WVGS 6th Annual Scientific Assembly - October 21st, 2010

This year's interdisciplinary educational conference was held at the Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, WV and featured Dr. Peter Hollmann as the keynote speaker.

Hollmann

Program Overview and Objectives

Seniors continue to be concerned that the Affordable Care Act will interfere with the single-payer system (Medicare) they rely and depend upon for their health care. WVGS and the WVGEC are very pleased to announce that our keynote speaker for the October, 2010's interdisciplinary statewide education conference was Dr. Peter Hollmann, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. Dr. Hollmann is also the Chair of the American Geriatrics Society's Public Policy Committeeand spoke with us about the Affordable Care Act and what it means for geriatrics and patients.

 

Other presentations in this year's meeting included a panel discussion on how to manage problem behaviors in patients with dementia; whether bisphonates should be continued indefinitely in older adults; whether cancer schreeing should be continued in the elderly and a panel discussion on interprofessional care in olkder adults and how to overcome the barriers in clinical practice and education. Again, we sponsored our annual training poster competition with our scholarship award winners to attend the 2011 AGS meeting in National Harbor, MD.

 

By the end of the conference participants were able to:

  • Review avialable long-term studies of the safety and efficacy of bisphonates therapy for osteoporosis.
  • Distinguish which pateints should be treated for osteoporosis with bisphonates and for how long.
  • State changes in Medicare benefits and payments.
  • Describe long-term delivery system redesign efforts focused on older adults and those with chronic illness.
  • Describe current published guidelines for breast, colon, and prostate cancer screening in older adults.
  • Distinguish the source materials behind the guidelines for cancer screening in older adults into their clinical practice and teaching.
  • Review new physician and hospital reimbursement paradigms, including Pay-for -Performance.
  • List three ways to increase effectiveness of pharmacist participation with the healthcare team.
  • Express an awareness of the value/role of an interprofessional team in the quality improvement process.