37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making

* Please note that the schedule, speakers and presentations are subject to change.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

9:00 AM-12:30 PM

Mills Studio 4

AM01 SMDM CORE COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL DECISION ANALYSIS (DECISION-ANALYTIC MODELING)
Ursula Rochau, MD, MSC

Sterling Studio 1

AM02 SMDM CORE COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO SHARED DECISION MAKING AND PATIENT DECISION AIDS
Mary Politi, PhD, Angela Fagerlin, PhD and Dominick Frosch, PhD

Mills Studio 6

AM04 ADVANCED TOPICS IN DECISION ANALYTIC MODELING
Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD and Elamin H. Elbasha, PhD

Mills Studio 5

AM07 DECISION MODELLING USING R
Petros Pechlivanoglou, MSc, PhD, Nicholas Mitsakakis, MSc PhD, Lusine Abrahamyan, MD MPH PhD and William W. L. Wong, Ph.D.

Mills Studio 8

AM08 MAKING BETTER DECISIONS IN CAUSAL ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING AND BAYESIAN NETWORKS
Jarrod E. Dalton, PhD, Adam T. Perzynski, PhD and Joseph J. Sudano, PhD

Mills Studio 2

AM10 PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE DATA VISUALIZATION
Carrie Bennette, MPH, PhD and Catherine Richards, MPH, PhD

Mills Studio 7

AM11 AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROSIMULATION IN HEALTH-STATE TRANSITION MODELS
David Naimark, MD, MSc, BSc

Mills Studio 3

AM12 ISSUES IN THE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH CARE COST DATA
Nicholas Mitsakakis, MSc PhD

9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Mills Studio 1

FD1 A BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO THE ART AND SCIENCE OF STATED-PREFERENCE METHODS
A. Brett Hauber, PhD and John F.P. Bridges, PhD

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Gateway East

TRAINEE LUNCHEON - TICKETED LUNCH; REGISTRATION REQUIRED

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

Mills Studio 4

PM01 SMDM CORE COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Jeffrey S. Hoch, PhD

Mills Studio 5

PM02 SMDM CORE COURSE: PSYCHOLOGY OF MEDICAL DECISION MAKING
Victoria A. Shaffer, PhD, Laura D. Scherer, PhD, Marieke de Vries, PhD and Negin Hajizadeh, MD, MPH

Mills Studio 6

PM03 WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PATIENTS? USING TOOLS FROM MARKETING AND EDUCATION TO ASSESS DISPARATE PERSPECTIVES AND IMPROVE DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
Nananda F. Col, MD, MPH, MPP, FACP, Geri Baumblatt, BA, MA, Jan Gollins, MBA and Danielle Walls, MA

Mills Studio 7

PM04 ANALYSING DECISION UNCERTAINTY TO INFORM FUNDING AND RESEARCH DECISIONS
Susan Griffin, PhD, Marta Soares, Msc, Elisabeth A.L. Fenwick, PhD and Christopher Parker, MSc

Sterling Studio 1

PM05 AN INTRODUCTION TO (PYTHON) PROGRAMMING FOR THE MEDICAL DECISION SCIENTIST
David Chartash, BEngSc, MHSc and William Bennett, MD

Sterling Studio 2

PM06 METHODS OF DISEASE MODEL CALIBRATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Ankur Pandya, PhD, Douglas Taylor, MBA and Vidit Munshi, MA

Mills Studio 8

PM07 INTRODUCTION TO AGENT-BASED SIMULATION MODELING
Oguzhan Alagoz, PhD and Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD

Mills Studio 2

PM10 INTRODUCTION TO IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
Enola Proctor, PhD and Byron Powell, PhD

Mills Studio 3

PM15 VALUE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS USING REGRESSION METAMODELING
Hawre Jalal, MD, MSc, PhD and Fernando Alarid-Escudero, MS

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Park View

NEW MEMBER AND FIRST-TIME ATTENDEE RECEPTION

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Grand Ballroom EH

PS1 POSTER SESSION I & WELCOME RECEPTION

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

INDUSTRY DINNER (RSVP REQUIRED)

8:30 PM-10:30 PM

Park View

WOMEN IN SMDM: ADVANCING CAREERS, IMPACT AND HAPPINESS

8:30 PM-11:30 PM

DINNERS WITH EXPERTS - OFF-SITE, PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Monday, October 19, 2015

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Grand Ballroom EH

PS2 POSTER SESSION II: LEE B. LUSTED FINALISTS' MODERATED POSTER SESSION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 AM-8:45 AM

