Mark Splaine, MD, MS, Managing Director of EduHealth LLC, led a half-day conference entitled "Innovations in Research on Improving Safety, Quality and Value in Healthcare" at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis, MN. The conference was jointly sponsored by AcademyHealth and the Academy for Healthcare Improvement. Keynote speakers included Frank Davidoff, MD (The Dartmouth Institute), Beth Kosiak, PhD (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute), Dennis Scanlon, PhD (Penn State University), Lynn Soban, PhD, MPH, RN (West Los Angeles VA), Rebecca Miltner, PhD, RN (University of Alabama at Birmingham).