Programs
Managing Total Cost of Care / Efficiency Program Area

Addressing Cost Efficiency Conference

Conference (held February 4, 2010) featured learning from two efficiency programs, with a focus on reducing inappropriate use of the Emergency Department

Status: Closed | View conference agenda and materials

 

Reducing Avoidable ED Visits Teleconference

Teleconference featuring the approach and learning from a Northern California IPA that reduced ED visits by utilizing the strengths of the medical home.

Status: April 6, 2010 | Closed

 

IHI Reducing Avoidable ED Visits Web & Action Program

This is a three-part web-based program, beginning on May 13, that will provide you with a framework to begin testing ways to reduce avoidable visits to the ED in your organization. Read more information about this program here.

Status: May 13 & 27 & June 15, 2010 in San Bernardino and Oakland | Closed

 

Techniques to Engage Physicians Workshop

A one-day workshop conducted by Howard Beckman, MD, to learn approaches and develop skills for respectfully engaging physicians in change - this approach has been successfully used by California IPAs and Medi-Cal plans to engage physicians in discussion and improvement of appropriate resource use

Status: May 26, 2010 in the LA area | Closed


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