[March 08, 2013]

1,200 Health Care Professionals to Gather for IHI's International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Community

Institute for Healthcare Improvement:

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, will host its 14th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community in Scottsdale, AZ from April 7-9, 2013. Designed for health care leaders and professionals working in primary care and community settings - from beginners in improvement to experienced veterans in the field - the Summit will focus on new ways to engage patients and communities to improve health status, new approaches to implementing and spreading patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), and new opportunities for leveraging health IT, among other topics.

Speak with health care leaders and professionals working on transforming the way they deliver care and implementing innovations to improve health and health care, while reducing costs; attend sessions and keynotes on critical health care topics, including:

• Is Your Mom on Drugs The Overmedication of Elders
• Implementation and Spread of Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH)
• Taking the Triple Aim to the Next Level
• Integrating Community and Public Health with Primary Care to Achieve Population Health
• Readmission Prevention: A Community Collaborative Experience
• Successful Home-Based Palliative Care Models

Keynote and featured presenters will include:

• Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Diane E. Meier, MD, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
• Nancy McClure, Senior Vice President, HealthPartners
• Brian Rank, MD, Medical Director, HealthPartners
• Johanna Trimble (News - Alert), Steering Committee Member, Patient Voices Network
• John Sloan, Family Physician, University of British Columbia
• Lucy Loomis, MD, MSPH, Director of Family Medicine, Denver Health
• Katherine Gottlieb, MBA, DPS, President and CEO, Southcentral Foundation
• Karen Hacker, Senior Medical Director for Public and Community Health, Cambridge Health Alliance

6902 East Greenway Parkway, Scottsdale, Arizona

For press credentials or additional information, contact:

Sandy George, sandy@cxocommunication.com, (617) 413-6126