Workshop on Improving Quality of Care in
Low- and Middle-Income Countries
January 28–29, 2015
The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
JANUARY 28, 2015
Room 100
| 8:30-9:00 | Breakfast available |
| Session 1 Welcome and Overview |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome |
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Victor Dzau, President, Institute of Medicine Sheila Leatherman, Planning Committee Chair Research Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| 9:15-9:45 |
Keynote An Overview of Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Ashish Jha, Director, Harvard Global Health Institute (by video) |
| 9:45-10:15 |
USAID’s Work in Quality of Care: Challenges and Common Themes James Heiby, Medical Officer, USAID |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| Session 2 Six Widely Used Methods to Improve Quality |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
A Brief Overview of the Six Methods in Question Rifat Atun, Planning Committee Member Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard School of Public Health (by video) |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Theories of Change Pierre Barker, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Panel Discussion: Tools and Processes for Quality Improvement Carmela Cordero, Senior Clinical Advisor, EngenderHealth Paul vanOstenberg, Senior Advisor, Growth and Innovation, Joint Commission International Edgar Necochea, Director, Health Systems Development, Jhpiego Moderator: Nachiket Mor, Chairman of the Board, CARE India |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 |
Panel Discussion: Tools and Processes for Quality Improvement Rashad Massoud, Senior Vice President, University Research Co., LLC Mike English, Head of Health Services, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Group Leader, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (by video) Moderator: Kedar Mate, Planning Committee Member Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| Session 3 Reviewing Evidence for Different Quality Improvement Methods |
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| 2:45-3:45 |
What Works?: Results of a Systematic Review Alexander Rowe, Medical Epidemiologist, Malaria Branch, CDC |
| 3:45-4:30 |
Panel Discussion: How to Know It Works? Measuring Changes in Quality Bruce Agins, Medical Director, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Director, HEALTHQUAL International Niek Klazinga, Coordinator, Health Care Quality Indicators program, OECD Moderator: Sheila Leatherman, Research Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 4:30-5:15 |
Panel Discussion: At What Cost?: What Makes a Program Cost-Effective and Feasible? Edward Broughton, Director of Research & Evaluation, University Research Co., LLC Dinesh Nair, Senior Health Specialist, The World Bank Moderator: Kedar Mate, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| 5:15-5:30 |
Closing Remarks Kedar Mate, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| 5:30 | Adjourn |
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JANUARY 29, 2015 |
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| 8:30-9:00 | Breakfast available |
| Session 4 Synthesizing Evidence, Identifying Gaps |
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| 9:00-9:15 |
Welcome and Overview Sheila Leatherman, Research Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 9:15-9:45 |
Synthesizing the Evidence Enrique Ruelas, Professor and Director of Public Policy and Health Systems, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education |
| 9:45-11:00 |
Panel Discussion: Identifying Gaps and Solutions Jishnu Das, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank Edward Kelley, Director, Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization (by video) Nynke van den Broek, Professor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Moderator: Ramanan Laxminarayan, Director and Senior Fellow, The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, and Vice President, Research and Policy, Public Health Foundation of India |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
| Session 5 Cross-Cutting Approaches to Improve Quality |
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| 11:15-12:30 | Breakout Group Discussions |
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Policies to Improve Quality: How to Create an Environment Conducive to Improving Quality of Care? Rapporteur: Kedar Mate, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
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Practice to Improve Quality: How to Accelerate Progress? Rapporteur: Pierre Barker, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
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Research to Improve Quality: How to Advance the Field? Rapporteur: Margaret Kruk, Associate Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health |
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| 12:30-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:00 | Reports from Breakout Groups |
| 2:00-2:15 |
Reactions to Workshop James Heiby, Medical Officer, USAID |
| 2:15-3:15 |
Closing Remarks Victor Dzau, President, Institute of Medicine Don Berwick, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| 3:15 | Adjourn |
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