Presentations

"Partnership for Patients-Hospital Engagement Network National Webinar" (.wmv)
In the first 10 minutes of the webinar, Dr. Jack introduces some emerging concepts about readmission reduction programs.

"Preventing Readmissions. Challenges to Implementing Readmission Reduction Programs," Webinar for Hospital Engagement Networks hospitals. Presented by Brian Jack, June 6, 2012. Webinar Recording (.wmv)

"What is the best form of post-discharge communication?" Presented by Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco via QuantiaMD. April 2011.

"Reducing HF Readmissions: The Creighton Story Using Project RED," Cathy Jesus MSW CSW and Dianne Hayko, RN MS. Creighton University Medical Center. 2011.

"Longitudinal Remote Follow-Up by Intelligent Conversational Agents for Post-Hospitalization," Presented by CA Pfeifer, L., Bickmore, T. at AAAI 2011 Spring Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Health Communication, Palo Alto, 2011.

"Project RED: The ReEngineered Discharge. Reducing 30 Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rates," Presented at National Medicare Readmissions Summit, Washington DC. Presented by Brian Jack, June 7-8, 2001. Link to video

"Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) to Improve the Hospital Discharge Process & Reduce Hospital Readmissions," Presented at World Research Group, The 2nd Annual National Forum on Reducing Hospital Readmissions, Philadelphia, PA. Presenters Shaula Forsythe and Chris Manasseh, April 21, 2010.

"Conversational Agents for Patient Education and Counseling," Presentation to AHRQ National Advisory Committee, Rockville MD, Presented by Tim Bickmore, April 9, 2010.

"The ReEngineered Discharge," Webinar to the VA Natiional Transtions Study Group, Presented by Brian Jack, April 5, 2010.

"Project RED: The ReEngineered Discharge. Reducing 30 Day All Cause Rehospitalization Rates: A CQI Adventure," Maine Quality Forum's "Heart Failure and Readmission Reduction Summit." Augusta Maine. Presented by Charles T Williams, MD, March 30, 2010.

"Reducing Readmissions - Skills for success," Indiana Hospital Association, Indianapolis Indiana. Presented by Chris Manasseh, March 23, 2010.

“Anthropomorphic Interfaces for the Underserved”, Stanford Seminar on People, Computers, and Design, Stanford University, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, March 12, 2010.

“Relational Agents for Patient Education and Counseling," Biomedical Informatics Seminar, University of Arizona/Arizona State University College of Medicine, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, March 10, 2010.

“Personal Health Advocates”,  Arts, Media and Engineering Program Seminar, Arizona State University, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, March 10, 2010.

“Personal Health Advocates," GVU Brown Bag talk, Georgia Tech, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, March 4, 2010.

"Implementing the ReEngineered Discharge," Invited Speaker at the Exempla Good Samaritan Hospital, Lafayette, CO. Presented by Michael Paaschle-Orlow, February 25, 2010.

“Managing Patient Care Transitions: How Health IT Can Reduce Unnecessary Rehospitalization,” National Web-based Teleconference on Transitions in Care with 1300 registrants, Presented by Stephen Jencks, Brian Jack and Terry Field, February 24, 2010.

“The ReEngineered Discharge,” UMMS Grand Rounds, Worcester, MA, Presented by Brian Jack, February 25, 2010. 

"Lessons Learned from Project Red - Optimizing Care Transitions," Grand Rounds at Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. Presented by Michael Paaschle-Orlow, February 23, 2010.

“Relational Agents for Patient Education and Counseling," invited talk given at the North Shore Cardiovascular Nursing Association Annual Meeting, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, February 4, 2010.

“Project RED: The Steps Boston Medical Center Took to Implement National Quality Forum (NQF) Safe Practice 11 by using Discharge Advocates to Reduce Hospital Re-Admissions,” Case Study for The World Health Care Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Hospital Re-Admissions, Presented by Chris Mannaseh and Shaula Forsythe, January 28, 2010.

