2007 QualityNet Conference Presentations

The following were presented at the 2007 QualityNet Conference, held October 22-25, 2007, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Presentations are listed in alphabetical order by presentation title. If you are looking for a presentation not listed on this page, please contact the QualityNet Help Desk (QNetsupport@sdps.org).

Title	Presenter
9th SOW: Care Coordination	Mike Rapp, Director QMHAG / Debbie Hattery, Deputy Director QMHAG
9 SOW: Patient Safety	Jade Perdue, MPA, Patient Safety Government Task Leader (GTL)
Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH) Rates and Coding Errors	Health Care Excel of Kentucky, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, Home Health Quality Initiative
Administration for the QIO Windows 2003 Database Servers	Steve McGee, LAN Administration Manager, IFMC / Connie Houston, Sr.Production Support Manager, IFMC
Administration on Aging Evidence-Based Prevention Initiatives	John Wren, Administration on Aging
Aha! So that's how you do that!	Lisa Wynn
Allocation Base Methodologies for Nonprofit Organizations	John Sroka, CPA / Beth Citeroni, Acquisition Cost/Price Analyst
Alternative Sanctions: Tools for Achieving Facility Compliance - Part 1: Sanctions	Condict Martak, OCSQ/QIG
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Tribal Affairs Group
A New Compass, the Chronic Care Model	Dorothy Andrae, MHA, BSRN, CPHQ, Director, Clinical Review Services & Home Health / Teresa Northcutt, RN, BSN, HH Program Manager
APU Requirements Update for FY 2008	Mary Cox / Tawnia Olson, HRP QIOSC
Are You Compliant with QualityNet Security Policies?	Michael R. Blake, QualityNet Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), Office of Clinical Standards & Quality (OCSQ), Information Systems Group (ISG)
Asset Management Changes in Remedy	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Clyde Hovick, Sr Programmer Analyst / Leslee Madison, Sr Manager, Health Informatics
Beneficiary Protection - Office of Clinical Standards and Quality	Thomas J. Kessler / Donna Williamson
BQI Pilot Project Update	Delmarva Foundation
Case Conferencing Using the ACH Profiler Tool: ACH Profiler - Question Sequence Tool: ACH Profiler - Data Collection Form Tool: ACH Profiler - Survey Results	Michelle Nelson, RN, BSN / Robby Langston, MSPH
Charting the Course for Quality	Barry M. Straube, M.D., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Charting the Course for Quality - Prevention Theme	Eugene Freund, MD, MSPH / Linda D. Smith, RN, MSN, MBA
Charting the Course to Reporting Quality Indicators to the Data Warehouse	Rebecca Metzger, Senior Program Manager, IFMC
Charting the Course to Reporting Quality Indicators to the Data Warehouse	Sharon Donnelly, MS (for Kevin Kennedy)
Community-Based Transitions of Care	Marsha Thorson, MSPH / Jane Brock, MD, MSPH
Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) Initiative Tool: Kidney Data Dictionary Tool: Primary Diagnosis Codes	Kelly Mayo, Executive Director, (NW7) / Christian Campbell, Study Director
CrownWeb - Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web Enabled Network - Overview	Andy Hanks
DIAGNOSIS: You have a Conflict of Interest	Thane J. Peterson, Sr. Director, Contracts & Compliance
Exploring DOQ-IT University To Support Care Management in the Physician Office Setting	LuAnn K. Kimker, RN, MSN
Field Validation of Claims-Based Physician Assignments and Quality Measures for Diabetes and Mammography	Sherry Hausman
Framework for Accountability and Improved Program Management	Terris King, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS
Health Disparities	Terris King, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Co-Chair, Health Disparities Forum, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hospital Discharge Appeals Case Scenarios	TMF Health Quality Institute, Beneficiary Protection Program QIOSC
Hospital Leadership and Quality Assessment Tool Tool: QIO Meeting Report and Schedule Letter Tool: Hospital to Nursing Facility Transfer Form Tool: Identifying Quality Improvement Measures Format Tool: Identifying Quality Improvement Measures Format (detailed sample) Tool: Skin Assessment Profile	Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Hospital - Nursing Facility Collaboratives Then And Now	Rebecca Hightower Fuentes MS, RN, CPUM, Quality Improvement Specialist, Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc.
