A two-day conference co-sponsored by the Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA) and the Section on Evidence Based Health Care (SEBHC) of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Conference Mission1. To provide a platform for constructive dia-

logue and collaboration between otherwise disparate perspectives that a!ect develop-ment of evidence based guidelines, their trans-lation to clinical practice, and their value and impact on health care and patient outcomes.

2. To illuminate the perspectives, processes, val-ues, principles, and circumstances that collec-tively impact health care pol-icy and its relationship to sci-entific evidence and clinical practice guidelines.

3. To highlight best practices for guideline development, dis-semination, and implementa-tion for producing clear, ac-tionable, scientifically sound, and trustworthy guidance that can improve quality of care, reduce unexplained variations, and avoid inappropriate or po-tentially harmful interventions.

The address this mission, the con-ference, co-chaired by Richard Rosenfeld (G-I-N NA) and Peter Wyer (SEBHC), is crafted around the following themes:

• From bench to trench: How evidence and guidelines shape health care policy.

• What makes a clinical practice guideline trust-worthy?

• Minding the message: The senders, givers, and users of guideline information.

• Making it happen: Adapting, implementing, and tracking.

Speakers

Confirmed plenary speakers include Mary Barton (NCQA), Sharon Begley (Reuters), Otis Brawley (American Cancer Society), Carolyn Clancy (AHRQ), Patrick Conway (CMS), Dave Davis (AAMC), Kay Dickersin (US Cochrane Center), David Eddy (Archimedes, Inc.), Ian Graham (CIHR), Gordon Guyatt (McMaster University and GRADE Working Group), Blackford Middleton

(Partners Healthcare System), Su-san Pingleton (University of Kan-sas), Sandy Schwartz (Wharton), Peter Bach, (Memorial Sloan Ket-tering), and Albert Siu (Mount Si-nai).

Break-out Sessions

The conference will also feature 12 interactive breakout sessions moderated by Michael Cantor (NYU), Louis Jacques (CMS), Marguerite Koster (Kaiser Perma-nente), Eddy Lang (Alberta Health Services), Richard Rosen-

feld (AAO-HNS), Holger Schunemann (McMaster University and GRADE Working Group), Rebecca Burkholder (National Consumers League), Amir Qaseem (ACP), Richard Shi!man (Yale Center for Medical Informatics) and others.

Evidence-Based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice and Stakeholders (E-GAPPS)

Date: December 10-11, 2012Location: New York Acad-emy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10029Admission: $245Registration: nyam.org/egapps2012

Learn MoreEmail: ebmny@nyam.orgPhone: (212) 419-3610

Funding for this conference was made possible [in part] by (grant number) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The views expressed in writ-ten conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.