Event Title:

2010 ACT Annual Meeting

 

Sponsored By:

Texas Children's Hospital and Texas Department of State Health-Texas Asthma Control Program
 

Event Date/Time:

Start: 9/24/2010 11:00:00 AM
End: 9/25/2010 1:30:00 PM
 

Speaker:

 
See tentative agenda below
 
 

Location:

Texas Children's Hospital, Abercrombie Building B1, TCH Auditorium
 

Pricing:

 
Before 17-Sep-10
Before 23-Sep-10
After 23-Sep-10
Member:
$50.00
$50.00
$60.00
Non-Member:
$95.00
$95.00
$105.00
Exhibitor:
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
 

Event Deadline:

09/23/2010 23:45
   

Event Notes:

Accreditation/Credit Designation: Texas Children's Hospital is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Texas Children's Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.

 

 

TENTATIVE AGENDA   

 

Friday       September 24, 2010
11:00AM-12:00PM         Registration
12:00PM-1:00PM           Lunch/Ozone Theatre
 
COMMUNITY BASED EFFORTS
1:00PM-1:30PM    Texas Asthma Burden Report - Texas Department of State Health Services
Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, MHA, DrPh
 
1:30PM-2:00PM    Addressing the Needs of Inner City Children with Asthma: The Asthma Counselor Model.
Pamela R. Wood, MD
 
2:00PM-2:30PM    Building a Successful Coalition
Karen Meyerson, RN, MSN, FNP, AE-C
 
2:30PM-3:00PM    Community Based Efforts - Panel Discussion
Karen Meyerson, RN, MSN, FNP, AE-C, Barbara Langham, RN, Pamela Wood, MD, and Teresa Blake, RN, MPH.           
Moderator - Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH
 
3:00PM-3:30PM    Break
 
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
3:30PM-4:00PM     Integrating Government Partnerships for Healthy Homes
Brenda Reyes, MD, MPH
 
4:00PM-4:30PM     Houston Air Quality, Regulation and Legislation
Matthew Tejada, PhD
 
SCHOOL BASED ACTIVITIES
4:30PM-5:00PM     Managing Asthma in a School Setting: The HISD Asthma Program
Teresa Blake, RN, MPH and Jennifer Ochoa-Vela, CHES


Saturday  September 25, 2010
8:00AM-8:30AM     Registration
 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
8:30AM-9:00AM    Asthma Care Management Program and Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano: What is
Effective Asthma Care Management within the Context of an Integrated Delivery System?
Barbara Langham, RN
 
9:00AM-9:30AM       Applying Quality Improvement Processes: Improving Asthma Care within Infrastructures
Barry Lachman, MD, MPH
 
9:30AM-10:00AM      Evidence Based Guidelines for Pediatric Asthma: Improving Quality of Care
Charles G Macias, MD, MPH
 
10:00AM-10:30AM         Exhibits/Break
 
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA
 
10:30AM-11:00AM         Advances in Medical Management of Asthma
William J Calhoun, MD
 
11:00AM-11:30AM         If You Can Treat Asthma You Can Treat Tobacco Dependence: Strategies From the American College of Chest Physicians Tobacco Dependence Treatment Toolkit, 3rd Edition
Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH
 
UPDATE ASTHMA COALITION ACTIVITIES
11:30AM-12:00PM         Building on a Foundation: Asthma Coalition of Texas Activities (ACT Tool Kit)
Barry Lachman, MD, MPH
 
12:00PM-12:30PM         LUNCH/Networking
 
EDUCATION
12:30PM-1:00PM           National Asthma Educator Certification Board AE-C:  Asthma Education and Certification - Panel Discussion
Stuart Abramson, MD, PhD and Harold J Farber, MD, MSPH.
Moderator- Paul Kloppe, RRT, AE-C
 
1:00PM-1:30PM     Implementing Asthma Education in a Hospital Setting
Kai Sanders, MA Ed
 
LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY
1:30PM-2:00PM     Engaging Stakeholders
Sara Dreiling, MBA and Jennifer Cofer, MPH, CHES, AE-C

2:00PM-2:30 PM Evaluations                                                                                                                                                                                

Agenda is subject to change.
Revisions to previous agenda are highlighted.

Sponsored by

  

 
 
 
 

Event Comments:

HOTEL INFORMATION
 
A block of rooms have been designated for your convenience during our conference at the Hilton Houston Plaza/Medical Center,  6633 Travis Street, Houston, Texas 77030-1308
 
Hilton Hotel Conference Rate: $ 109 per night.
Click on the link below to make your reservation for your hotel accomodations.
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/HOUMCHF-ASC-20100922/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG
You may also call the hotel's 24 HR Central Reservations line at 1-800-HILTONS or 1-800-445-8667 and ask for the group by name:  Asthma Coalition of Texas or the Group Code:  ASC on or before the cut off date of 9/03/2010.  

 
 

Speaker Information:

Speaker bios will be posted when available.
 
 

Contact Name:

  Gladys Casper

Contact Phone:

  (903) 581-2242

Contact Fax:

 

Contact Email:

  asthmacoordinator@gmail.com
 

 

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