1:00 - 5:00 pm

Conference Registration / Information Desk Open

9:00 - 4:00 pm
Foothills II
Closed Meeting

Governing Board Meeting

3:00 - 4:00 pm
Hill Country A
Closed Meeting

CRN Health Literacy Focus on Oral Communication - Kathy Mazor

4:00 - 5:00 pm
Hill Country A
Open Meeting

CRN Health Literacy Focus on Oral Communication - Kathy Mazor
Update on progress, plans for future directions, assessing potential collaborations.

3:00 - 5:00 pm
Hill Country B
Open Meeting

Radiology Utilization, Risks & Benefits in the HMO CRN - Rebecca Smith-Bindman
Discussion on preliminary data that has been collected across several CRN sites, focused around study design for the projects included in the proposal. 

3:00 - 8:00 pm
Hill Country C
Closed Meeting

CHeCS - Zahra Daar
Discuss funding status and deliverables for next contract period.  Demonstration and hands-on training of portal access, data file transmission, and abstracting data entry screens.   Discuss cohort selection and screening sub-study.

5:00 - 8:00 pm
Hill Country A
Closed Meeting

CESR Data Workgroup - Alan Bauck
Focus on increasing collaboration within the HMORN, reviewing progress of the Virtual Data Warehouse readiness at each region, infrastructure development planning, and an update on quick hit projects.

5:30 - 7:00 pm
Hill Country B
Open Meeting

CRN Pilot Project Seminar - Leah Tuzzio
This session is open to all interested. This session will include presentations from the four Cancer Research Network pilot projects that started in May 2009. These include topics on modeling and prostate cancer, young cancer survivors, medical radiation induced cancers, and preventing errors in home care of children with cancer.

Development of a Model for Predicting Prostate Cancer (PI: Deanna Cross, Marshfield)

Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors (PI: Sarah Greene, Group Health)

Medical Radiation Induced Cancers (PI: Diana Miglioretti, Group Health, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, UCSF)

Preventing Errors in the Home Care of Children with Cancer (PI: Kathleen Walsh, Meyers/University of Massachusetts)

Dinner on your own

7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Texas West Lobby

Conference Registration desk open

7:00 - 8:00 am
Hill Country A
Closed Meeting

CRN Pharmacovigilance - Nicholas Vanneman
Building a Pharmaocovigilance Population-Based Laboratory
Meeting between site investigators to discuss study progress, including chart validation, final analyses and papers

8:00 - 9:30 am
Texas Ballroom 1- 3

Breakfast buffet
beginning at 7:30

Plenary I: Opening Comments by Dr. Alan Stevens, PhD, Scott & White Healthcare

The Role of the AMA in Health System Reform, Education and Research in America—J. James Rohack, MD, President, American Medical Association, will present a brief overview of what critical elements the AMA has been advocating for to solve America's health care problems.  He will also review the role AMA has played in medical education and research in the USA and discuss the future challenges America will face dealing with Access, Quality and Cost and outlining solutions to each.

9:45 - 11:15 am
Hill Country A

C - A1 Physical Activity and Wellness - Lisa Sklar, MD and Matthew Smith, PhD, MPH
This session will present multiple interventions and care delivery strategies that promote physical activity, health lifestyles and workplace wellness.

Changes in Physical Activity and Nutrition in a Behavioral Intervention Pilot Study—Passport to Brain Wellness
Brian Martinson, MS, PhD, HealthPartners

Evaluating Kaiser Permanente Georgia's Worksite Wellness Programs in the Atlanta Area
Douglas Roblin, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Georgia

The Role of Physical Activity in Business: Evidence, Context, and Recommendations for a National Plan
Nico Pronk, PhD, MA, HealthPartners

Evaluating and Enhancing the Effect of a Patient Panel-Support Tool on Care Delivery
Adrianne Feldstein, MD, MS, Kaiser Permanente Northwest

9:45 - 11:45 am
Hill Country B

C - A2 IRB Issues (Human Subject Research) -  Sarah Greene, MPH
This session will review and discuss how to use the facilitated IRB review process outlined in the Standard Operating Procedure and how to further facilitate multi-site IRB review, along with attendant concerns such as HIPAA. Additionally this session will provide a snapshot of recent and upcoming developments across the Network sites, including human research protection program accreditation efforts and migration to electronic IRB systems.

