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PROGRAM OUTLINE

Inaugural Meeting of The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium: Envisioning an Integrated, Multi-State, Regional Stroke System of Care: Designing the Blueprint, Boston, MA, September 13-15, 2006;

  • Compare the different organizational structures within each state relevant to stroke care
  • Catalog current efforts in stroke systems of care
  • Identify cross-border opportunities for care and create common criteria for primary stroke service designation that will allow for cross-border designation and delivery of care
  • Outline prior experience with “pay for performance” in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease
  • Review the challenges of outcomes data collection in a HIPAA constrained environment

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Click Here for a List of Speakers for each of the following Topics
 

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

                      
1:00-1:30 pm   Welcome to The NECC - Conference Overview
                      Overview of the Stroke Systems of Care Model
                       • Primordial/Primary Prevention
                       • Community Educartion
                       • Notification and Response of EMS
                       • Acute Stroke Treatment
                       • Subacute Stroke Treatment and Secondary
                         Prevention
                       • Rehabilitation                       
                       • Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Activities
1:30-2:20 pm   Priomordial/Primary Prevention
                       and Community Education
                        • Physical Activity, Nutrition, Tobacco and Stroke
                        • Stroke Prevention Clinics
                        • Community Outreach: Signs and Symptoms
2:20–3:10 pm   Notification and Response of EMS
                        • EMS – Education and Training
                        • EMS – Point of Entry
                        • Primary Stroke Centers: Designation, Licensure
                         and Legislative Options
3:30–4:20 pm   Acute/Subacute Stroke Treatment and
                       Secondary Prevention
                        • TeleStroke for Rural Initiatives
                        • Acute Ischemic Stroke Update: New Trial Results
                        • Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke and TIA
4:20–4:55 pm   Rehabilitation
                        • CARF Standards
                        • Post-acute Care
5:00–5:50 pm   Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Activities
                        • Impact of HIPAA/IRB on QI initiatives
                        • Impact of Privacy Rules on QI initiatives
                        • Factors Influencing Adherence:
                          Prescription Benefits
6:30–9:00 pm   Reception and Keynote
                       Defect Free Stroke Care: How Do We Get There?
                        • Public Health Initiatives: Coverdell Registry and
                          the CDC Roadmap
                        • Mandatory Public Reporting
                        • Pay for Performance
                        • Moderated Q/A to the Panel

Thursday, September 14, 2006

8:15–8:45 am    Welcome and Goals for the Day
8:45–10:30 am  Stroke Systems of Care Components
                        State Summary of Progress to Date (15 mins each)
                        • CT, NY, NJ, VT, NH, ME, RI, MA
11:00–1:00 pm  Identifying Cross-Border Opportunities
                        for Collaboration
                       Breakout Sessions by Topic with Working Lunch
                       Each session begins with a 30 minute didactic session
                       followed by facilitated discussions with notes.
                       • Health Promotion and Community Outreach:
                         Developing Broadcast Quality Community Education
                       • Lipid lowering for primary and secondary
                         stroke prevention
                       • Prehospital/EMS: Emergency Dispatch,
                         EMS Response, Point of Entry
                       • Hospital Based Acute Stroke Care: Acute
                         Stroke Update
                       • Rehabilitation: Assessing Stroke Rehabilitation
                         Resources: Defining Supply and Demand
1:00–2:00 pm  Report Out from Breakouts and Sharing of Ideas
                       • Health Promotion and Community Outreach
                       • Primary Prevention
                       • Prehospital/EMS
                       • Hospital Based Acute Stroke Care
                       • Rehabilitation
2:30–4:05 pm  Lessons Learned from The Other
                      Networks/Consortiums
                      Three ideas that worked and three that didn’t:
                      Advice to The NECC
                       • Canadian Stroke Network
                       • Tri-State Stroke Consortium
                       • Bavarian Regional Stroke Units
                       • Western States Stroke Consortium
                       • Stroke Belt Consortium
                       • Great Lakes Stroke Consortium
                       • Delta States Stroke Consortium
4:15–5:25 pm  Stakeholder/Partner Updates
                       • CDC, NINDS, CMS, AHA/ASA, NSA
                       • JCAHO, CARF, STOP Stroke Act Sponsor
5:45–6:05 pm  Think Globally, Act Locally
                       • A Summary of the Major Themes of the Conference

Friday, September 15, 2006

9:00–9:30 am  General Meeting Summary and Plan for the Day
9:45–1:00 pm  Writing Group Meeting
                      Designing a Blueprint for a Regional
                      Stroke System of Care
                      • Developing an Action Plan
                      • Setting Priorities
                      • Defining Deliverables

For more information, or if you have any questions, please call 212.878.5969 or email necc@heart.org