MINNEAPOLIS, March 24—The theme of MN Community Measurement's 2008 Forum, to be held April 16 and 17, will be "Connecting the Dots: Does Reporting For Results Matter?"

The forum will start with a half-day of practical workshops devoted to learning about MN Community Measurement depression measures and the newest direct data submission program, establishing a quality culture in your organization, developing a quality measurement framework and understanding the business, regulatory and quality case for collecting ethnicity and race data.

The keynote adress given Thursday night will be on the subject of "National Perspective on Healthcare," given by Lois Quam, a managing director at Piper Jaffray and Co.

The workshop sessions will be followed by a storyboard gallery walk and networking dinner.

Brochure and registration.