IRB Review in The Era of ARRA: Streamlining Without Sacrifice
Jeffery Braff, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Karin Johnson, PhD, Group Health

9:45 - 11:15 am
Hill Country C

C - A3 CRN Scholars: Collaborative Research across Disciplines and Place: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies for Success—Robert Fletcher, MD, MSc, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
This interactive session will address strengths, obstacles, and strategies for success in multi-disciplinary, multi-site research.  To address these issues, CRN Scholars will present two to three case studies, based on their own experiences with research in the Network.  A panel of seasoned CRN investigators will comment on each case study, drawing lessons from what went well or badly, and then invite members of the audience to contribute.  Scholars will be prepared to comment on lessons from the research literature on cross-disciplinary, cross-site projects.  During the session, a running record of the menu of possibilities raised for avoiding or solving problems and achieving success will be kept.  A moderator will summarize lessons learned at the end of the session.

Panel members
Christine C Johnson, PhD, MPH, Henry Ford Health System
Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD, Boston Medical Center
John F. Steiner, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Presenters:
Nangel Lindberg, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Diane Smelser, PhD, Geisinger Center for Health Research
Kathleen Walsh, MD, MSc, Myers Primary Care Institute

9:45 - 11:15 am
Hill Country D

C - A4 Health and Bioinformatics I – Rachelle Kaye, PhD and Ted Palen, PhD, MD
This session will include a discussion of research studies that have investigated the impact of specific community characteristics and patient race in health research.

Providing Care for Cancer Survivors in Integrated Delivery Systems:  An Assessment of Current Practices and Future Opportunities
Jesica Chubak, PhD, Group Health

Spatial Agent Based Modeling of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States:  An Application to Screening Strategies for Chlamydia
Ajay Behl, PhD, MBA, HealthPartners

Neighborhood-level Deprivation Does Not Explain the Association of African-American Race with Sleep Apnea Severity
Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, PhD, MPH, Henry Ford Health System

Maximizing Positive Predictive Value in the Classification of Clinical Notes:  A Case Study in Mining Patient Race
David Baldwin, BS, Group Health

9:45 - 11:15 am
Foothills I

C- A5 VDW Infrastructure – Mark Hornbrook, PhD and Jeffery Brown, PhD
This session will focus on technological and methodological innovations necessary in the construction and optimal use of virtual data warehouses.

Clarity and Research
Jamila Gul, BS, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Using and Enhancing the VDW for Economic Research in Cancer
Mark Hornbrook, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Northwest

VDW Architecture and Implementation
Debbie Godwin, BS, Scott & White Healthcare

A Simple Accurate SAS Algorithm for Electronic Abstraction of Race from Digitized Progress Notes
Douglas Roblin, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Georgia

9:45 - 11:15 am
Boardroom

C -  A6  DEcIDE DRN2: Enhancement Demonstration and Governance Panel Meeting - Richard Platt, MD, MS, and Andrew Nelson, MPH

Meeting will include status updates on major work streams, a presentation on the DRN application and enhancements, and brainstorming of policies, principles, and general operating structure for use of the DRN

Adam Sigelman, BA, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute/Harvard Medical School
Andrew Nelson, MPH, HealthPartners

11:15 - 12:00 pm    Texas Ballroom 4 - 7

Poster Session I Set-Up

12:00 - 3:00 pm
Hill Country A
Closed Meeting

CVRN Steering - Sue Hee Sung
Develop a strategic plan for the future of the CVRN, which includes a discussion of current and upcoming collaborative studies.

