CIHR Primary Healthcare Summit – 2010
‘Patient-Oriented Primary Healthcare – Scaling Up Innovation’

 

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• 2010 Conference Program
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Presentations, Monday, January 18, 2010:

Opening Remarks

• Colleen Flood, Scientific Director, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Plenary 1 – Primary Healthcare in Canada: Three Patients’ Perspectives

• Andrea Butcher-Milne

An Overview of Primary Healthcare in Canada

• Dale McMurchy, Senior Consultant CIHR-IHSPR

Plenary 2 – Implementing and Measuring a Chronic Disease Management Model: Experiences from the US and UK

• Dr. David Colin-Thomé, National Clinical Director for Primary Care, Department of Health, National Health Service (UK)
• Michael Hindmarsh, President, Hindsight Healthcare Strategies

Plenary 3 – Maximizing Patient-Oriented Care: Does Adherence to Guidelines and Targets Maximize Patient Outcomes?

• Dee Mangin, Director Primary Care Research, Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago (New Zealand)
• Barbara Starfield, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (USA)

Panel 2 - So What’s with Canada? Why Are We Lagging Internationally? What Are the Political Barriers to Implementing Change?

• Elinor Caplan, Former Minister of Health of Ontario
• Michael Rachlis, Policy Analyst and Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy,
  Management, and Evaluation and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of
  Toronto (also see Reference Slide)

Presentations, Tuesday, January 19, 2010:

Plenary 4 – Community-Focused Primary Healthcare

• Vivek Goel, President and CEO, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion and Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Plenary 5 – Primary Care Teams: Practical Approaches for Integrating Practitioners into the Team and Evaluating Team Functioning

• Louise Nasmith, Principal, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columbia
  Ivy Oandasan, Associate Professor and Research Scholar, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto and University Health Network

Plenary 6 – Using Health Information Effectively to Improve System and Patient Outcomes

• Andy Wiesenthal, Associate Executive Director for Clinical Information Support, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente (USA)
• Mary Gonzales - Early Cancer Detection - Video (WMV format, 1:45)

Plenary 7 – Conference Summary - Making Change Happen in Primary Healthcare

• Brian Hutchison, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University and Senior Advisor, Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership Co-Chair, Canadian Working Group for Primary Healthcare Improvement
• Joshua Tepper, Assistant Deputy Minister for Health Human Resources, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (Ontario)

Closing Remarks

• Colleen Flood, Scientific Director, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Concurrent Afternoon Workshops, Monday, January 18, 2010:

1.1 - Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized Guideline Endeavour (C-CHANGE): An Innovative Knowledge Transfer Platform

• Denis Drouin, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Director, Continuing Professional Development Centre, Université Laval

1.2 - Primary Care System and Practice Change: Complex or (Merely) Complicated?

• Brenda Zimmerman, Associate Professor of Policy and Director, Health Industry Management Program, York University

1.3 - Involving Primary Care Practitioners in Efforts to Improve Practice Quality and Outcomes

• Nick Kates, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Cross Appointment Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University; Ontario Lead, Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership (QIIP); Program Director, Hamilton Family Health Team

1.4 - Implementation of an Interprofessional Approach to Shared Decision Making in Primary Care

• France Légaré, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Université Laval
• Dawn Stacey, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa

1.5 - Measuring Patient-Centred Care

• Moira Stewart, Director, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario

1.6 - Addressing Inequities in Primary Healthcare: One Size Does Not Fit All - Why Gender Matters in Patient-Centred Primary Care

• Blye Frank, Professor, Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University
• Susan Phillips, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queens University

1.7 - Supporting Patient Self-Management: The Wise (Whole System Informing Self-Management Engagement) Approach

• Anne Kennedy, Research Fellow, Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester (UK)

