Submission deadline is now passed. Presenters will be notified by March 25th.
The Conference Planning committee invites you to submit an abstract for a podium or poster presentation at 2009 Canadian RAI Conference: Pulling it All Together: Integrating Health Information for Planning Policy and Practice, - June 22 – 24 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Please consider taking this opportunity to share your research, knowledge, expertise, best practices, and strategies.
Who Should Submit: Clinicians, educators, researchers, quality managers, implementation leads, and those responsible for policy development and planning.
Themes and Appropriate Topics:
This Conference will emphasize the value of “pulling it all together” – of working together with old and new partners, and of integrating the information we collect with data from other sources to inform planning, policy and clinical practice. Posters and presentations may focus on getting started on the RAI adventure, the challenges and successes of the implementation voyage, and the discoveries awaiting those who make the journey!
The following table is provided to offer some examples of topics relating to the conference themes and program streams.
| PLANNING | POLICY | PRACTICE | |
| LAUNCH (initiating) |
• Pre-implementation: assessing readiness • Infostructure requirements • Information needs to build business case • Change management strategies |
• Policy environment: issues and requirements • Policy development to support initiation • Using research to support policy |
• Engaging clinicians • Building knowledge and capacity • Business process change • Communication and education strategies • Integrating technology into practice • Integrating research into practice |
| VOYAGE (implementing) |
• Informing strategies • Processes to monitor and evaluate progress • Ensuring data quality • Collaboration of researchers and practitioners |
• Policy development to facilitate change in practices, processes, and information flow • Policy development that supports use of RAI evidence for care level/care setting decision-making |
• Using RAI information for individual care, organizational care, or regional decision-making • Engaging stakeholders (e.g., identifying team roles, involving families, etc.) • Facilitating information flow within and across sectors • Data audits and quality checks |
| PORTS OF CALL (integrating) |
• Integrating RAI with electronic health records • Using RAI data for program and system planning decisions • Facilitating transitions across the care continuum • Sustainability |
• Research meets policy-making • Evidence-based policy decisions through use of RAI data (e.g., funding, care level, care setting placement) • Policies support sustainability • Emerging portrait of health care systems across Canada and beyond informs policy |
• Incorporating RAI evidence in accreditation process • Incorporating RAI process in interdisciplinary practice • Integration of care across the continuum • Using RAI evidence to ensure care is appropriate (right clinician, right program or right care setting) |