Grand Ballroom D

WELCOME

8:45 AM-9:45 AM

Grand Ballroom D

KEYNOTE: THE POLICY GAME
Pierre-Gerlier Forest, PhD

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Ballroom BC

TRA-1 TOP RATED ABSTRACTS I

Grand Ballroom FG

TRA-2 TOP RATED ABSTRACTS II

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Grand Ballroom A

PANEL DISCUSSION: DECISION MAKING AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS NEW TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Selin Malkoc, PhD, Mary Politi, PhD, John Schneider, MD, MA and Joseph Goodman, PhD

Grand Ballroom B

SYMPOSIUM: TRANSLATING PATIENT PREFERENCE RESEARCH INTO REGULATORY PRACTICE
Anindita Saha, BS, A. Brett Hauber, PhD, Telba Irony, PhD, Holly Peay, PhD and John F.P. Bridges, PhD

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Grand Ballroom A

1A ORAL ABSTRACTS: PREFERENCES AND DECISION MAKING IN COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING

Grand Ballroom B

1B ORAL ABSTRACTS: STATED PREFERENCES AND DISCRETE-CHOICE EXPERIMENTS

Grand Ballroom C

1C ORAL ABSTRACTS: COST EFFECTIVENESS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE INTERVENTIONS

2:45 PM-4:15 PM

Grand Ballroom D

PLENARY: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA): PERSPECTIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT, PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS, PAYERS, AND PATIENTS
Craig Blakely, PhD, MPH, John Yarmuth, Nancy Foster, Nancy Dickey, MD, Murray Ross, PhD, Jeffrey Harman, PhD and Betsy Imholz

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Grand Ballroom A

2D ORAL ABSTRACTS: IMPROVING INFORMATION PRESENTATION AND PROCESSING

Grand Ballroom B

2E ORAL ABSTRACTS: ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS IN QUANTITATIVE METHODS

Grand Ballroom C

2F ORAL ABSTRACTS: APPLIED HEALTH ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Grand Ballroom FG

CAREER DEVELOPMENT PANEL
Natasha K. Stout, Ph.D., Ava John-Baptiste, PhD, Ewout W. Steyerberg, PhD, Angela Fagerlin, PhD and Ahmed M. Bayoumi, MD, MSc

Grand Ballroom D

PANEL: WHAT IS A "GOOD" MEDICAL DECISION? PERSPECTIVES FROM MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS: A SBM-SMDM CROSSTALK PANEL DISCUSSION
Erika A. Waters, PhD, MPH, Deb Feldman-Stewart, PhD, Mary K. Goldstein, MD, MS, Mikki Brewster, MSW and Simon Craddock Lee, PhD, MPH

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

SOCIAL EVENT: HOWL AT THE MOON

9:30 PM-11:00 PM

PAST PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION (BY INVITATION ONLY)

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Grand Ballroom EH

PS3 POSTER SESSION III & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 AM-9:00 AM

Grand Ballroom D

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Ahmed M. Bayoumi, MD, MSc

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Grand Ballroom D

LEADERSHIP AWARDS & SMDM MEMBER TRIBUTES

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Grand Ballroom A

3G ORAL ABSTRACTS: PATIENT-PROVIDER INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION

Grand Ballroom B

3H ORAL ABSTRACTS: CANCER OUTCOMES RESEARCH AND POLICY

Grand Ballroom C

3I ORAL ABSTRACTS: PATIENT PREFERENCES AND ENGAGEMENT

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Park View

EDITORIAL LUNCH (INVITATION ONLY)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Grand Ballroom FG

SYMPOSIUM: DO THE RIGHT THING - ETHICS, DECISION SCIENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
James Stahl, MD, CM, MPH, James DuBois, Dsc, PhD, Douglas White, MD, MAS and Luciana S. Garbayo, MD, PhD

Grand Ballroom C

SYMPOSIUM: PCORI UPDATE FOR SMDM
David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD, Harold Sox, MD, Mark Helfand, MD, MPH, Jean R. Slutsky, P.A., M.S.P.H. and William Lawrence, MD, MS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Grand Ballroom A

4J ORAL ABSTRACTS: AFFECTIVE EXPERIENCES AND DECISION MAKING

Grand Ballroom B

4K ORAL ABSTRACTS: APPLICATIONS IN OUTCOMES RESEARCH AND POLICY

Grand Ballroom C

4L ORAL ABSTRACTS: APPLICATIONS OF VALUE OF INFORMATION AND COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Grand Ballroom D

PLENARY: MOVING DECISION AIDS FROM RESEARCH TO REAL-WORLD SETTINGS
Karen R. Sepucha, PhD, Daniel Matlock, MD, MPH, Dawn Stacey, RN, PhD, CON (C), Matthew Handley, MD, Angela Fagerlin, PhD and William Lawrence, MD, MS