Conference Theme and Program Tracks
Conference Theme
Making the Health Care Connection—Sharing and Caring Beyond Borders is the theme for the Canadian RAI Conference 2007. The conference will bring together people from all over the world to address the diverse and challenging issues in health care today. This international conference will enable researchers, clinicians, health system managers, policy-makers and others to explore how we can better connect and support those involved in decision-making across the continuum of care. It is a global exchange on the use of data collected through interRAI instruments and supported by health information reporting systems such as those maintained by CIHI.
An international focus on clinical assessment instruments across health sectors will provide a unique opportunity to share and exchange ideas on care planning, resource allocation, achieving improved outcomes and supporting best practices in the delivery of health services.
Program Tracks
The conference program presentations will focus on the following areas:
The Power of Knowledge
- Making the RAI data “sing”—how to optimize its value for improving health and health care
- Managers and senior leaders—reaching them with the right information to support their decisions
- From research to best practice—knowledge translation from RAI researchers to clinicians
- Quality Indicators (QIs)—the myths, the pitfalls and the potential of comparative reporting for process improvement and public accountability
Caring Across the Continuum—in Canada and Around the World
- Quality on the front lines—care planning across the continuum using the interRAI family of instruments
- Continuity and safety across diverse service settings—using the RAI to measure and communicate risk
- A spotlight on access, outcomes and resource utilization in diverse health systems around the world
- The impact of differences, including culture and language, on international health information standards
Evidence in Action
- Case studies—enhancing quality of life in home care, mental health services, residential and hospital-based continuing care
- Using RAI data to identify and serve vulnerable populations and to document the system impacts of major population health events (e.g. SARS)
- Using RAI case mix data for funding of health care programs—the opportunities and challenges
- Supporting change—organizational and system planning decisions informed by RAI data
Building the Information Foundation
- RAI implementations in Canada and abroad—lessons learned and critical success factors
- Strategies for ensuring high-quality data
- Innovation and change—RAI implementations in the context of health care renewal and investment in information
- Evolution of a seamless standard for health assessment information—the new suite of interRAI instruments
Please consult the Program at a Glance for detailed times of keynote and plenary speakers, concurrent presentations and other conference events.
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