and White Division of Research , Temple, TX Chair, Alan B. Stevens, PhD		Ancillary meetings FINAL schedule

	Draft agenda (PDF, 50KB) last updated 2/1/10

Sunday, March 21 — Hyatt Regency, Austin, TX

This year’s meeting begins on Sunday, March 21 with the Governing Board Meeting scheduled from 9:30 to 4 p.m. Meeting space will be available for ancillary meetings. The HMORN Information Desk will be open from 1:30 to 5 p.m.

	9:30–5 pm		Governing Board Meeting
	Foothill Room, Hyatt, Austin
	Closed Meeting

	1:00–5 pm		Conference Registration desk open
	Texas West Foyer


	3–4 pm		CRN Health Literacy Focus on Oral Communication—
	Closed Meeting		Kathy Mazor

	4–5 pm		CRN Health Literacy Focus on Oral Communication—
	Open Meeting		Kathy Mazor
			Update on progress, plans for future directions, assessing potential collaborations.

	3–5 pm		Radiology Utilization, Risks & Benefits in the HMO
	Open Meeting		CRN—Rebecca Smith-Bindman
			Discussion on preliminary data that has been collected across several CRN sites, focused around study design for the projects included in the proposal.

	3–8 pm		CHeCS—Zahra Daar
	Closed Meeting

	3–8 pm		CESR Data Workgroup—Alan Bauck

	5:30–7pm		CRN Pilot Project Seminar—Leah Tuzzio
	Open Meeting		This session will be led by four Cancer Research Network pilot projects that started in May 2009. We will briefly learn about the background, preliminary findings, lessons and future project ideas and have a general discussion about the CRN Pilot Program.

	7 pm		Informal Welcoming Event with live music in lobby
	Texas West Foyer



			Dinner on your own

Monday, March 22 — Hyatt Regency, Austin, TX

	7 am–5 pm		Conference Registration desk open
	Texas West Lobby


	7–8 am		CRN Pharmacovigilance—Nicholas Vanneman
	Closed Meeting		Building a pharmacovigilance population-based laboratory.

	8–9:30 am		Plenary I: Opening Comments by Dr. Al Knight, CEO,
	Texas Ballroom		Scott & White
	1–3 Breakfast provided		Healthcare reform and healthcare delivery research. Dr. James Rohack, President of the American Medical Association, will discuss healthcare reform as well as the relationship between healthcare researchers and healthcare providers, emphasizing the need to develop common goals to promote health.

	9:45–11:15 am		C- A1 Physical Activity and Wellness
			This session will present multiple interventions and care delivery strategies that promote physical activity, health lifestyles and workplace wellness.

			Changes in Physical Activity and Nutrition in a Behavioral Intervention Pilot Study—Passport to Brain Wellness
			Brian Martinson, MS, PhD, HealthPartners Research Foundation

			Evaluating Kaiser Permanente Georgia's Worksite Wellness Programs in the Atlanta Area
			Douglas Roblin, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Georgia

			The Role of Physical Activity in Business: Evidence, Context, and Recommendations for a National Plan
			Nico Pronk, PhD, MA, HealthPartners

			Evaluating and Enhancing the Effect of a Patient Panel-Support Tool on Care Delivery
			Adrianne Feldstein, Kaiser Permanente Northwest

	9:45–11:45 am		C - A2 IRB Issues (Human Subject Research) Sarah Greene, MPH; Group Health
			This session will review and discuss how to use the facilitated IRB review process outlined in the Standard Operating Procedure and how to further facilitate multi-site IRB review, along with attendant concerns such as HIPAA. Additionally this session will provide a snapshot of recent and upcoming developments across the Network sites, including human research protection program accreditation efforts and migration to electronic IRB systems.

			IRB Review in the Era of ARRA: Streamlining without Sacrifice
			Jeffery Braff, PhD; Kaiser Permanente Colorado Karin Johnson, PhD; Group Health Center for Health Studies

	9:45–11:15 am		C - A3 CRN Scholars
			Collaborative Research across Disciplines and Place: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies for Success

			Robert Fletcher, MD, MSc; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

			This interactive session will address strengths, obstacles, and strategies for success in multi-disciplinary, multi-site research. To address these issues, CRN Scholars will present two to three case studies, based on their own experiences with research in the Network. A panel of seasoned CRN investigators will comment on each case study, drawing lessons from what went well or badly, and then invite members of the audience to contribute. Scholars will be prepared to comment on lessons from the research literature on cross-disciplinary, cross-site projects. During the session, we will keep a running record of the menu of possibilities raised for avoiding or solving problems and achieving success. A moderator will summarize lessons learned at the end of the session.

