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State of the Science Invitational Conference: Quality health care
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State of the Science Invitational Conference: Quality Health Care Norma Lang, PhD, RN, FAAN
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state of the science invitational conference on quality health care, titled “Measuring and Improving Health Care Quality, Towards Meaningful Solutions To Pressing Problems, Nursing’s Contribution to the State of the Science,” will be held April 18-20, 2002, in Philadelphia at the Annenberg Center for Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania. This conference stems from the work of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Expert Panel on Quality Health Care and is responsive to the recent reports published by the Institute of Medicine and others regarding the quality of health care in America. This conference had its genesis in June 1996 during the AAN Expert Panel on Quality’s conference, titled “Outcome Measures and Care Delivery Systems.” Ideas were advanced further at subsequent AAN annual meetings and most recently in November 2001. This conference is led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Annenberg Center for Public Pol-
icy and is cosponsored by the AAN, the American Nurses Association, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Institute for Nursing Research. The conference leaders are Norma Lang and Pam Mitchell. The Steering Committee also includes Ada Sue Hinshaw; Bonnie Jennings; Gerri Lamb; Barbara Mark; Patricia Moritz; Julie Sochalski; and 2 postdoctoral research fellows, Beth Ann Swan and Doris Vahey. The conference will begin with a 2-hour provocative panel discussion and audience participation chaired by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean of the Annenberg School of Communications and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. From the 3 perspectives of payers/insurers, health professionals/providers, and recipients/consumers, the distinguished panel members will be asked to answer the following questions: What are the 3 main reforms needed to improve quality? Is each reform based in research? What are the strengths and weaknesses of
each reform? Do we need to rethink the agenda for quality health care? The Leonard Davis Institute cosponsors this session of the conference for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Forty authors have agreed to prepare 22 papers. The conference will be devoted to the presentation of key points of the working papers and discussion among all expert interdisciplinary participants on what is known about nursing’s contribution to quality health care, strategies for measurement, available data sets, strengths and weaknesses of methodologies and technologies, and recommendations for further development and action. The papers and an annotated bibliography of the conference will be published. Executive summaries will be given to a variety of planners, providers, and users of health care services and, when applicable, recommendations will be made to appropriate agencies and groups. This event is just another exemplar of the Academy in action. 䡲
Geriatric Nursing Initiative Secures Significant Funding
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even schools of nursing will together receive $2.2 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to help build geriatric nursing education capacity. These 7 schools, as well as 5 centers of geriatric nursing excellence, are participants of the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program. Each school of nursing will receive $75,000 per year for 3 years, which will be matched in each of those years with university funding of $25,000. With this 3-year total of $300,000, each school will enhance its course offerings and training in geriatric nursing. The 7 recipients are: NURSING OUTLOOK
MARCH/APRIL 2002
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University of Michigan School of Nursing (Ann Arbor) University of Rochester School of Nursing (Rochester, New York) University of Washington School of Nursing (Seattle) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing (Chapel Hill) University of Texas School of Nursing (Houston) University of Minnesota School of Nursing (Minneapolis) Case Western Reserve University Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Cleveland, Ohio) These 7 schools of nursing have al-
ready built a foundation in geriatric nursing programs, curriculum innovations, university collaborations in geriatrics, and faculty leadership locally and nationally. Four of the 7 are in the top 10 programs listed by US News and World Report in its graduate nurse practitioner master’s program report, and several have been listed among the top schools of nursing in the country. Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity was initiated in 2000 to comprehensively address a variety of needs in building geriatric nursing capacity. The 5-year program is supported and funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation. Co79
Academy
of
Nursing
State of the Science Invitational Conference: Quality Health Care Norma Lang, PhD, RN, FAAN
A
state of the science invitational conference on quality health care, titled “Measuring and Improving Health Care Quality, Towards Meaningful Solutions To Pressing Problems, Nursing’s Contribution to the State of the Science,” will be held April 18-20, 2002, in Philadelphia at the Annenberg Center for Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania. This conference stems from the work of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Expert Panel on Quality Health Care and is responsive to the recent reports published by the Institute of Medicine and others regarding the quality of health care in America. This conference had its genesis in June 1996 during the AAN Expert Panel on Quality’s conference, titled “Outcome Measures and Care Delivery Systems.” Ideas were advanced further at subsequent AAN annual meetings and most recently in November 2001. This conference is led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Annenberg Center for Public Pol-
icy and is cosponsored by the AAN, the American Nurses Association, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Institute for Nursing Research. The conference leaders are Norma Lang and Pam Mitchell. The Steering Committee also includes Ada Sue Hinshaw; Bonnie Jennings; Gerri Lamb; Barbara Mark; Patricia Moritz; Julie Sochalski; and 2 postdoctoral research fellows, Beth Ann Swan and Doris Vahey. The conference will begin with a 2-hour provocative panel discussion and audience participation chaired by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean of the Annenberg School of Communications and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. From the 3 perspectives of payers/insurers, health professionals/providers, and recipients/consumers, the distinguished panel members will be asked to answer the following questions: What are the 3 main reforms needed to improve quality? Is each reform based in research? What are the strengths and weaknesses of
each reform? Do we need to rethink the agenda for quality health care? The Leonard Davis Institute cosponsors this session of the conference for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Forty authors have agreed to prepare 22 papers. The conference will be devoted to the presentation of key points of the working papers and discussion among all expert interdisciplinary participants on what is known about nursing’s contribution to quality health care, strategies for measurement, available data sets, strengths and weaknesses of methodologies and technologies, and recommendations for further development and action. The papers and an annotated bibliography of the conference will be published. Executive summaries will be given to a variety of planners, providers, and users of health care services and, when applicable, recommendations will be made to appropriate agencies and groups. This event is just another exemplar of the Academy in action. 䡲
Geriatric Nursing Initiative Secures Significant Funding
S
even schools of nursing will together receive $2.2 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation to help build geriatric nursing education capacity. These 7 schools, as well as 5 centers of geriatric nursing excellence, are participants of the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program. Each school of nursing will receive $75,000 per year for 3 years, which will be matched in each of those years with university funding of $25,000. With this 3-year total of $300,000, each school will enhance its course offerings and training in geriatric nursing. The 7 recipients are: NURSING OUTLOOK
MARCH/APRIL 2002
● ● ● ● ● ● ●
University of Michigan School of Nursing (Ann Arbor) University of Rochester School of Nursing (Rochester, New York) University of Washington School of Nursing (Seattle) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing (Chapel Hill) University of Texas School of Nursing (Houston) University of Minnesota School of Nursing (Minneapolis) Case Western Reserve University Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Cleveland, Ohio) These 7 schools of nursing have al-
ready built a foundation in geriatric nursing programs, curriculum innovations, university collaborations in geriatrics, and faculty leadership locally and nationally. Four of the 7 are in the top 10 programs listed by US News and World Report in its graduate nurse practitioner master’s program report, and several have been listed among the top schools of nursing in the country. Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity was initiated in 2000 to comprehensively address a variety of needs in building geriatric nursing capacity. The 5-year program is supported and funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation. Co79