Call for Proposals

Call for Proposal Topics for 2009 Creating Connections Conference

Child Advocacy

Suggested topics for concurrent educational or multi-track sessions and poster presentations include:

New Ideas in Public Health Promotion

Ideas to Inspire and Drive New Thinking
Engaging and Innovative Partnerships
Creative Ways to Address New Risks

Enhanced Interventions in Children’s Health and Safety

Creative Ways to Address New Risks
Replicable Ideas that can be Adapted to Address New Risks or Populations
Enhanced Interventions in Children’s Health and Safety
Promote the “Version 2.0” of Well-Known Interventions

Successful Initiatives and Outcomes in Public Health Promotion

Collaborative Efforts
Evidence-Based Models
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Advancing Public Policy
Innovative Strategic Communications
Outcome Evaluation

Financial Management and Planning

Suggested topics for concurrent educational or multi- track sessions and poster presentations include:

Cost Efficiencies: Cost and Supply Services
Operating Margins
How to Measure and Communicate Productivity
Effective Business Warehouse Strategies
Building the Infrastructure of a Finance Department to Include Managing Multiple Relationships
Strategies for Managing Multiple Financial Models Including the Academic Medical Center, System and Larger Adult Hospitals
Growing Smart: The Integration of Information Technology
The Business Case for Implementing Lean and Green Design
Integrated Strategic Financial Planning Tools and Techniques
Financial Commitments to Family-centered Care
Innovative Incentive Programs to Address Pediatric Sub-specialty and Physician Shortages
Balancing Acts: Successful Recruitment Strategies That Offer The Right Mix Of Clinical and Research Opportunities For Physicians

Grants and Development

Suggested topics for concurrent educational sessions or poster presentations include, but are not limited to:

Engaging Physicians and Medical Faculty in Various Aspects of Philanthropy
Innovative and Creative Ideas With Major Gift Donors
Strengthening the Relationship Between Various Components of the Development Office to Achieve Fundraising Success
Motivating Volunteer Board and Committee Members
Attracting and Cultivating the Next Generation of Philanthropists to Your Hospital
Who Gets The “Credit” for Grant and Major Gift Dollars: Establishing a Win-Win Approach to this Issue
Sustainability of Grant Funded Programs
Strategic Planning, Identification, and Prioritization of Hospital Grant and Development Activities
Models of Successful Collaboration Between Development and Research Sponsored Projects Offices
Exemplary Stewardship of Corporate and Private Foundation Donors
The Relationship Between Federal Grant Program Support and Philanthropy/Development

NACHRI Data and Benchmarking

Accepting proposals for poster presentations that demonstrate how your facility uses NACHRI data programs and services (i.e. Annual Survey, CA-BSI Collaborative (Phase I or II), Case Mix, CPSP, FOCUS Groups, PQMS and VPS).

Pediatric Health Informatics and Technology

Suggested topics for concurrent educational or multi-track sessions and poster presentations include:

Health Information Technology for the Patient and Family
Consequences of Health Information Technology Implementation
Health Information Technology: A Tool to Improve the Quality of Child Healthcare
Health Information Technology and Innovations in Communication
Lessons Learned from Health Information Technology Implementation
Health Information Technology and Bedside Care
Dollars and Sense: Effective Use Of Health Information Technology
Using Ambulatory Information Systems to Increase the Cost Effectiveness and Quality Of Patient Care
Clinical Decision Support for Workflow Process Improvement
Technology that Enables Health Care to Manage Resource Allocation

Public Relations and Communications

In lieu of poster presentations, this learning track will accept entries for the Impact Award.

Suggested topics for submitting a proposal for concurrent educational or multi-track sessions include:

Leveraging Research Achievements for Maximum Public Benefit
Utilizing Multi-Media on The Web
Print vs. Electronic: Matching Communications Vehicles to Target Audiences
Communicating With Physicians
Balancing Marketing Needs in the Age of New Media
Crisis Communications
Measuring Advocacy Messaging
Maximizing Social Media on a Tight Budget
Leveraging Public Relations and Government Relations for State Level Legislative Action
Developing Advocacy Communications Campaigns (Public Health, Quality Improvement, etc.)
Combining Fundraising and Advertising For Program Success
Relationship Building With Community Hospitals

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Suggested topics for concurrent educational or multi-track sessions and poster presentations include:

Getting Boards on Board With Quality and Safety as a Core Strategy
New Approaches to Making a Business Case for Quality
The Role of Transparency and Quality in Marketing
Aligning Quality and System Goals
Involving Parents and Families in Care Decisions
Partnering with Families
Best Practices for Family Satisfaction and Experience
Quality Initiatives Resulting from Family Input
What are Important Quality and Safety Issues for Parents
Using Electronic Medical Records Data to Identify and Drive Quality Improvement Initiatives
Using Databases to Improve the Quality of Health Care
Technologies for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records