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Hill Country B
Open Meeting

CRN Sites - Carol Somkin
Discuss strategies that CRN sites can use to recruit patients to the NSABP Protocol, P-5:  Statin Polyp Prevention Trial in Patients with Resected Colon Cancer. 

12:00 - 3:00 pm
Hill Country C
Closed Meeting

CRN Steering - Leah Tuzzio
Discuss CRN Steering Committee business

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Hill Country D
Closed Meeting

DMCER Analysts - Cathy Chou
Programmers/analysts involved in 2 diabetes comparative effectiveness studies to discuss and work out the details of the study protocols, data abstraction plan, and study timelines.  May also trouble-shoot any problems with data abstraction and review preliminary data if available

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Foothills I
Open Meeting

Pediatric SIG - Kathleen Walsh
Discuss common interest and possible collaboration among pediatric researchers.

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Board Room
Closed Meeting

SEARCH - Tyler Ross
Discuss current programming requests, data development needed for the study, and to share lessons learned from project work to date

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Hill Country B
Closed Meeting

DMCRC Collaborators - Cathy Chou
Investigators and biostatisticians involved in two on-going diabetes comparative effectiveness studies to review and discuss study progress (including reviewing preliminary data, if available), timelines, and project deliverables

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Hill Country D
Closed Meeting

The Journey for Control of Diabetes IDEA study - Omar Fernandes
Discuss the study’s progress

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Foothills I
Open Meeting

Genetics of Drug-Induced Serious Adverse Events Study - Mia Hemmes
Finalize clinical case validation criteria and go over initial results for patients with drug-induced liver injury, extreme weight gain on atypical antipsychotics, or Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Board Room
Open Meeting

Mental Health Research Network - Gregory Simon
Update of pending grant application, identify new opportunities for collaboration, and identify potential collaborating investigators not included in the original grant submission.

3:15 - 4:15 pm
Texas Ballroom 4 - 7
Refreshments from 3:30 -4:00 pm

Poster Session I Review and Discussion
Genetics
Health and Bioinformatics
HMORN Administration
HMORN Network

4:15 - 4:30 pm

Break                                                                                                     Remove Session 1 posters

4:30 - 5:30 pm
Texas Ballroom 1-3

Plenary II: Driving Change through Research: Making Tomorrow's Vision Today's Reality With Patient-Centered Care—Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, AHRQ

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will provide an overview of current trends and pressures that are shaping the health care delivery system; describe the importance of engaging all stakeholders in achieving high quality care; and explain how increased use of comparative effectiveness research is key to making the U.S. health care system an information-rich, patient-centered enterprise. Key contributors include information technology, evidence-based management of care and rapid translation of new advances.           

5:30 - 6:30 pm
Foothills Ballroom

Reception in Honor of Dr. Clancy and Dr. Larson
Please join the HMORN Board of Governors in a cocktail reception to honor Dr. Clancy’s leadership of AHRQ and Dr. Larson’s leadership of the HMORN Board of Governors.

Dinner on your own

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Hill Country A
Closed Meeting

CVRN Surveillance Study - Steve Sidney
Business meeting to present a progress report, discuss current study issues, and to follow-up on questions that arise during the March 1 face-to-face meeting of research teams from all sites

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Hill Country B
Closed Meeting

CRN SDRC Leadership - Sarah McDonald
Working meeting of the CRN’s Scientific and Data Resources Core Leadership Committee

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Hill Country C
Open Meeting

CERT & DEcIDE - Kimberly Lane
Review the projects and plan for the future

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Hill Country D
Open Meeting

Cancer Survivorship Interest Group - Larissa Nekhyludov
The Cancer Survivorship Interest Group aims to facilitate survivorship research by providing an opportunity for its members to discuss ideas and develop collaborators. The SIG involves scientists from the CRN and other institutions.  The meeting will include a discussion of ongoing survivorship projects and new directions for collaborative research.                             
                                                                                                    

