Next Steps
Session 5, 3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
June 5, 2004
Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care
2004 Colloquium
THE
COMMONWEALTH
FUND
Presentation Title
Building Bridges:
What’s on the Horizon?
Peter Kemper
Pennsylvania State University
1. Disseminate colloquium products
• Slides prepared for presentations
• Meeting Summary
• Issue Brief
• Posted on Commonwealth and
AcademyHealth web sites
2. Plan colloquium for next year
• Seek continued Commonwealth support
• Select topics with Advisory Committee
• Please suggest topics, additions, and
improvements on the Feedback Form
3. Encourage networks and workgroups
• Important goal of Colloquium: To
stimulate ongoing work on issues
– Networks of providers, policymakers,
researchers interested in Quality and in Duals
– Workgroups focused on specific problems
• Opportunity for breakout sessions on these
topics in future colloquiums
How best to develop productive
networks and workgroups?
• How can exchange be continued?
• What leadership is needed?
• How narrow should workgroup issues be?
• How can more people be engaged,
particularly providers and policy makers?
• Can networks, workgroups be funded?
• They must be grass roots efforts
What we will do
• Listen to your feedback
• Get the input of our Advisory Committee
• Communicate by e-mail the steps you can
take to become involved
• Centrally locate all information re:
workgroups at www.academyhealth.org/ltc.
What you can do
• Participate actively in a network
• Volunteer to be a workgroup leader,
member, or web board coordinator
• Suggest names of others who are interested
• Give your ideas about how networks and
workgroups might function productively on:
•
Feedback Form
Notice . . .
• There are many people working to
build the bridge
Finally, don’t forget:
• Long Term Care Interest Group
Business Meeting
– Sunday, June 6
– 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
– Room: Eaton
Further comments?
•
• Email: ltc@academyhealth.org