AIR Health Experts to Participate in the 30th Annual AcademyHealth Conference

Washington, D.C. – Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will give presentations on a wide range of health issues, such as promoting high-value choices to consumers and challenges for assessing the performance of the Health Insurance Exchanges, at the AcademyHealth 2013 Annual Research Meeting to be held June 23-25 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD.

AcademyHealth represents a broad community of health services research professionals seeking to improve health care and promotes interactions across health research and policy. AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting has taken place for the past 30 years and provides a forum for over 2,400 health services researchers to discuss health policy implications, share research methods and network with other professionals from around the world.

AIR health experts will participate in the following sessions:
 

Saturday, June 22

Session: Poster
AIR Presenter: Brandy Farrar
Location/Time: Hall C; 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET
Presentation Title: Preliminary Findings from the Evaluation of the Regional Extension Center Program
AIR Authors: Brandy Farrar, David Schneider, Grace Wang, Margaret Savage & Laurel Koester
 

Sunday, June 23

Session: Panel Presentation, “Mixed Methods in Health Services and Policy Research – Expanding the Range of Uses”
Location/Time: Room 318-320; 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ET
AIR Presenters: Maureen Maurer
Presentation Title: The Community Forum Project to Improve Public and Stakeholder Engagement in Research: Challenges and opportunities in a mixed methods evaluation
AIR Authors: Maureen Maurer, Coretta Mallery, Rikki Mangrum, Amy Windham, Grace Wang & Kristin Carman
 

Monday, June 24

Session: Poster Session
Location/Time: Hall B, 6:45 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. ET
AIR Presenters: Ushma Patel & Pam Dardess
Presentation Title: Implementing and Evaluating the Guide to Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Hospital Quality and Safety by Engaging Patients and Family Members in Their Care
AIR Authors: Ushma Patel, Pam Dardess, Kristin Carman, Callan Blough, Lauren Smeeding, Margaret Savage & Dierdre Gilmore

Session: Poster Session
AIR Presenter: Chris Evensen
Location/Time: Hall B, 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ET
Presentation Title: Quality Improvement in Acute Care Hospitals: Identifying Exemplary Performers and Learning from their Experiences
AIR Authors: Chris Evensen, Steve Garfinkel & Brenna (Doyle) Raines

Session: Poster Session
AIR Presenters: Jennifer Stephens & Cailin Falato
Location/Time: Hall B, 6:45 p.m. – 8:15p.m. ET
Presentation Title: Promoting High-Value Choices to Consumers: Consumer Testing and Education
AIR Authors: Jennifer Stephens & Cailin Falato

Session: Poster  
AIR Presenter: Brandy Farrar
Location/Time: Hall B, 6:45 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. ET
Presentation Title: Competition in the Post-ACA Health Insurance Marketplace: How Health Insurance Exchanges (HIEs) Can Successfully Attract and Retain Consumers
AIR Authors: Brandy Farrar, Coretta Mallery, HarmoniJoie Noel & Steven Garfinkel

Session: Poster Session
AIR Presenter: Jessica Fernandez
Location/Time: Hall B, 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 p.m. ET
Title: The Community Forum Public Deliberation Experiment Study Design and Methods
AIR Authors: Kristin Carman, Dierdre Gilmore & Maureen Maurer

Session: Poster Session
AIR Presenter: Jennifer Lucado
Location/Time: Hall B, 6:25 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. ET
Presentation Title: Measuring Health Insurance Literacy: Understanding Consumers’ Ability to Choose and Use Private Health Insurance
AIR Authors: Kathryn Paez, Juli Goldstein, Deepa Ganachari, Coretta Mallery, Jennifer Lucado, HarmoniJoie Noel, Veronica (Eloesa) McSorley & Christopher Pugliese

Session: Poster Session
AIR Presenter: Amy Windham
Location/Time: Hall B, 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ET
Presentation Title: AHRQ’s Community Forum Public Deliberation Demonstration: Minority Participants’ Experience in Deliberation
AIR Authors: Amy Windham, Kristin Carman, Steve Garfinkel, Dierdre Gilmore, Manshu Yang, Grace Wang, HarmoniJoie Noel & Diane Martinez
 

Tuesday, June 25

Session: Panel Presentation
Location/Time: Room 327; 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ET
AIR Presenter: Brandy Farrar
Presentation Title: Preliminary Findings from the Evaluation of the Regional Extension Center Program
AIR Authors: Brandy Farrar, David Schneider, Grace Wang, Margaret Savage & Laurel Koester

Session: Presentation
Location/Time: Room 329; 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ET
AIR Presenter: HarmoniJoie Noel
Presentation Title: Adapting CAHPS® for Use in the Health Insurance Exchange Environment
AIR Authors: HarmoniJoie Noel, Steven Garfinkel, Elizabeth Frentzel, Nancy Gay, Brandy Farrar & Coretta Mallery

For more information about the conference agenda, visit the AcademyHealth website.

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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