HSR&D National Meeting 2009 — Defining Optimal Care: Balancing Quality, Cost, and Patient Preferences

The 27th National Meeting of VA's Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) will be held February 11-13, 2009 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD.

Hosted by HSR&D's Center for Clinical Management Research, located at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the meeting will feature important plenary sessions, and competitively selected oral presentations, workshops, and posters. In addition, there will be solicited breakfast sessions and workshops as well as ample opportunity for networking and collaboration.

The theme of the 2009 meeting, "Defining Optimal Care: Balancing Quality, Cost, and Patient Preferences," was selected because of HSR&D's commitment to examining best practices in implementing state-of-the-art health care for veterans. It is especially timely given the unique needs of our returning Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans.

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