AIR Experts to Give Presentations on Health-Related Research During the Annual AcademyHealth Conference

Washington, D.C. – Experts with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will give a series of presentations during AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting June 13-16, 2014 in Minneapolis, including a panel presentation on the use of public deliberation to assess the public’s use of evidence in health care decision making.

The panel presentation, Results of the Community Forum Demonstration: Public Deliberation on the Use of Evidence in Societal and Personal Health Care Decisions, is scheduled for June 14, 4:30-6:00 p.m. CT at the Convention Center.

Funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Community Forum Project used public deliberation – a way to convene a diverse group of people to consider and weigh alternative views of complex issues – to collect informed public input. The study also compared the effectiveness of public deliberation methods.

The panelists and their subjects include:

• Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Deliberation Methods for Gathering Input on Issues in Health: Findings from a Randomized Trial
  Kristin L. Carman, Ph.D., Vice-President, Health & Social Development Program, AIR
• Public Responses to the Use of Effectiveness Evidence: Values and Boundaries
  Maureen Maurer, Principal Researcher, AIR
• Deliberation as a Useful Method for Seeking Informed Input from Diverse Audiences
  Grace Wang, Senior Researcher, AIR
• Respondents:
  Timothy Carey, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  Erika Blacksher, University of Washington School of Medicine

Activities by AIR staff at the conference include:
 

Saturday, June 13th ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

12:00 p.m. - Health Economics Poster Session

The Effects of Applying Instrumental Variable Approach in Studies Using Non-Randomized Trial Data

• Presenter: Jing Guo

12:00 p.m. – Quality and Value Poster Session

Developing and Applying a Roadmap for Patient and Family Engagement in Practice and Research

• Presenter: Heather Ma

2:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Advocacy Interest Group

• Presenter: Kristin Carman and Tom Workman
   

Sunday, June 14th

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Panel

Effective Methods for Partnering with Patients in Research

• Moderator: Shoshanna Sofaer
• Panelist: Tom Workman

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Health Information Technology Poster Session

Barriers to Electronic Health Record (EHR) Adoption and Strategies for Overcoming Barriers: Lessons from the Regional Extension Center Program

• Presenter: Brandy Farrar

Assessing the Value of the Regional Extension Center Program Model for the Widespread Diffusion of Electronic Health Records

• Presenter: Brandy Farrar

Evaluation of the Regional Extension Center (REC) Program on Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Adoption and Meaningful Use (MU) Achievement among Primary Care Providers

• Presenter: Grace Wang

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Consumer Choice and Behavioral Economics Poster Session

What Do Consumers Want When Selecting a Health Plan in the Health Insurance Marketplaces? Findings from Consumer Testing

• Presenter: Kirsten Firminger

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Quality Measure Development, Public Reporting, and Consumer Perspectives

Consumers’ Perceptions of Health Care Efficiency Measures

• Presenter: Emily Elstad
   

Monday, June 15th

8:00 – 9:30 a.m. – Presentation   

Roadmap for Patient and Family Engagement in Practice and Research

• >Presenter: Pam Dardess

9:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Measuring Safety, Quality, and Value Poster Session

Developing a Framework for Measuring Patient and Family Engagement in the Hospital Setting

• Presenter: Rikki Mangrum

Measurement Properties of the Federally Sponsored Health Insurance Marketplace and Adult Qualified Health Plan Enrollee Experience Surveys

• Presenter: Christian Evensen

9:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Methods Poster Session

Effect of Applying Instrumental Variable Approach on Studies Using Observational Data: An Example from EHR Promoting Program

• Presenter: Jing Guo

9:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Coverage and Access Poster Session

Moving the Needle on Health Insurance Literacy

• Presenter: Christopher Pugliese

Did Quantitative Assessment and Regulation of Network Adequacy in Medicare Advantage Improve Consumer Experience with Access to Care?

• Presenter: Akash Desai

6:45 – 8:15 p.m. – Improving Safety, Quality, and Value Poster Session

Developing and Applying a Roadmap for Patient and Family Engagement in Practice and Research

• Presenter: Pam Dardess
   

Tuesday, June 16th ­­­

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Measuring Quality and Safety

Comparing Methods for Measuring Patient Priorities in Cancer Care

• Presenter: Manshu Yang

For more information about the conference, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/.

About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.

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