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Big Bend
Open Meeting

Disparities Interest Group - Leo Morales
Share ongoing research, develop multi-site proposals, and discuss new developments

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Board Room
Closed Meeting

ALS - Zahra Daar

7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Texas West Lobby

Conference Registration desk open

7:00 - 8:00 am
Austin’s Nature Trail along Lady Bird Lake

 5K Run/ 2K Walk  (organized by High Energy and Agility Training, Austin, TX on behalf of S&W)

7:00 – 8:00 am
Texas Ballroom 4 - 7

Poster Session 2 Set-Up

7:00 - 8:00 am
Hill Country A
Open Meeting

FDA Sentinel - Kimberly Lane
Review HMORN participation and FDA Mini-Sentinel project, which involves creating a “laboratory” for developing and evaluating safety surveillance scientific methodologies.

7:00 - 8:00 am
Hill Country B
Closed Meeting

The Journey for Control of Diabetes IDEA Study - Omar Fernandes
Discuss the study’s progress

8:00 - 9:30 am
Texas Ballroom
Breakfast buffet
beginning at 7:30

Plenary III: Early Career Investigators Awards – Introduction by Dr. Richard Beswick, PhD, MBA, Scott & White Healthcare
Early career investigators make significant contributions to the HMORN, making them one of the network’s greatest assets. The Network is committed to the success of young investigators through effective mentoring, access to local and shared data sources, cross-and site collaborations. The purpose of this plenary is to recognize and showcase the work of four exceptional early investigators. These investigators were selected by a competitive process that included a review of their current research and biosketches as well as statements from their mentors.  

A Methodology for Quantitative Measurement of Quality and Comprehensiveness of a Research Data Repository
Vojtech Huser, MD, PhD;  Marshfield Clinic

Propensity Score-based Sensitivity Analysis Method for Uncontrolled Confounding  
Lingling Li, PhD;  Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Adherence to Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure
Simrandeep Tiwana, MBA, PhD;  HealthPartners

Responses to Drug Costs: Year Three of the Medicare Part D Program
Vicki Fung, PhD;  Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

9:30 - 10:30 am Texas Ballroom 4 - 7

Poster Session 2 Review and Discussion
Health and Bioinformatics
Diabetes
Clinical Effectiveness
Managing Chronic Illness

10:30 - 12:00 noon
Hill Country A

C - B1 Managing Chronic Illness – Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH
This session will discuss patient and healthcare system charactertistics that influence the mangement of chronic illness.

eCare For Health: Evaluaton of On-line Care Management Program for Diabetes
Enid Hunkeler, MA,  Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

Strategies Used by Physicians to Treat Hypertension
William Rush, PhD, HealthPartners

The Association of Optimal Lifestyle Adherence With Emotional Health Indicators Among Active Employees
Thomas Kottke, MD, MSPH, HealthPartners

Trends and Predictors for Asthma Treatment and Control: 2002 to 2007
Jeanne Madden, PhD,Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

10:30 - 12:00 noon
Hill Country B

C - B2 Cancer I - Larissa Nekhlyudov, MD, MPH and Chyke Doubeni , MD, MPH
This session will present new findings on topics associated with the diagnoses and treatment of cancer.

A Panel of Markers with Potential Clinical Diagnostic Application
Nava Nawaz, MD, Geisinger Health System

Breast Density In Multiethnic Adolescent Girls
Rachel Novotny, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Patients’ Views On Delayed Diagnosis In Cancer
Kathleen Mazor, EdD, MS, Meyers Primary Care Institute

The Association of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in a Cohort of Osteoporosis Patients
Dayna Johnson, MPH, MSW, Henry Ford Health System

10:30 - 12:00 noon
Hill Country C

C - B3 Research and System Changes/Shared Decision Making I - Nirav Shah, MD, PhD and David Arterburn, MD, MPH
This session will discuss the inter-rated issues of patient behaviors (e.g., medication adherence) and healthcare system innovations that promote optimal healthcare utilizations and positive health outcomes.