			Panel members
			Christine C. Johnson, PhD, MPH; Henry Ford Health System Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD; Boston Medical Center John F. Steiner, MD, MPH; Kaiser Permanente Colorado

			Presenters
			Nangel Lindberg, PhD; Kaiser Permanente Northwest Diane Smelser, PhD; Kaiser Permanente Colorado Kathleen Walsh, MD, MSc; Myers Primary Care Institute

	9:45–11:15 am		C- A4 Health and Bioinformatics I
			This session will include a discussion of research studies that have investigated the impact of specific community characteristics and patient race in health research.

			Providing Care for Cancer Survivors in Integrated Delivery Systems: An Assessment of Current Practices and Future Opportunities
			Jessica Chubak, Group Health Research Institute

			Spatial Agent Based Modeling of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States: An Application to Screening Strategies for Chlamydia
			Ajay Behl, HealthPartners

			Neighborhood-level Deprivation Does Not Explain the Association of African-American Race with Sleep Apnea Severity
			Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, Henry Ford Health System

			Maximizing Positive Predictive Value in the Classification of Clinical Notes: A Case Study in Mining Patient Race
			David Baldwin, Group Health Research Institute

	9:45–11:15 am		C- A5 VDW Infrastructure – Moderators
			This session will focus on technological and methodological innovations necessary in the construction and optimal use of virtual data warehouses.

			Clarity and Research
			Jamila Gul; Kaiser Permanente Northern California

			Design of a Distributed Data Network for Comparative Effectiveness Research
			Jeffrey Brown; Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

			VDW Architecture and Implementation
			Debbie Godwin; Scott & White Healthcare

			A Simple Accurate SAS Algorithm for Electronic Abstraction of Race from Digitized Progress Notes
			Douglas Roblin; Kaiser Permanente Georgia

	9:45-11:15 am		Concurrent Session A6
			DRN2

	11:15 am–Noon		Poster Session 1 Set up / Boxed Lunch
	Texas Ballroom 4–7

	Noon–1:30 pm		CRN Sites—Carol Somkin
	Open Meeting

	Noon–3 pm		CVRN Steering—Sue Hee Song
	Closed Meeting

	Noon–3 pm		CRN Steering—Leah Tuzzio
	Closed Meeting

	Noon–1:30 pm		DMCER Analysts—Cathy Chou
	Closed Meeting

	Noon–1:30 pm		Pediatric SIG—Kathleen Walsh
	Open Meeting		Discuss common interest and possible collaboration among pediatric researchers.

	Noon–1:30 pm		SEARCH—Tyler Ross
	Closed Meeting

	1:30–3 pm		DMCRC Collaborators—Cathy Chou
	Closed Meeting

	1:30–3 pm		The Journey for Control of Diabetes IDEA Study—
	Closed Meeting		Omar Fernandes

	1:30–3 pm		Genetics of Drug-Induced Serious Adverse Events
	Open Meeting		Study—Mia Hemmes
			To finalize clinical case validation criteria and go over initial results from the study which involves identifying well-phenotyped patients with drug-induced liver injury.

	1:30–3 pm		Mental Health Research Network—Gregory Simon
	Open Meeting

	3:15–4:15 pm		Poster Session 1 Review and Discussion
	Texas Ballroom 4–7		Genetics Research and System Changes/Shared Decision Making Health and Bioinformatics HMORN Administration

	4:15–4:30 pm		Break

	Refreshments in		Remove Session 1 posters
	Lobby

	4:30—5:30pm		Plenary II: AHRQ Director Dr. Clancy
	Texas Ballroom 1–3

	5:30–6:30pm		Reception in Honor of Dr. Clancy and Dr. Larson
	Foothills Ballroom		Please join the HMORN Board of Governors in a cocktail reception to honor Dr. Clancy’s leadership of AHRQ and Dr. Larson’s leadership of the HMORN Board of Governors.

