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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
7:15 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast in the Executive Networking Lounge
8:15 am
Chairman’s Opening Remarks and Review of Day One
Louis I. Hochheiser, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Policy Development
Humana, Inc.

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8:30 am
Opening Keynote Address: Exclusive Look into the IOM Report- Knowing What Works in Healthcare: A Roadmap for the Nation
  • Learn what the IOM proposes as changes in the way healthcare marshals’ evidence and apply it to endorse the most effective clinical interventions
  • Recommendations for a process to evaluate and report evidence on clinical effectiveness
  • Hear the IOM’s suggested organizational framework for using evidence reports to develop recommendations on appropriate applications for specific populations
Harold C. Sox, MD
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
American College of Physicians of Internal Medicine

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9:30 am
Refreshment Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
10:00 am
Implementation of Evidence Based Medicine: Methodologies for Increased Physician Adoption
Babette Apland - Speaker Photo Babette Apland
Senior Vice President, Health and Care Management
HealthPartners

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10:30 am
The Introduction of Economic Concepts and Tools in the Development of Evidence Based Guidelines
  • Realizing the appropriateness of tools and concepts in the development of evidence based guidelines
  • How to go beyond clinical guidelines to discussing both cost and quality
  • How these concepts and tools are applied when examining the activities of an advisory committee on immunization policy
Edmund Pezalla - Speaker Photo Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH
National Medical Director, Aetna Pharmacy Management
Aetna, Inc.

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11:00 am
The International Perspective: How Other Countries are Utilizing Evidence Based Medicine
  • Identifying how the timely use of health technology assessment information is fundamental to evidence based medicine
  • Why evidence-informed decision making health care is becoming the norm rather than the exception all around the world
  • Exploring recent developments of evidence based medicine in Canada, UK, Australia and other countries
  • Discussing future trends of evidence based medicine in other countries
Kalipso Chalkidou, PhD
Associate Director, Research and Development
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Tammy Clifford, PhD
Acting Vice-President
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
12:15 pm
Closing Keynote Luncheon: Value-Based Care – What Role Can Evidence Based Medicine Play in Restructuring the US Healthcare System?
  • What value does the current US health care system provide?
  • How the principles and practice of evidence based medicine can increase value in the US healthcare system
  • Determining the structural implications for obtaining full value from evidence based medicine
  • Defining Evidence Based Plan Design and Value Based Benefits
  • Exploring the need for a Center of Comparative Clinical Effectiveness
Mark Gibson - Speaker Photo Mark Gibson
Director, Center for Evidence Based Policy
Oregon Health and Science University

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Richard S. Mathis, Ph.D.
Senior Manager for Medical Policy and Development
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (TN)

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Gail Wilensky - Speaker Photo Gail Wilensky, M.D.
Senior Fellow
Project Hope

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William Winkenwerder - Speaker Photo William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD
Senior Advisor
Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

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1:30 pm
Closing Remarks, Conference Concludes
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