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Friday, November 9
8:30-10 am
Building the Medical Home from the Ground Up
Terry McGeeney, MD,TransferMED, Leawood, Kan.; Bruce Bagley, MD, AAFP, Leawood, Kan.
Learn the latest on TransforMED National Demonstration Project along with updates on METRIC and other AAFP efforts to help family physicians prepare for the future. Hear about tools and tactics for change in the practice and educational environment. Performance measurement, a systematic approach to care, team responsibility, information technology support, and other critical features of the medical home will be addressed.
Terry McGeeney, MD, has a solid understanding of the fundamentals of business management and health facilities organization and operation. With almost 30 years experience as a board-certified family physician, he holds a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Colorado.
Recently, Dr. McGeeney served as assistant medical director and then medical director of the McFarland Clinic PC, central Iowa’s largest physician-owned, multi-specialty clinic. A forward-practicing, patient-focused clinic, McFarland has in place many of the new model concepts implemented under Dr. McGeeney’s leadership.
As president and chief executive officer of TransforMED, Dr. McGeeney serves as the leader, visionary, and key spokesperson for the company. The initial focus of TransforMED is to develop, implement, and evaluate a “proof-of-concept” National Demonstration Project to pilot test a new model of care in 20 family medicine practices of varying sizes across the country. Future plans call for TransforMED to expand its service offerings to primary care physicians across the country, providing them with fully integrated and prepackaged products and services, including expertise and experience implementing the new model with ease.
Bruce Bagley, MD, is the Medical Director for Quality Improvement for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The AAFP represents more than 93,000 family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students nationwide.
During his practice career, Dr. Bagley provided the full range of family medicine services in a single specialty group practice in Albany, New York. Under his leadership, the ten-person group was a pioneer in the community in adapting to the challenges of managed care, quality improvement, and informatics.
In his active leadership role with the AAFP, Dr. Bagley was elected president-elect in 1998, served as president in 1999-2000, and Chair of the Board in 2000-2001. He chaired several AAFP Task Forces and the AAFP Ad Hoc committee on electronic medical records. His current responsibilities with the AAFP include liaison work with other national organizations in the quality arena and active participation in the development, deployment, and implementation of performance measures. He provides clinical oversight for quality improvement programs and products.
Saturday, November 11
8:30-10:15 am
Bringing Prevention Front and Center into Family Medicine
Jane E. Brody, The New York Times
This presentation will bring Ms. Brody’s longtime passion, personal health, into focus in the family medicine setting. She has heard the message that family medicine is changing to meet the needs of future patients and families, and will share her perspective on how family medicine and personal health can work together for a better tomorrow.
Jane E. Brody received her B.S. degree in biochemistry from the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University in 1962 and a masters degree in science writing from the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism the following year. In 1965 she joined The New York Times as a full-time specialist in medicine and biology. In 1976 she became The Times’s Personal Health columnist. Her widely read and quoted column earned her the title of “High Priestess of Health” from Time magazine.
Ms. Brody has also written scores of magazine articles and lectures frequently on health and nutrition to audiences both lay and professional. She has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows throughout the country and has received numerous prestigious awards for journalistic excellence. In 1987, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Princeton University. She also has honorary doctorates from Hamline University in St. Paul, the State University of New York Health Sciences University and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Ms. Brody has written ten books including the best-sellers Jane Brody’s Nutrition Book and Jane Brody’s Good Food Book. She is co-author of The New York Times Guide to Alternative Health, published in 2001.
Sunday, November 20
8:00 - 9:30 am
The Future of Family Medicine: Education and the Challenges of Infectious Disease
Theodore Ganiats, MD, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego
Infectious diseases provide an important challenge to patients, students, teachers, and clinicians as we prepare for and implement the new model of family medicine. These diseases touch each element of our core values:
- they are acute, subacute, and chronic
- we can offer prevention, treatment, or palliation
- we do not always know how to best implement patient education and behavior change, though they can be critical to good outcomes
- they affect families and communities
- continuity can be critical
While current models of practice and practice improvement provide insights into approaches, further innovation will be needed to address the obstacles.
Theodore Ganiats, MD, is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Family & Preventive Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and Executive Director of the UCSD Health Services Research Center.
Dr. Ganiats earned his medical degree from UCSD School of Medicine in 1978. He completed his family medicine residency at UCSD from 1978 to 1981, and served as Chief Resident. Dr. Ganiats’ research interests involve outcomes research, focusing on quality of life assessment and cost-effectiveness analysis. He is a co-developer of the self-administered version of the Quality of Well-being scale (QWB-SA) and serves as the quality of life/outcomes consultant on numerous projects.
Due to his interest in clinical policy and evidence-based medicine, Dr. Ganiats has participated as a member or chair of more than 30 national guideline panels and quality improvement initiatives spanning multiple disciplines, usually as an AAFP representative. His interest in practice improvement is based on his own practice and research, but it has expanded to his teaching.