Chronic Disease Management: Critical to the Quality and Cost Equation

8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Overview
Bruce S. Auerbach, MD, FACEP, President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Gregory D. Curfman, MD, Executive Editor, the New England Journal of Medicine 

8:30 a.m.

Population Management: Systems and Tools to Improve Quality and Sustain Costs - Global Aspects (.pdf, 17 pages, 332 kb)
Thomas H. Lee, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard School of Public Health, and CEO of the Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.
 

9:15 a.m.

Diabetes Management

Diabetes Management and Care Coordination in the Outpatient Setting (.pdf, 34 pages, 422 kb)
James L. Rosenzweig, MD, Director of Diabetes Services, Boston Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Medicine, BU School of Medicine

An In-Hospital Model for Diabetes Management  (.pdf, 32 pages, 474 kb) | Key References
Robert Dluhy, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston and Executive Director of the Thorn Center for Endocrine Disorders

Diabetes Management: A Team Approach (.pdf, 31 pages, 500 kb)
Rita McCarthy, ANP, CDE, Diabetes Management Service, Brigham and Women's Hospital

10:45 a.m.

Heart Failure Management

Inpatient Heart Failure Management: Risks and Benefits (.pdf, 28 pages, 784 kb)
Kenneth L. Baughman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Director, Advanced Hearth Disease Section, Brigham & Women's Hospital

A Systems Approach to Heart Failure: Critical for Success (.pdf, 22 pages, 682 kb)
George William Dec, Jr.,MD, Chief, Cardiology Division, Mass General Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

Heart Failure and Disease Management in a Vulnerable Population (.pdf, 17 pages, 108 kb)
Wilson S. Colucci, MD, Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Director, Cardiomyopathy Program, Boston Medical Center