Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI) Seminar


 
The Clinical Quality Improvement Seminar is sponsored jointly by the Center for Health Care Research & Policy and the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center's (VAMC) Center for Quality Improvement Research.

Unless otherwise noted, these seminars are held monthly on Thursday mornings from 8:00 - 9:30 a.m., with specific dates and locations as announced.


DATE SPEAKER TOPIC
February 21, 2002 Aleese Caron, Ph.D.
Graham Creasey, M.D.
Improvement Projects Regarding Diabetes and Spinal Cord Injury

March 14, 2002 Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.
George Mason University

Benchmarking Quality Improvement Efforts

April 18, 2002

MetroHealth Medical Center, R219
Jonathan Javitt, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive VP, Active Health Management
New York, New York
Adjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Sentinel Systems for Quality Improvement

April 29, 2002

Monday, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Wade Park, Room K119

Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC
10701 East Blvd.

Rachel Jean-Baptise, Ph.D.
Director of Science at
North American Association of
Central Cancer Registries

The Clinical Impact of Teaching Patients CQI To Manage Diabetes

May 16, 2002

Thursday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Nursing School,
Room 2280 (2nd floor)
David Aron, M.D., M.S.
Director of Center for Quality Improvement Research &
Senior Quality Scholar
Cleveland VAMC
Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Case Western Reserve University


Eleanor Stoller, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Case Western Reserve University
Lay Explanation and Diabetes Self-Management: Ethnic/Cultural Variation



(If Time Permits): Knowingly Living With an Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass: Health State Utility
June 13, 2002

Thursday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Nursing School,
Room 2280 (2nd floor)

Tom Hornick, M.D. &
Patricia Higgins, R.N., Ph.D.

Visual Medication Profiles
July, 2002 No Seminar Scheduled N/A
August, 2002 No Seminar Scheduled N/A
September, 2002 No Seminar Scheduled N/A
October 7, 2002

Monday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Room BRB 433
E. Mendel Singer, Ph.D. Impact of Poor Adherence with Antiepileptic Medication [Announcement]

November 4, 2002

Monday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Room BRB 433

Announcement

1. J.H. Rose, K. Abbott, D. Kresevic, K. Papp, M. Cappaert, A. D'Eramo


2. K. Papp, M. Cappaert, J.H. Rose


3. E.L. Lipsteuer, A.L. D'Eramo, L.W. Ewing, and J.H. Rose
1. Frail Elderly Veterans' Medication Use and Perceptions of Health, Informal Support and Caregiver Burden

2. Satisfaction with Home Care Services in Community-Based Satellite Projects

3. A Pilot Project on Ethnogeriatrics and Cultural Competency Training for Physician Assistant Students (PAS).
December 2, 2002

Monday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Room BRB 433
Cary S. Kart, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher,
Scripps Gerontology Center,
Miami University,
Oxford, OH
Lay Perspectives on Diabetes
January 6, 2003

Monday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Nursing School,
Room 2280 (2nd floor)
Beth O'Toole, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Bioethics at CWRU
Director, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, General Internal Medicine MetroHealth Medical Center

and

Julia H. Rose, Ph.D.
End-of-Life Issues:
Brainstorming Session about Metro Projects and Possible Links with the VA.
February 3, 2003

Monday, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
MetroHealth Medical Center

Rammelkamp, Room R319
Marta Render, M.D.
Director, GAPS VA Midwest Patient Safety Center,
Cincinnati


Joel Tsevat, M.D.
Director, HSR&D,
VA Health Care System of Ohio, Cincinnati
Ethnographic Research to Understand Human: Computer Interactions - BCMA


Health Values, Adherence, and Spirituality in Patients with HIV/AIDS
March, 2003 No Seminar Scheduled N/A
April 7, 2003*

Monday, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Case Western Reserve University

Nursing School,
Room 2280 (2nd floor)
Mary K. Anthony, Ph.D. An Electronic Communication Intervention to Minimize Patient Information Loss and Improve Patient Safety
*Note: No Seminars are scheduled from May, 2003 through August, 2003.

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