"The Role of Depression in Rehospitalization," Grand Rounds at the Department of Psychiatry, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, NY. Presented by Michael Paaschle-Orlow January 26, 2010.

“Project RED:  The ReEngineered Discharge,” AHRQ-NORC National Webinar on  Transitions in Care:  Managing Patient Care Transitions—How Health IT can Reduce Unnecessary Re-Hospitalizations, Presented by Brian Jack and Lynn Schipilleti, January 15, 2010. 

“Comprehensive Discharge Planning for Stroke Patients,” SCORE-Stroke Collaborative Reaching Excellence in Massachusetts, Weborough, MA, Presented by Chris Manasseh, January 12, 2010. 

“The ReEngineered Discharge program:  Adapting this Evidence-based Process for Ambulatory Mental Health Applications,” webinar sponsored by Centerstone, Nashville, Tennessee (leader in providing ambulatory mental health care throughout the Midwestern US), Presented by:  Brian, Jack, MD, Monday December 14, 2009. 

"The Re-Engineered Discharge Program," Northern New England Geriatric Education Center's Effective Geriatric Care Transitions: A Patient and Family Centered Approach, Presented by: Brian Jack, MD, Thursday, December 10, 2009.

"Implementing the ReEngineered Discharge," Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.Michael Paaschle-Orlow, Invited Speaker, December 1, 2009.

“Reducing Hospital Readmissions Using a Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge Process,” AHRQ sponsored webinar for CVE members, Presented by Brian Jack, November 23, 2009.

“Clear Communication Practices for Safer Healthcare (Safe Practices 12-16),” web conference with TMIT, Presented by Kimberly Visconti, RN, November 19, 2009. To view this webinar, click on the hyperlinked title of the presentation.

“Clinical Content of Preconeption Care,” Opening plenary presented at the Improving the Grade:  Promoting Healthy Birth Outcomes through the Prevention of Prematurity, Birth Defects and Infant Mortality sponsored by March of Dimes Ohio Chapter and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Ohio, Presented by Brian Jack, November 16, 2009.

“Project RED:  Reducing 30-Day All Cause Readmission Rates,” Grand Rounds presentation, North Shore Medical Center-Salem Hospital, Salem Massachusetts, Presented by Brian Jack, MD, November 13, 2009. 

“Project RED, The Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge Program,” CIMIT: Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, October 27-28, 2009.

“Care Transitions Panel,” AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement® (PCPI), Presented by Larry Culpepper, October 23, 2009. 

"Research priorities for health literacy and health information technology," Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Plenary Address presented by Michael Paaschle-Orlow, October 19, 2009.

“Intelligent Caring Machines: Real Emotions in Virtual Worlds,” Future of Health Technology Summit 2009, MIT, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, September 29, 2009.

“Project RED: The ReEngineered Discharge” Reduce Hospital Readmissions for High Risk Patients: A Conference for Health Plans on Translational Care Models, Presented by Brian Jack, September 23, 2009.

“Personal Health Advocates,” University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne Computer Science Colloquium, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, September 23, 2009.

“Personal Health Advocates,” University of Twente Computer Science Colloquium, Twente, Netherlands, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, September 17, 2009.

“The ReEngineered Discharge,” Plenary Presentation at AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference, Presented by Brian Jack, September 14, 2009.

“Reengineer Your Discharge Process to Reduce Rehospitalizations and Protect Your Bottom Line,” Webinar with AHA Media, August 4, 2009.

“Taking the Time to Care: Empowering Low Health Literacy Hospital Patients with Virtual Nurse Agents,” webinar to Innovation Learning Network, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, July 24, 2009.

“Relational Agents for Patient Education and Counseling,” Mass General Hospital Anesthesiology Staff Meeting, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, May 8, 2009.

“The ReEngineered Discharge,” Grand Rounds Presentation at the University of Scranton, Presented by Brian Jack, May 5, 2009. 