			Dinner on your own

	6:30–8:30 pm		CVRN Surveillance Study—Steve Sidney
	Closed Meeting

	6:30–8:30 pm		CRN SDRC Leadership—Sarah McDonald
	Closed Meeting

	6:30–8:30 pm		CERT & DEcIDE—Kimberly Lane
	Open Meeting		Review the projects and plan for the future.

	6:30–8:30 pm		ALS—Zahra Daar
	Closed Meeting

	6:30–8:30 pm		Cancer Survivorship Interest Group—
	Open Meeting		Larissa Nekhyludov
			Discussion of ongoing survivorship project.

	6:30–8:30 pm		Disparities Interest Group—Leo Morales
	Open Meeting		Share ongoing research, develop multi-site proposals, and discuss new developments.

Tuesday, March 23 — Hyatt Regency, Austin, TX

Tuesday will be solid ‘core’ meetings with meeting space available mainly in the evening.

	7 am–5 pm		Conference Registration desk open
	Texas West Lobby


	7–8 am		Run/Walk (organized by S&W)
	Austin’s Nature Trail along Lady Bird Lake

	7–8 am		Poster Session 2 Set up
	Texas Ballroom 4–7

	7–8 am		FDA Sentinel—Kimberly Lane
	Open Meeting		Review HMORN participation and FDA Mini-Sentinel project, which involves creating a “laboratory” for developing and evaluating safety surveillance scientific methodologies.

	7–8 am		The Journey for Control of Diabetes IDEA Study—
	Closed Meeting		Omar Fernandes

	7–8 am		Family History SIG—Jody Jackson
	Open Meeting		Discuss future project ideas.

	8–9:30 am		Plenary III: Early Stage Investigators Awards–
	Texas Ballroom		Introduction by Dr. Alan Stevens
	Breakfast provided		Early career investigators make significant contributions to the HMORN, making them one of the network’s greatest assets. The Network is committed to the success of young investigators through effective mentoring, access to local and shared data sources, cross-and site collaborations. The purpose of this plenary is to recognize and showcase the work of four exceptional early investigators. These investigators were selected by a competitive process that included a review of their current research and biosketches as well as statements from their mentors.


			A Methodology for Quantitative Measurement of Quality and Comprehensiveness of a Research Data Repository
			Vojtech Huser, MD, PhD; Marshfield Clinic

			Propensity Score-based Sensitivity Analysis Method for Uncontrolled Confounding
			Lingling Li, PhD; Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

			Adherence to Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure
			Simrandeep Tiwana, MBA, PhD; HealthPartners

			Responses to Drug Costs: Year Three of the Medicare Part D Program
			Vicki Fung, PhD; Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

	9:30–10:30 am		Poster Session 2 Review and Discussion
	Texas Ballroom 4–7		Health and Bioinformatics Diabetes Clinical Effectiveness Managing Chronic Illness

	10:30–Noon		C - B1 Managing Chronic Illness
			This session will discuss patient and healthcare system charactertistics that influence the mangement of chronic illness.

			eCare For Health: Evaluaton of On-line Care Management Program for Diabetes
			Enid Hunkeler, MA; Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

			Strategies Used by Physicians to Treat Hypertension
			William Rush, PhD; HealthPartners Research Foundation

			The Association of Optimal Lifestyle Adherence with Emotional Health Indicators among Active Employees
			Thomas Kottke, MD, MSPH; HealthPartners Research Foundation

			Trends and Predictors for Asthma Treatment and Control: 2002 to 2007
			Jeanne Madden, PhD; Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

	10:30–Noon		C- B2 Cancer
			This session will present new findings on topics associated with the diagnoses and treatment of cancer.

			A Panel of Markers with Potential Clinical Diagnostic Application
			Nava Nawaz, MD, Geisinger Health System

			Breast Density in Multiethnic Adolescent Girls
			Rachel Novotny, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii at Manoa

			Patients’ Views on Delayed Diagnosis in Cancer
			Kathleen Mazor, EdD, MS, Meyers Primary Care Institute

			The Association of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in a Cohort of Osteoporosis Patients
			Dayna Johnson, Henry Ford Health System

	10:30–Noon		C - B3 Research and System Changes/Shared Decision Making
			This session will discuss the inter-rated issues of patient behaviors (e.g., medication adherence) and healthcare system innovations that promote optimal healthcare utilizations and positive health outcomes.

