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There will be 8 workshops available during Wednesday – 8 October.
 
Workshops are FREE OF CHARGE for participants registered for the Conference.
 
If you wish to register, please send an e-mail to Ana Luisa Cardoso (ana.luisa.cardoso@gmail.com) indicating the workshop(s) you wish to attend.
 

All day 

Statistical Methods with Applications to DRG Analysis (Walter Sermeus and Jason Sutherland)
Duration: All day
Places available: 27
Summary: This workshop is relevant to professionals who routinely analyze data from case mix classification systems, such as DRG. The properties of the most common statistical methods will be discussed, assumptions explored, and alternatives debated. This workshop will provide a thorough grounding in the statistical methods used for DRG analyses and will review methods used. This workshop is intended for quantitative professionals with experience analyzing data with some background in statistical methodology. All conference participants are welcome, though the material will be directed towards methodology.
 

Morning (9.30 – 12.30)

A Smooth Introduction to Case mix for new comers (Jean-Marie Rodrigues, Dana Burduja, Terri Jackson)
Duration: 2h
Places available: 15
Summary: To give to new comers a basic knowledge of case mix and to inform them how to go further if they need.
 
Improving Data Quality Through National Benchmarking (Howard Davis, John Sandhu, Jon Evans, James Peskett)
Duration: 2h30m
Places available: 15
Summary: To share learning from the benchmarking aspects of the Payment by Results Data Assurance Framework
 
Coding & Case Mix Distance Learning (Syed Aljunid, Alicia Ferreira, Shahram Ghaffari, Kevin Ratcliffe, Thomas Schongalla)
Duration: 2h30m
Places available: 15
Summary: To have attendees leave the workshop with ideas on how to implement case mix in their country, and a method for overcoming language and other problems
that can be aided by distance learning and web resources.
 
Groupers, groupers everywhere... (Gareth Dear and Peter Broughton)
Duration: 2h30m
Places available: 15
Summary: This workshop aims primarily to i)explore the need for different groupers for different purposes; ii) assess the development cycle and timescales required; iii) discuss the continuing maintenance and support role required during the groupers cycle; iv) Discuss our experiences of working with a software developer.
 

Afternoon (14.00 – 17.00)

Exploring Case-mix Applications Beyond the Hospital Stay (Karen Kinder Siemens, Steve Sutch, Paulo Boto)
Duration: 2h30m
Places available: 15
Summary: The advantages that case mix offers toward more efficient management of patient care are not restricted to the hospital setting. As has been demonstrated in both public and private healthcare systems around the globe, case mix applications contribute to improved delivery across the entire health care system. The workshop is intended for policy decision makers, payer organizations, health care managers, health care consultants, and all those interested in improving the delivery of primary care.
 
Case Mix and Clinics (Michael Wilke, Carlos Elvira, Maria Angeles Gogorcena, Henrique Martins, Marc Berlinguet)
Duration: 2h30m
Places available: 30
Summary: To find out, which added value for clinical work and for the measurement of quality in healthcare systems can be drawn out of CaseMix – routine data.
 
Episode, Go with Workflow (Jacob Hofdijk, François Mennerat, Carolyn Hyden)
Duration: 2h30m
Places available: 15
Summary: The development of the next version of the CEN standard for Episode of Care has reached new dimensions, and will be discussed in a special workshop, Go with
the Flow Part 2.
 
Workshops are being sponsored by SCHERING-PLOUGH.