How to Achieve Results like a Community Referred to as like no other place on Earth	Risa Hayes, CPC, CFMC
Implementing the Care Transitions Intervention through a Home Health Agency	Risa Hayes, CPC, CFMC
Improving Pharmaceutical Care in the Long-Term Care Setting	Darlene Skelton, Director Physician Practice Services, Health Care Excel / Janet Pollock, Clinical Coordinator, PPP, Health Care Excel of Kentucky / Bonnie Hollopeter, Manager Physician Office Services, Ohio KePRO
Improving Medication Use Within and Across Settings	Stephen Kogut, PhD MBA RPh, Associate Professor, URI College of Pharmacy / Lynn M. Pezzullo, RPh, Manager, Pharmacy Services, Quality Partners of Rhode Island / A. Jeffrey Newell, RPh, Chief Operating Officer, Quality Partners of Rhode Island
Improving Transitions of Care - the Challenge of Measurement Selection	Margaretta Dorey / Jane Lucas / Sherry Hausman
Incident Response And Security	Michael R. Blake QualityNet, Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), Office of Clinical Standards & Quality (OCSQ), Information Systems Group (ISG)
Introduction to SDPS for New Users	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Marilyn Schulte, Manager, SDPS Health Informatics
Mentoring Program Panel	Lisa Wynn, RN, BC, MA, Clinical Informatics Coordinator, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, (OFMQ)
Migrating the QIOs to Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange - Project Overview	Jill Bryner, BCSSI, Wintel Manager / Janet Hayes, GTL, DSADM/OCSQ
Module Designer - Create Your Own Data Collection Tool	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Jackie Sheesley , Manager, Health Informatics
MS-DRGs and other IPPS Issues	Pat Brooks, Senior Technical Advisor, CMS
National Provider Identifier (NPI)	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Marilyn Schulte, Manager , SDPS Health Informatics
Net Forward Energy
New File/Print and E-mail Environment	Center for Medicare\Medicaid, Michael Reinhold, Director of DSADM, Janet Hayes, GTL OCSQ
New Netware Policies and the WinXP Rev 6 Image	Steve McGee, LAN Administration Manager, IFMC / John Coulter, Enterprise Network Engineer, IFMC
Patient Safety - Identifying, Reporting and Preventing Adverse Drug Events	Jifeng Ma, PhD, SCAP, Elaine Krantzberg, RN, FMQAI Pharmacy QIOSC
PointSec for PC And Media Encryption Tool: How to Use and Install Pointsec Media Encryption	Allen Conrad, Sr. LAN Administration Manager, IFMC / John Coulter IV, CNE,MCP, Enterprise Network Engineer II, IFMC
Prevention and the QIO 9th SOW: QIO Efforts in Halting the Progression to CKD Stage 5	Eugene Freund, MD, MSPH, CAPT USPHS / Teresa Casey, RD, LD
Program And Contract Evaluation	Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM / Terry Lied, PhD
QIO's And FISMA	Cynthia Wark Office of Clinical Standards & Quality (OCSQ), Director, Information Systems Group (ISG), Michael Reinhold, OCSQ ISG, Director, Division of Systems Architecture & Data Management (DSADM), Michael Blake , OCSQ ISG, DSADM, QualityNet ISSO
QualityNet 3.0	Denise Magnani, SDPS / Bruce Grotenhuis, SDPS
RATs on Deck: A Buoy for Home Health Agencies	Teresa Northcutt, RN, BSN, HH Program Manager / Joshua Chang, MS, CPHQ, Research Associate
Re-examination of Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Performance Measures and Hospital Cost	Allen Ma, PhD, Sr. Research Associate, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Inc
Risk Factors for Acute Care Hospitalization of Home Health Care Patients	Andrew G. Silver, MA, MSPH
SDPS for New Users ListServe Overview	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Marilyn Schulte, Manager , SDPS Health Informatics
SDPS for New Users QualityNet Overview	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Marilyn Schulte, Manager , SDPS Health Informatics
SDPS for New Users QNet Quest	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Leslee Madison, Senior Manager, SDPS Health Informatics
SDPS for New Users SDPS Memos	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Leslee Madison, Senior Manager, SDPS Health Informatics
Seamless Transitions In Patient Care	Sue C. Dillon, DO, IQH- Clinical Coordinator
TeamSTEPPS National Implementation	James B. Battles, PhD Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality / David P. Baker, PhD, American Institutes for Research
The HCAHPS Survey	Elizabeth H. Goldstein, PhD / William G. Lehrman, PhD
The Leadership Turnover Trap: The Extent of the Problem and Ways to Get Out	Jeffrey McGinn, CPHQ
The MedCard: A Cross Cutting Project to Improve Patient Provider Communication about Medication	Julie Kuhle
The QIO 9th Scope of Work: A Content Overview	Paul McGann, MD, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
The Use of Standard QualityNet Asset Tags for your Remedy Inventory	Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, Allen Conrad, Sr Manager QualityNet LANs
Transitions of Care	Elaine Krantzberg, RN / Jim Grant, MA FMQAI
Use of a Contact Log Database for Physician Office Task Management and Administrative Oversight	Stephen C. Burrows, DPM, MBA
Using Information Technology in Physician Offices to Identify and Care for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease	Marie Beisel, RN, MSN, CPHQ, MPRO, Director, Doctor?s Office Quality-Information Technology
WELCOME TO QUALITYNET 2007
Welcome to the Diabetes Atlas (D-ATLAS)!	National Minority Health Month Foundation
Welcome to QIOSC Isle	Jane Tehel, Program Manager, Hospital Reporting Program QIOSC
Where Did the Measures Go?	Dr. Mary Fermazin, MD, MPA / Glyndon Morris, MDiv
ZenWorks Patch Management (Patchlink)	Steve McGee, LAN Administration Manager, IFMC / John Coulter, Enterprise Network Engineer II, IFMC