1.8 - Using System Data to Assess and Improve System Performance

• Alan Katz, Research Director, Department of Family Medicine Associate Director for Research, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy Associate Professor Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences University of Manitoba
• Greg Webster, Director, Primary Health Care Information, Canadian Institute for Health Information

1.9 - Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Primary Care Delivery Models: Evidence and Measurement

• Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Montreal
  Jeannie Haggerty, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke
  William Hogg, Director of Research and Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

1.10 - Developing an Indigenous Primary Care Agenda: Exploring Issues & Concerns in Health Service and Research

• Angeline Letendre, Associate Director, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (Moderator)
  Annette J. Browne, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
  Lynden Crowshoe, Elbow River Healing Lodge, Calgary, Alberta
• Lynden Crowshoe, Elbow River Healing Lodge, Calgary, Alberta
• Group Break Out Questions

1.11 - Diabetes Care: A Model for Other Chronic Diseases?

• Marcia Frank, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Diabetes Team, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
• Stewart Harris, Professor, Canadian Diabetes Association Chair in Diabetes Management, Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies, University of Western Ontario
• Jeff Johnson, Professor and Canada Research Chair, AHFMR Senior Scholar, School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Concurrent Afternoon Workshops, Tuesday, January 19, 2010:

2.1 - Practical Approaches for Reconciling Guidelines with Patient-Oriented Care

• G. Michael Allan, Medical Director, Towards Optimized Practice and Director, Evidence-Based Medicine Program, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta

2.2 - Primary Care System and Practice Change: Complex or (Merely) Complicated?

• Brenda Zimmerman, Associate Professor of Policy and Director, Health Industry Management Program, York University

2.3 - Research Needs in Maternal and Child Primary Healthcare in Canada

• David Bergman, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University
• Astrid Guttman, Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences Staff Physician, Hospital for Sick Children; Assistant Professor of Paediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
• Virginia A. Moyer, Head, Academic General Pediatrics; Chief, Academic Medicine Service at the Texas Children’s Hospital

2.4 - Implementation of an Interprofessional Approach to Shared Decision Making in Primary Care

2.5 - Measuring Patient-Centred Care

• Moira Stewart, Director, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario

2.6 - Addressing Inequities in Primary Care: Can Innovative Models in Primary Care Delivery Address Socio-economic and Cultural Inequities?

• Denise Brooks, Executive Director, Hamilton Urban Core
  Adrianna Tetley, Executive Director, Association of Ontario Health Centres

2.7 - Supporting Patient Self-Management: Successes and Challenges of Implementing the Stanford Model

• Judy Murray, Physiotherapist, North York General Hospital
• Carla Palmer, Operations Director, Community Programs, Partnerships and Alliances, York Central Hospital

2.8 - Using Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data to Assess and Improve Practice Performance

2.9 - Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Primary Care Delivery Models: Physicians Dialogue on Primary Care Delivery Models

• Dona Bowers, Director of Health Services, Somerset West Community Health Centre, Ottawa
• David M. Kaplan, Associate Chief, Family & Community Medicine Chair, Research Ethics Board, North York General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto; Vice Chair, North York Family Health Team
• Ernst Schuster, Alberta Health Services

2.10 - Primary Mental Health Care: Provincial Perspectives on Developing and Disseminating Practices to Enhance the Patient Experience

• Dan Bilsker, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
• André Delorme, Director, Department of Mental Health, Quebéc
• Nick Kates, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University; Director of Programs, Hamilton Family Health Team

2.11 - Research Gaps for Primary Care in Musculoskeletal Health - What are the issues in primary care for the MSK patient and what research gaps exist for optimal patient care management?

• Gillian Hawker, Physician-in-Chief, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto
• Linda Li, Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair in Arthritic Diseases and Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia
• Carlo Marra, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Pharmaceutical Outcomes, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar and Director, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) Research Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Providence Health

2.12 - Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Workshop - An Organized Patient Voice for Primary Health Care

• Abraham Fuks, Former Dean of Medicine, McGill University