Conference on Practice Improvement: Constructing the Medical Home

The Conference on Practice Improvement: Constructing the Medical Home is designed to help any practice setting begin or continue the work to create a medical home in their practice. It provides a forum for the reflective redesign of practice roles and processes through the team approach. Attendees are encouraged to bring interdisciplinary teams from their practices.

Some key conference topics will include group visits, advanced access, patient education and self assessment, EHR readiness and selection, quality improvement, quality recognition, the idealized micro practice, and team care.

Conference Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, MO

Conference Dates: November 5-8, 2009

Who should attend?

  • Physicians
  • Faculty
  • Residents
  • Medical Students
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Medical Assistants
  • Pharmacists
  • Social Workers
  • Patient Educators
  • Certified Health Education Specialists
  • Dieticians

The conference is sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

"Far too many CME conferences leave you with little more than concepts, this one provides a blueprint, the foundations, and real life examples from your colleagues of how to make your practice a better experience for patients, staff, and yourself"—Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC."

Award Nominations for Practice Improvement and Patient Education

The following awards are now accepting nominations through August 1, 2009:

The Medical Economics Award for Innovation in Practice Improvement will be presented to a health professional or not-for-profit organization involved in developing programs and strategies for innovation in practice improvement by transforming office processes, promoting patient participation, and contributing to an office practice's overall success.

The H. Winter Griffith Award for Excellence in Practice Improvement Involving Patient Education
recognizes excellence in practice improvement that involves patient education produced by an individual or organization.

Registration Information

Conference registration will be available in August 2009

Hotel Information

The Conference hotel is the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, 200 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105
More hotel information will be posted when it becomes available.

Travel Information

Air Travel

For assistance in making your airline reservations for the conference, call Reward House, Inc, at 877-353-6690 or 816-295-3131. You can also e-mail your questions or travel preferences to Reward House, Inc staff at jhilburn@rewardhouseinc.com or timmerberg@rewardhouseinc.com for online assistance. Office hours are 8 am-5 pm (central time) Monday through Friday.

"The Conference on Practice Improvement was the best medical conference I have attended since 1979. In these challenging economics times it transformed a crisis into an opportunity. It helped me see the patient-oriented medical home as a true confirmation of core family medicine values."—Albert Meyer, MD, Medical Director, Coastal Family Medicine Center, Wilmington, NC

Host City Highlights

Kansas City is all about convenience. That’s why everything in Kansas City’s new downtown convention district is connected. Hotels, dining and entertainment are all within steps of each other. The New Kansas City Power & Light District turns downtown into a 24-hour-a-day, eight-block entertainment destination with more than 40 dining and entertainment venues. Other important shopping and entertainment districts include the Country Club Plaza—Kansas City's premier retail, dining and entertainment destination, offering 180 shops and dozens of fine restaurants nestled within old-world architecture and Westport— once the site of Civil War combat but now offering local boutiques and an array of restaurants and watering holes.

Be sure to explore the official Kansas City Convention and Visitors' Web site.

Session Specifics

The Conference on Practice Improvement offers more many peer-developed and peer-reviewed sessions. A searchable database of the entire conference offering will be available in August 2009.

Exhibitor Information

Exhibitors: EXPOSURE... CONNECTION... IMPACT

The Conference on Practice Improvement will attract family physicians, residents, nurses, health care professionals, and corporate health care partners who have a keen interest in products and services for practice improvement. Interested in exhibiting? Review the exhibitor prospectus or contact Melody Goller, at mgoller@aafp.org, (800) 274-2237, Ext. 3134. Don't wait - space is limited, and the exhibit hall will sell-out quickly!

Call For Papers

The 2009 Call for Papers is now closed.