Medical Homes-Relation to Quality, Cost, and Patient Satisfaction
Leif Solberg, MD, HealthPartners

Doctors’ Role in Their Patient’s Healing:  Practices of The Highest Performing Physicians By Patient Survey
Tom Janisse, MD, Kaiser Permanente

Development and Pilot Testing of Guidelines to Monitor High-Risk Medications in the Ambulatory Setting
Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Medication Adherence, Rehospitalization and ER Visits Following Hospitalization for Members of a Medicare Cost-Contract HMO
Angela Hochhalter, Ph.D, Scott & White Healthcare and Texas A&M HSC

10:30 - 12:00 noon
Hill Country D

C - B4 Cardiovascular – Catherine McNeal, MD, PhD and Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
This session will discuss new findings on a range of topics important in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in woman and hospitalized patients. 

Cognitive Impairment in Patients Hospitalized for Decompensated Heart Failure
Jane Saczynski, PhD, Meyers Primary Care Institute

Determining Genetic Risk Factors for Post- Hospitalization Development of Deep-Vein Thrombosis
Deanna Cross, PhD, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation

Missed Opportunities in CVD Prevention? Women with Elevated Blood Pressures in OB/GYN Clinics are Less Likely to Be Recognized as Hypertensive
Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Underuse of Aspirin in Women for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events
Cathleen Rivera, MD, MS, Scott and White Healthcare

10:30 - 12:00 noon
Foothills II

C- B5 Health and Bioinformatics  II – Walter Stewart, MPH, PhD
This session will include the discussion of methodological advances in the use of vaccine safety monitoring, electronic medical records and virtual data warehouses that lead to new knowledge and that have the potential to improve patient outcomes.

A Low-Tech Text Mining Approach to Reducing the Burden of Manual Chart Abstraction
David Carrell, PhD, Group Helath

H1N1 Vaccine Safety Monitoring in the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project:  New Challenges and Useful Lessons
Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School

Design of a Distributed Data Network for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Jeffrey Brown, PhD, Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

An Algorithm for Classifying Potential Cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis from Electronic Health Records Using Decision Tree Analysis
Kathleen Albers, MPH, Kaiser Permanente

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Foyer, Foothills II
Texas Ballroom 1-7

Conversation Café and Lunch

2:00-3:30 pm
Texas Ballroom 1-3

Plenary IV: State of the Network – Eric Larson, MD, MPH, MACP

This annual presentation is delivered by the current Chair of the HMORN Governing Board.  The Chair will provide an overview of the current "state of the Network" with a particular focus on new directions, opportunities and infrastructure being developed by the HMORN to provide administrative and research support to members of the HMORN who wish to find collaborators at other partnering centers or to prepare collaborative proposals. The annual presentation also provides an opportunity for the Chairperson to report the results of the daylong meeting of the Governing Board which occurs the day before the annual meeting.  The presentation will be followed by 15 minutes of a reactor panel to discussion on The HMO Research Network 2010: Opportunities and Challenges to Deliver on our Promise.

Reactor Panel Members:
Joe Selby, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Rachel Ballard Barbash, MD, MPH, National Cancer Institute
Nicolaas Pronk, PhD, FACSM, HealthPartners

This will be followed by an interactive Town Hall Forum.

3:30 - 4:00 pm  
Texas Ballroom 4-7

Break 
Removal Poster Session 2

4:00 - 5:30 pm
Hill Country A
Closed Meeting

CVRN ICD Study - Robert Greenlee
Working meeting of site investigators and staff involved in the Longitudinal ICD Study.

4:00 - 5:30 pm
Hill Country B
Closed Meeting

MEPREP - Kimberly Lane
Review the Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Risk Evaluation Program.

4:00 - 8:00 pm
Hill Country C-D
Open Meeting

VDW Implementation Group - Jeff Brown
This session will focus on planned improvements to the HMORN VDW.

4:00 - 8:00 pm
Foothills II
Closed Meeting

CERGEN-C - Tia Kauffman
A chance for the working groups to work together, each project to update the group, and to discuss future directions.

