Transforming Primary Care in the US and England

The Transforming Primary Care in the US and England meeting was held on April 4th and 5th 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the University of Minnesota's Coffman Memorial Union (pictured).

The meeting was an opportunity to discuss and integrate ideas from research, practice, and policy on how multiple actors can work in collaboration to develop efficient, accountable, and patient-centered primary care systems. 

This meeting was supported by the University of Minnesota's Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), and the Center for Care Organization Research and Development (CCORD) at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management.  To learn more about the IAS, visit their webpage. 

Schedule

Monday, April 4th

8:00-8:30      Check-in and Breakfast

8:30-8:45      Welcome and Introduction

8:45-9:15      Primary Care in the US and England: Key Features

9:15-11:45    Session 1: Primary Care Clinics

• Facilitating Patient Relations and Self-Management
• Networks of Interdependence and Coordination
• Information Management
• Learning Organizations

11:45-12:15   Lunch

12:45-3:00    Session 2: Primary Care Clinic Groups

• Emergence and Formation
• Information Management, Infrastructure, and Networks
• Governance
• Creating a Supportive Context for Learning by Primary Care Clinics and Meso-Level Organizations

3:15-5:30     Session 3: Institutional Context of Primary Care

• Incentive Design
• Risk and Case-Mix Adjustment of Measurement
• Accountability
• Targets and Public Reporting

5:30-6:30      Break / Time at Campus Club bar

6:30-8:30      Dinner at Campus Club 

Tuesday, April 5th

8:00-8:30      Breakfast

8:30-8:45      Moving Abstractions to Particulars

8:45-10:30    What can we learn together? Ideas for integrative research.

10:45-12:00   Next Steps.  Ideas on how to organize integrative research.

Background

Read an in-depth description of the background and organization of the meeting here.  The meeting was largely based on a discussion format.

General Inquiries

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding the meeting, please contact Jessica Zeglin, CCORD Research Coordinator at jzeglin@umn.edu or 612-626-5381.