			Medication Adherence, Rehospitalization and ER Visits Following Hospitalization for Members of a Medicare Cost-Contract HMO
			Angela Hochhalter, PhD; Scott & White Healthcare and Texas A&M HSC

			Development and Pilot Testing of Guidelines to Monitor High-Risk Medications in the Ambulatory Setting
			Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE; University of Massachusetts

			Medical Homes—Relation to Quality, Cost, and Patient Satisfaction
			Leif Solberg, HealthPartners Research Foundation

			Doctors’ Role in Their Patient’s Healing : Practices of the Highest Performing Physicians by Patient Survey
			Tom Janisse, Kaiser Permanente

	10:30–Noon		C- B4 Cardiovascular
			This session will discuss new findings on a range of topics important in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in woman and hospitalized patients.

			Cognitive Impairment in Patients Hospitalized for Decompensated Heart Failure
			Jane Saczynski, PhD, Meyers Primary Care Institute

			Determining Genetic Risk Factors for Post-Hospitalization Development of Deep-Vein Thrombosis
			Deanna Cross, PhD, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation

			Missed Opportunities in CVD Prevention? Women with Elevated Blood Pressures in OB/GYN Clinics Are Less Likely to Be Recognized as Hypertensive
			Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

			Underuse of Aspirin in Women for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events
			Cathleen Rivera, MD, MS, Scott & White

	10:30–Noon		C- B5 Health and Bioinformatics
			This session will include the discussion of methodological advances in the use of vaccine safety monitoring, electronic medical records and virtual data warehouses that lead to new knowledge and that have the potential to improve patient outcomes.

			A Low-Tech Text Mining Approach to Reducing the Burden of Manual Chart Abstraction
			David Carrell, PhD, Group Health

			Using and Enhancing the VDW for Economic Research in Cancer
			Mark Hornbrook, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Northwest

			An Algorithm for Classifying Potential Cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis from Electronic Health Records Using Decision Tree Analysis
			Kathleen Albers, MPH, Kaiser Permanente

			H1N1 Vaccine Safety Monitoring in the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project: New Challenges and Useful Lessons
			Tracy Lieu, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School

	12:00–2 pm		Conversation Café and Lunch


	2–3:30 pm		Plenary IV: State of the Network – Eric Larson, MD, MPH, MACP
			This annual presentation is delivered by the current Chair of the HMORN Governing Board and is intended to update HMORN members on deliberations and decisions made at the annual Board meeting. It will focus on new directions and infrastructure being developed by the HMORN to provide broad administrative and research support to members of the HMORN who wish to find collaborators at other partnering centers or to prepare collaborative proposals. Dr. Larson formal presentation will lead into a town hall meeting, allowing participants to ask questions of Dr. Larson and representatives of the Governing Board.

	3:30–4 pm		Break

	Texas Ballroom 4–7		Remove Session 2 Posters

	4–5:30 pm		CVRN ICD Study—Robert Greenlee
	Closed Meeting

	4–5:30 pm		MEPREP—Kimberly Lane
	Closed Meeting

	4–5:30 pm		HMORN DUA Streamlining Workgroup—Ella Thompson
	Closed Meeting

	4–8 pm		VDW Implementation Group—Jeff Brown

	4–8 pm		CERGEN-C—Tia Kauffman
	Closed Meeting

	5:30–8 pm		CRN Patient-Centered Communication—Kathy Mazor
	Open Meeting		Discuss new possibilities for projects and update on current ongoing communication.

	5:30–8 pm		HMORN Obesity Special Interest Group—
	Open Meeting		David Arterburn
			Discuss recently completed, ongoing, and planned projects in areas of obesity treatment and prevention among adults and children.

	7:30 pm		Poster Session 3 Set up
	Texas Ballroom 4–7

	7:30 pm on		Enjoy Austin’s Restaurants and Music Scene on Your Own

Wednesday, March 24 — Hyatt Regency, Austin, TX

Wednesday will be solid ‘core’ meetings with meeting space available mainly in the afternoon. Wednesday morning will start off with a 5K Run / 2K Walk.