4:00 - 5:30 pm
Board Room
Closed Meeting

HMORN DUA Streamlining Workgroup - Ella Thompson

5:30 - 8:00 pm
Hill Country A
Open Meeting

CRN Patient-Centered Communication - Kathy Mazor and Neeraj Arora
Discuss new possibilities for projects and update on current ongoing communication.

5:30 - 8:00 pm
Hill Country B
Open Meeting

HMORN Obesity Special Interest Group - David Arterburn
Discuss recently completed, ongoing, and planned projects in areas of obesity treatment and prevention among adults and children.

5:30 - 8:00 pm
Board Room

Round Table on Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures – Jeff Braff
Administratively-oriented session to discuss conflicts of interest policies and procedures throughout the member organizations of the HMORN.  The purpose is to open up the discussion on the subject and to start networking with interested and involved individuals.

5:30 - 7:00 pm
Foothills I
Invitation Only

CRN Scholars Reception

7:30 pm

Poster 3 Set up

7:30 pm on

Enjoy Austin Restaurants and Music Scene on Your Own

7:00 am - Noon
Texas West Lobby

Conference Registration desk open

7:00 - 8:00am
Hill Country A
Open Meeting

Understanding the Value of the Distributed Research Network Tool:  Demonstration and Q & A with the Developers - Beth Syat
This session will include a hands-on demonstration of the uses and application of the Distributed Research Network and future plans for the Network. 

 7:00 - 8:00 am             Texas Ballroom 4-7

 Poster Session 3 Set up

7:00 - 8:00 am
Austin’s Nature Trail along Lady Bird Lake

H.E.A.T. Boot Camp (organized by High Energy and Agility Training, Austin, TX on behalf of S&W) 

8:00 - 9:30 am
Texas Ballroom
Breakfast buffet
beginning at 7:30

Plenary V: Cancer Research

NCI Program Officers and Cancer Research Network (CRN) investigators will provide an overview of where we are today with cancer comparative effectiveness research (CCER), the NIH's Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) and communications research. We hope that new opportunities that encompass CCER, including those that incorporate lessons learned from outcomes and communications research will emerge from this discussion.

Panel Discussant:

Martin Brown, PhD, National Cancer Institute
Cancer Research: Comparative Effectiveness, Outcomes and Communications, the View from NCI

Steve Clauser, PhD, National Cancer Institute
Advancing the Science of Patient Centered Outcomes Research in Cancer: Quality of Life

Dave Nerenz, PhD, Henry Ford Health System
The Use of PROMIS and the Assessment Center in Clinical Populations

Neeraj Arora, PhD, National Cancer Institute

Kathy Mazor, EdD, Meyers Primary Care Institute
CER, PCC and the CRN: Challenges and Opportunities

Elizabeth Trice Loggers, MD, PhD, Group Health

CERGEN: Comparative Effectiveness Research in Genomics & Personalized Medicine for Colorectal Cancer
Larry Kushi, ScD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Cancer Screening Effectiveness and Research in Community-based Healthcare
Chyke Doubeni, MD, MPH, Meyers Primary Care Institute

9:30 - 10:30 am
Texas Ballroom 4-7

Poster Session 3 Review and Discussion
Treatment Adherence
HMORN Technical
Cancer
Research and System Changes/Shared Decision Making

10:30 - 11:00 am

Break
Removal of Poster Session 3

11:00 - 12:30 pm
Hill Country A

C - C1 VDW Implementation – Marsha Raebel, Pharma D and Roy Pardee III, JD, MA
This session will focus on the use of statistical techniques and approaches associated with the HMORN’s Virtual Data Warehouse (VDW).

