2008 AFMC Quality Conference

May 22, 2008

Hot Springs Convention Center
134 Convention Boulevard
Hot Springs, AR 71901

PURPOSE

To educate Arkansas’ healthcare providers and quality improvement professionals about the opportunity to improve healthcare within four clinical settings: Long-term care, home health care, hospital and physician office. Through lectures and peer presentations, participants will learn successful quality improvement strategies, best practice models, and proven interventions.

You will learn:

• How to adapt your workplace to achieve the right care for every patient, every time
• How to use health information technology to improve care for your patients
• How to achieve the best outcomes in each health care setting: outpatient, hospital, home health or nursing home
• Other topics include a Medicaid update and how to deal with competing priorities in quality, and information about LEAN thinking

Who should attend:

• Physicians
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Respiratory therapists
• Physical and occupational therapists
• Acute care professionals
• Primary care professionals
• Long-term care administrators
• Quality improvement professionals
• Home health professionals
• Ancillary HC professionals
• Office managers
• Health information professionals
• Billers and coders
• Case managers/UR
• Administrators/CEOs
• Public health/state agencies
• Health care educators

For more information:
Call AFMC at 1-877-375-5700

Following the 2008 Quality Conference you're invited to attend:

Opinion Leader Forum

The Opinion Leader panelists will address:
› Access to affordable health care
› Wellness and prevention efforts
› Choices for short- and long-term care
Comment and question & answer period to follow.
May 22, 2008
Reception: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
Forum: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Hot Springs Convention Center Ballroom
The event is free. Please RSVP by May 19 by
calling 1-877-926-8300.
For additional information, call Sam Sellers at
1-866-554-5379.