Conference 12/4-12/6:10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health

Abt Associates staff members will present two posters at the upcoming 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth, this forum aims to bridge the gap between evidence, practice, and policy in health and medicine. This year's theme is A Decade of Progress and the Path Forward, and focuses on the accomplishments and challenges in the field as well as taking a look at the opportunities ahead. 

Abt staff will present the following:

Monday, December 4, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Poster A-125 Implementing clinical strategies based on the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline: Experience of primary care clinics
Wesley Sargent, CDC; Sarah Shoemaker, Abt Associates; Jan Losby, CDC; Doug McDonald, Abt Associates; Leigh Mathias, Abt Associates

Monday, December 4, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Poster A-124 Developing clinical quality improvement (QI) measures related to CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline to support safer prescribing of patients on opioid therapy in primary care
Wesley Sargent, CDC; Holly Swan, Abt Associates; Christina Mikosz, CDC; Sarah Shoemaker, Abt Associates; Jan Losby, CDC; Doug McDonald, Abt Associates; Leigh Mathias, Abt Associates

When: December 4-6, 2017

Where: Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA

For more information, visit the conference website. 

Read more about Abt's work in Health Policy. 

Read more about how Abt Associates is working with partners to develop measures and tools to support the implementation of safer opioid prescribing practices.