Building the Hypertension Registry: Adventures in Using The VDW Model
Heather Tavel, BS,  Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Creating a GIS Infrastructure to Evaluate Air Quality's Effect on Health Outcomes
Rick Krajenta, BS, Henry Ford Healthcare System

Using the Electronic Health Record to Create Population Denominators: Optimization using Insurance Enrollment
G. Craig Wood, MS, Geisinger Center for Health Research

How to Win Friends and Influence People with the SAS Output Delivery System
William Tolbert, MA, Group Health Cooperative

11:00 - 12:30 pm
Hill Country B

C - C2 Diabetes and Obesity – Matthew Gilman, MD and Vasu Raghavan, MD
This session will feature innovative research methods and interventions applied to the study of patients with diabetes.

Cost Effectiveness of a Simulated Physician Learning Program Improved Glucose Control in Adults with Diabetes
Todd Gilmer, PhD, University of California, San Diego

The High Five for Kids Study: An intervention to Improve Primary Care to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Matthew Gillman, MD, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

The Risk for Diabetes Mellitus among Women with Gestational Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Israel
Gabriel Chodick, PhD, MHA, Maccabi Healthcare Services

Using Electronic Health Record Data for Large Scale Studies of Pediatric Obesity and the Built Environment in Urban and Rural Settings
Walter Stewart, PhD, MPH, Geisinger Clinic

11:00 - 12:30 pm
Hill Country C

C - C3 Cancer II -  Angie Hochhalter, PhD,  Larissa Nekhlyudov, MD, MPH
This session will feature the diverse of cancer research in the HMORN by highlighting new evidence regarding screening, prevention and survivorship.

The CRN as a Setting for Research on (Childhood), Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Sarah Greene, MPH, Group Health Research Institute

Ethnic Differences in Interval Diagnosed Breast Cancers in South Carolina
Emily Smith, MSPH, BS, Scott & White Healthcare

Indicators of Lifetime and Annual Mammography Screening in the Brazos Valley
Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH, Texas A&M Health Science Center

Area Level Socioeconomic (SES) Conditions and Use Cancer Screening
Chyke Doubeni, MD, MPH, University of Massachusetts Medical School

11:00 - 12:30 pm
Hill Country D

C - C4 Research and System Changes/Shared Decision Making II – Tom Miller, PhD, MBA
This session will feature studies that inform and have the potential to change healthcare delivery.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI):  An Efficient, Non-invasive Alternative to Conventional Pre-surgical Planning in Neurosurgery
Jennifer Robinson, PhD, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

Home Medication Errors in Children: An Opportunity for Improvement
Kathleen Walsh, MD, MS, Meyers Primary Care Institute

Teen Tobacco Use and Depression in Primary Care
Virginia Quinn, PhD, Kaiser Permanente Southern California

Mammography Screening and Surgical Biopsies:  Are Women Being Subjected to Unnecessary Biopsies?
Azadeh Stark, PhD, Geisinger Center for Health Research

11:00 - 12:30 pm
Foothills II

C - C5 HMORN Administrator’s Annual Review and Planning
Tim O'Bar, Group Health
Ella Thompson, Group Health
Kate Rardin, HealthPartners Research Foundation

The administrator's group will review the activities and projects that were planned during the 2009 conference and solicit ideas for the coming year. Please join in the discussion. We would love to have participation from all member organizations. Current activities being discussed include Subcontract and Data Use Agreement Templates, Website Development, Organizational Structures and Benchmarking.

12:30 - 5:00 pm
Hill Country B
Closed Meeting

CRN Scholars - Jane Colagiovanni
Provide the scholars with an opportunity to meet face-to-face with the Program Directors, the Program Coordinator, and each other.  Agenda will include writing an abstract, meeting with a CRN leader, the NCI Mentoring program, a meeting with an HMORN leader, writing a discussion section, and meeting with a leader in health services research.

12:30 - 5:00 pm
Hill Country C-D
Open Meeting

VDW Implementation Group - Jeff Brown
This session will focus on planned improvements to the HMORN VDW.

6:30 - 9:00 pm
Invitation Only

CRN Scholars Dinner - Jane Colagiovanni

Conference Ends