2014 ACG Conference – Seattle

The 2014 JHU International ACG User Conference was April 27-30, 2014, in Seattle, Washington.

Attendees may view and download presentations by first registering on the ACG System website and then entering the Access Code provided at conference registration.

2014 JHU International ACG User Conference Presentations.

Workshops

Introduction to the New Features and Enhancements planned for Version 11

• Enhanced user control New predictive models focus on patients at risk for Hospital Readmission
• New markers and measures; 15 new EDCs, 3 new Rx-MGs and more!

Hands-on Workshop Focusing on ACG System Reporting Capabilities

• Learning to get the reports you need
• Creating custom reports using advanced filtering options

Featured Keynote presentations:

• Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, co-developer and Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins ACG System and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health describes the critical need for Health Information Technology (HIT) to transform the delivery of health care. LEARN MORE
• Edward Wagner, MD, MPH, Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, MACP, Director Emeritus, MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation and the developer of the Chronic Care Model, presents, “Moving the Chronic Care Model into the Future.”

Distinguished presenters:

• Senior Faculty from the Johns Hopkins University and the ACG System development team
• Designers and implementers of sophisticated predictive modeling and risk-adjusted applications
• Leading international actuarial, clinical and analytic experts on the cutting-edge of ACG System implementation and Fellow ACG System users from around the globe

Session highlights:

• The frontiers of population health measurement and predictive modeling, including our new model predicting hospital readmissions
• New ways of thinking about multi-morbidity and care coordination
• Presentation of the inaugural Barbara Starfield Award winning submission
• Rethinking how patterns of diseases can be identified
• Incorporating new data sources
• What’s coming in Version 11.0

Dean Ewald from the Minnesota Department of Health talks about the value of attending the ACG Conference.