The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a national leader in health accreditation, stages an annual Quality Talks conference. With a quest to “inspire the future of healthcare,” the Quality Talks are consistently groundbreaking and dynamic. Speakers share thought-provoking ideas on a range of healthcare topics. This year the COVID-19 pandemic is taking center stage.
Scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in Washington, DC, the event organizers debated what to do next under new social distancing rules. Cancel? Postpone? Following the example of the innovative ideas shared in its Quality Talks, NCQA opted for option three—Reimagine. And Contrast Creative helped them do it. In a span of mere weeks, our agile teams merged and forged a new path forward.
Contrast Creative developed a plan to deliver professional equipment to speakers’ homes across the USA, led online training sessions to help speakers set up their new in-home studios, and identified and implemented a unique remote recording technology that allowed speakers to record their talks with real-time direction. The high-quality recordings were captured using cloud technology and then edited together and enhanced with video, animation, and motion design.
These engaging Quality Talks were featured within the NCQA’s virtual event, which will still allowed attendees to have an interactive experience. Live Q & A sessions followed each Quality Talk with thought leaders like Dr. David Nash, MD, MBA, Founding Dean Emeritus & Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Jefferson College of Population Health, who addressed Population Health “BC and AC”: Before COVID & After COVID.