“Relational Agents: Adding the Human Touch to Telemedicine,” Patient-Centered Computing and eHealth: Transforming Healthcare Quality, sponsored by Partners Healthcare and Harvard Medical School, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, May, 2, 2009. 

"Taking the Time to Care: Empowering Low Health Literacy Hospital Patients with Virtual Nurse Agents," CHI 2009 Conference, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, April 8, 2009.

“Health IT to Improve Anticoagulation Use,” National Association of Thrombophelia and Thrombosis (NATT), Presented by Brian Jack, April 6, 2009. 

“Interface between Hospital Discharge and the Medical Home,” Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians, Presented by Brian Jack, April 3, 2009.

"Improving Patient Safety: Implementing Re-Engineered Hospital Discharges Web Conference," web conference with AHRQ, Presented by Dr. Brian Jack and Dr. Timothy Bickmore, March 31, 2009. To view this webinar click on the hyperlinked title of the presentation and then fill out the AHRQ registration form.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” Webcast with National Association of Health Plans, Presented by Brian Jack, February 26, 2009.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” Webcast with CMS contract recipients, Presented by Brian Jack, January 12, 2009.

"Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” UMass Memorial Medical Center Grand Rounds, Presented by Brian Jack, December 9, 2008.

“A RCT to Reduce Cariopulmonary Rehospitalizations,” American College of Physicians’ National Health Communications Conference, Washington, DC, Presented by Timothy Bickmore and Brian Jack, November 19 2008.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” NAPCRG, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Presented by Chris Manasseh, November 17, 2008.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” National Patient Safety Foundation, Nashville, TN, Presented by Brian Jack, May 14, 2008.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” American Data Network Leadership Conference, Little Rock, AR, Presented by Brian Jack, May 1, 2008.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” Semmelweis Medical University Annual CME Course, Lake Balaton, Hungary, Presented by Brian Jack, April 17, 2008.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” Society for Teachers of Family Medicine’s Conference on Practice Improvement, Newport Beach, CA, Presented by Chris Manasseh, November 8-11, 2007.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” Yankee Alliance Senior Executive Conference, Woodstock, VT, Presented by Brian Jack, October 23, 2007.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” UCSD Medical Center’s Patient Safety Conference: Safe Passages, San Diego, CA, Presented by Brian Jack, September 28, 2007.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Discharge,” AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference: Improving Healthcare, Improving Lives, Bethesda, MD, Presented by Brian Jack, September 27, 2007.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge,” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, Presented by Brian Jack, July 3, 2007.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge,” East Boston Best Practices, Boston, MA, Presented by Brian Jack, June 13, 2007.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge,” National Patient Safety Meeting, Washington, DC, Presented by Brian Jack, May 4, 2007.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge,” Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, Chicago, IL, Presented by Brian Jack, April 26, 2007.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge,” Boston Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine Research in Progress Meeting, Boston, MA, Presented by Brian Jack, February 27, 2007.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge,” Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA, Presented by Brian Jack, November 30, 2006.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge Process,” NIH Grantee Meeting: Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy, Presented by Michael Paasche-Orlow, October 31, 2006.

“Relational Agents Group Demonstrations: Portable Exercise Coach and Virtual Nurse,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Presented by Timothy Bickmore, September 25, 2006.

“Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge,” Agency for Healthcare and Quality, Washington, DC, Presented by Brian Jack, June 5, 2006.

“NQF Safe Practice: Discharge Systems,” NPSF Patient Safety Congress, San Francisco, CA, Presented by Brian Jack, May 12, 2006.

“Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge for Safety and Accountability: Introducing the Discharge Advocate,” Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference, Washington, DC, Presented by Jeffrey Greenwald, May 5, 2006.

“Understanding and Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge Towards Safety and Accountability,” Presented by Jeffrey Greenwald, March 11, 2006.

“Patient Safety in the Transition from Hospital to the PCP,” Presented by Brian Jack to the National Quality Forum, December 2, 2005.