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Supporting a conference on the scope and causes of avoidable medical care
This grant supports the Conference on Avoidable Care, whose purpose is to enlist physicians and thought leaders in addressing avoidable care culturally, scientifically and ethically; to draft a research framework to quantify the problem's scope and causes; and to formulate methods to reduce avoidable care. Avoidable health care includes inappropriate care, over utilization of routine services, and defensive medicine. This conference represents an opportunity to bring together physicians from a broad range of medical specialties and models to discuss the problem. The conference organizers' ultimate goal is to contribute to the effort to transform the culture of health care in the United States from one in which patients and providers focus on volume and quantity to one centered on value and quality. The conference program will consist of short keynote speeches and extended panel discussions. Keynote speakers will include Harvey Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine. The grantee anticipates approximately 50 participants. Deliverables will include a media conference, a white paper detailing a research agenda, papers submitted to journals on conference discussion topics, and social-media outreach.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $50,000.00
Awarded on: 12/4/2011
Time frame: 12/1/2011 - 5/31/2012
Grant Number: 69634
Grantee
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
21 Longwood Avenue
Brookline, MA, 02446-5329
617-732-1318
Website
Shannon Brownlee
Project Director
202-596-3408
Email
Vikas Saini
Project Director
617-732-1318
Email