2015 WREN Convocation of Practices

A huge success!

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2015 WREN Convocation of Practices
Developing a Road Map for Optimum Patient-Partnered Chronic Condition Management

Over 140 patients, advocates, nurses, doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, care managers, and researchers attended and gave their voice to the future research agenda for WREN.

Key questions identified for WREN to develop plans to address include:

• Can having patients set and articulate their life health goals change health outcomes?
• What is the most effective healthcare team to help empower patients to make sound health decisions and manage chronic conditions?
• What preventative measures could be enhanced to prevent chronic diseases? How can we best enable people to fully apply these to live their best lives?

Questions? Comments? Contact us!

Working Group Outcome

• WREN Research Agenda Developed

Conference Intro

Dr Hahn Intro to Conference (Video)
A Selection of Pearls (Video)

• A Selection of Pearls (Slides)

Plenary Speakers

• Donald Nease, Jr., MD ( Video )
  • Setting the Stage: Why Focus on Chronic Conditions
• Martha ‘Meg’ Gaines, JD, LLM ( Video )
  • Partnerships, Patients and Research, OH MY!
• Julie Schuller, MD, MPH, MBA ( Video )
  • Creating Quality Indicators that Matter to Clinicians and Patients

Panel Presentations

Self-Management Support and Chronic Conditions ( Video )

• Rodney Erickson, MD
  • Erickson – Self-Management Support and Chronic Conditions
• L J Fagnan, MD
  • Fagnan – Self-Management Support and Chronic Conditions

Major Challenges & Opportunities in Asthma ( Video )

• David Oshinsky, Patient Advocate
  • Patient’s Perspective on Severe Asthma
• David Hahn, MD, MS
  • Challenges & Opportunities in Asthma – A WREN Clinician’s Perspective
• Christine Sorkness, PharmD
  • Major Challenges & Opportunities in Asthma – The Research Perspective

Major Challenges & Opportunities in Diabetes & Chronic Kidney Disease ( Video )

• John Hawkins, MD
  • The Challenges of Chronic Disease Management – A Clinician’s Perspective
• David Feldstein, MD
  • Opportunities in CKD

Major Challenges & Opportunities in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease ( Video )

• Chuck & Joan Dorgan, Patient Advocates
  • Experiences, Challenges & Opportunities in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
• Brad Lepkowski, FNP
  • Underlying Challenges in Primary Care
• Barry Carter, PharmD, FCCP, FAHA, FASH
  • Research Opportunities to Improve Hypertension Control

Major Challenges & Opportunities in Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions ( Video )

• David Rabago, MD
  • Connecting Challenges and Opportunities in Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions
• Neil Binkley, MD
  • It’s Time to Prevent Bone Attacks