Join ACCP on Monday, October 19, from 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the 2015 ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy in San Francisco, California, for the keynote address titled, “Measuring Quality in Patient-Centered Care—Challenges and Opportunities,” presented by Michael S. Barr, M.D., MBA, FACP, executive vice president of the Quality Measurement and Research Group for the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Barr will review the big-picture framework for quality measurement in U.S. health care and explain how it aligns with measures in other developed countries. He will also discuss the differences and commonalities in what quality means to patients, providers, payers, and policy-makers. Attendees of the session will learn about the different quality measurement approaches that have been developed and deployed in various payer markets and about how clinical pharmacists can affect various areas of quality measurement of medication use.

Barr has served as the senior vice president of the Division of Medical Practice for the American College of Physicians (ACP) and as the chief medical officer of the Baltimore Medical System, Inc., and he was appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to the Maryland Health Care Commission in 2013.

Barr earned his B.S. degree in forest biology from the State University of New York – Syracuse, his M.D. degree from New York University, and his MBA degree from Vanderbilt University, and he has been board certified in internal medicine for more than 25 years. Early in his career, he worked for the U.S. Air Force as both a staff internist and a chief of internal medicine, and he has held several academic appointments. In addition, Barr has numerous publications focused on quality improvement, including the PCMH (patient-centered medical home). His work has been featured in publications such as the Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Journal of Oncology Practice, and American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

You do not want to miss this thought-provoking session at the 2015 ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy, to be held at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015.