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MQI Presentation Archives

Below, you'll find PowerPoint slide sets from past MQI meetings/presentations. We hope you'll find them useful.



October 24, 2007
"Reducing Length Of Stay At Memphis Area Hospitals"
Baptist Memorial Healthcare: Darla Belt
Methodist Healthcare System: Jerry Maliot, MD
St. Francis Hospital: Michael Lachina, MD
Regional Medical Center: Craig Dorko, MD

Baptist slides
Methodist slides
St. Francis slides
Regional Medical Center slides



October 24, 2007
"Length of Stay Imperative in Health Care"
Key Speaker: David Bernard, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Beth Israel Medical Center
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September 6, 2007
"Pay for Performance and Public Reporting for Physicians"
Keynote Speaker: Susan Nedza, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CMS Region V
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September 6, 2007
"BCBST Pay for Performance (P4P) and Transparency Program"
Allen Naidoo, PhD, CHES
Director of Medical Informatics
BlueCross and BlueShield of Tennessee
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September 6, 2007
"Provider Evaluation, Transparency, and Pay For Performance "
Robert H. McLaughlin, MD FACS
Medical Director, Cigna
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September 6, 2007
"Premium Designation Program"
Richard Lachiver, MD
Senior Medical Director, United Healthcare
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March 23, 2007
"Spending, Quality, and the Paradox of Plenty"
Elliott Fisher, MD
Dartmouth Medical School

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for streaming video.



March 23, 2007
"Quality Improvement in the Care of Chronic Kidney Disease"
Stephen Schwab, MD
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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for streaming video.


Visit the UT Telehealth CME Website for these and other streaming video feeds of physician-oriented Internal Medicine lectures.


December 7, 2006
The Development of an Oncology Measure Set:
"A Journey of a 1000 miles begins with a step"
   Rodger J. Winn MD
   Director, Cancer Project
   National Quality Forum
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Other presentations to follow!