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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Pages 79-82

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...  Make linkages between quality improvement, health literacy, and disparities reduction, with improving equity and patient centeredness as the focus May 12, 2008, Public Workshop 8:00–8:15 Opening Remarks Speaker: Ignatius Bau, The California Endowment 8:15–8:45 Vision for better health outcomes: Integration of disparities reduction, health literacy, and quality improvement Speaker: George Isham, HealthPartners 79
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... 80 TOWARD HEALTH EQUITY AND PATIENT-CENTEREDNESS 8:45–9:30 Building the foundation for integrating health literacy, disparities reduction, and quality improvement in health and health care Moderator: Ignatius Bau, The California Endowment •  Health Literacy: A Matter of Health Care Quality and Equity Speaker: Michael Wolf, Northwestern University •  Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement  Speaker: Cindy Brach, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality •  Patient-Centeredness as an Indicator of Quality -- Measures of Patient-Centeredness and How Issues of Health Literacy and Health Disparities Interact to Impact Quality  Speaker: Mary Catherine Beach, Johns Hopkins University 9:30–10:00 Discussion 10:00–10:15 Break 10:15–11:00 Integration at the practitioner level: Using quality improvement as a tool to improve health literacy and reduce disparities Speakers will describe the type of system in which they work, and why they see integration as important for that system, and discuss how approaches to improve quality and health literacy and reduce disparities might be used in that system to improve equity and patient-centered care. Moderator: Jack Lewin, American College of Cardiology Speakers: • Health plan -- Grace Ting, WellPoint •  Ambulatory care -- Tom Sequist, Harvard Vanguard •  Hospital -- Michael Pignone, University of North Carolina
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...  escribe a specific activity that effectively D integrates quality improvement, disparities reduction, and addressing health literacy.
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... 82 TOWARD HEALTH EQUITY AND PATIENT-CENTEREDNESS Moderator: Winston Wong, Kaiser Permanente Speakers: • National: Paul Schyve, Joint Commission •  Other: Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Northwestern University 4:00–4:15 Discussion Moderator: Winston Wong 4:15–5:00 Summary/conclusions: Closing remarks from chairs of forums/roundtables 5:00 Adjourn
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