	7 am–Noon		Conference Registration desk open
	Texas West Lobby

	7–8 am		Poster Session 3 Set up
	Texas Ballroom 4–7

	7–8 am		5K Run/2K Walk
	Austin’s Nature Trail along Lady Bird Lake

	8–9:30 am		Plenary V: Cancer
	Texas Ballroom Breakfast provided


	9:30–10:30 am		Poster Session 3 Review and Discussion
	Texas Ballroom 4–7		Cardiovascular Treatment Adherence HMORN Technical Cancer

	10:30–11 am		Break

			Remove Poster Session 3

	11–12:30 pm		C -C1 VDW Implementation
			This session will focus on the use of statistical techniques and approaches associated with the HMORN’s Virtual Data Warehouse (VDW).

			Building the Hypertension Registry: Adventures in Using the VDW Model
			Heather Tavel; Kaiser Permanente Colorado

			Creating a GIS Infrastructure to Evaluate Air Quality's Effect on Health Outcomes
			Rick Krajenta; Henry Ford Healthcare System

			Using the Electronic Health Record to Create Population Denominators
			G. Craig Wood, MS, Geisinger Center for Health Research

			How to Win Friends and Influence People with the SAS Output Delivery System
			William Tolbert, Group Health

	11–12:30 pm		C -C2 Diabetes and Obesity
			This session will feature innoviative research methods and interventions applied to the study of patients with diabetes.

			Cost Effectiveness of a Simulated Physician Learning Program Improved Glucose Control in Adults with Diabetes
			Todd Gilmer, PhD, University of California, San Diego

			The High Five for Kids Study: An Intervention to Improve Primary Care to Prevent Childhood
			Elsie Taveras, MD, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

			The Risk for Diabetes Mellitus among Women with Gestational Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Israel
			Gabriel Chodick, PhD, MHA, Maccabi Healthcare Services

			Using Electronic Health Record Data for Large Scale Studies of Pediatric Obesity and the Built Environment in Urban and Rural Settings
			Walter Stewart, PhD, MPH, Geisinger Clinic

	11–12:30 pm		C- C3 Cancer II
			This session will feature the diverse of cancer research in the HMORN by highlighting new evidence regarding screening, prevention and survivorship.

			Adolescent And Young Adult Cancer Survivors In The Cancer Research Network
			Ann Geiger, PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

			Ethnic Differences in Interval Diagnosed Breast Cancers in South Carolina
			Emily Smith, MSPH, BS, Scott & White Healthcare

			Indicators of Lifetime and Annual Mammography Screening in the Brazos Valley
			Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH, Texas A&M Health Science Center

			Neighborhood Socioeconomic Conditions and Use of Preventive Health Care Services in Insured Populations
			Chyke Doubeni, MD, MPH, University of Massachusetts Medical School

	11–12:30 pm		C -C4 Research and System Changes/Shared Decision Making
			This session will feature studies that inform and have the potential to change healthcare delivery.

			Mammography Screening and Surgical Biopsies: Are Women Being Subjected to Unnecessary Biopsies?
			Lindsey Vacovsky, Geisinger Clinic

			Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI): An Efficient, Non-invasive Alternative to Conventional Pre-surgical Planning in Neurosurgery
			Jennifer Robinson, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

			Home Medication Errors in Children: An Opportunity For Improvement
			Kathleen Walsh, MD, MS, Meyers Primary Care Institute

			Teen Tobacco Use and Depression in Primary Care
			Virginia Quinn, Kaiser Permanente Southern California

	11–12:30 pm		C - C5 HMORN Administrator’s Annual Review and Planning

	12:30–2 pm		HMORN Project Managers Interest Group—Leah Tuzzio
	Open Meeting		Discuss project management and study tools and discuss priorities for the coming year.

	12:30–5 pm		CRN Scholars—Jane Colagiovanni
	Closed Meeting		Discuss project management and study tools and discuss priorities for the coming year.

	12:30–5 pm		VDW Implementation Group—Jeff Brown

	5 pm on		CRN Scholars Reception and Dinner—Jane Colagiovanni

	Conference Ends

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