Posted August 15, 2012
The Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum: ?Preparing for a Changing Healthcare System? will take place on September 24-25, 2012 at the Boston Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, Boston, MA.? This forum is presented by The Disparities Solutions Center, and will provide the background, key drivers, and essential strategies to improve quality and achieve equity in a time of rapid healthcare system change. The forum will bring together professionals from multiple disciplines and health care organizations working in the areas of quality and safety, health disparities, diversity and equity, health policy, and health care design and delivery. Attendees will hear from leaders building the foundations for high-performing healthcare systems, accountable care organizations, and patient-centered medical homes, to deliver high quality, equitable health care to diverse populations. This will be an opportunity to network with leaders, colleagues, and peers from hospitals, health plans, health centers, and other healthcare organizations that are integrating disparities solutions into quality improvement, and innovating at the front-line. Sessions will be led by national experts in health policy, quality and safety, measurement and accreditation, as well as from leaders in healthcare delivery from around the country.? The agenda will include Grounding Sessions, Action-Oriented Workshops, and From the Front Line Learning Panels and topics will include:
Setting the Stage: Equity and Quality in a Time of Healthcare System Change
- Connecting the Dots: Articulating the Link between Equity and Quality
- ACO?s, PCMH?s, VBP??:? The New ABCs of Health Care
Moving from the Margin to the Mainstream: Understanding the Equity Drivers
- The Changing Landscape: Health Care Reform, Value-Based Purchasing, Equity and Quality
- Follow the Drivers to Equity and Accountability: Measurement and Accreditation
Being Prepared for the Future: Moving beyond Knowledge to Action
- REaL Data Collection: Lessons Learned and New Frontiers
- Laying the Foundation: Building a Measurement and Monitoring Infrastructure for Equity
- What can Emergency Room Dashboards Tell Us? Building a Data Foundation to Prevent Avoidable Hospitalizations
- Digging Deep into Disparities Dashboards: Perspectives from the Field
- It Takes Two: Measuring and Addressing Satisfaction between Patients and Physicians
- Hearing all the Voices: Identifying and Improving Patient Experience among Diverse Populations
- Crossing the Digital Divide: HIT and the Promise of Equity
- The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: Oral Health and Mental Health in Chronic Disease Management
- The New Prevention: Improving Safety and Reducing Readmissions in Diverse Populations
- A Smooth Transition: From Hospital to Home?and Not Back
- New Tools of the Trade: Limiting Medical Errors among the Limited English Proficient
- A Workforce Emerges: Coaches, Navigators, and Interprofessional Teams Tackle Disparities
- Showing the Way: Navigators and Prevention
- More than just Medicine: Addressing Social Determinants through HealthLeads
Special Sessions
- The Time for Action is Now: Unequal Treatment?10 Years and Counting
- What?s the Right Message?: Crafting an Equity Communications Strategy
For more information, including the final agenda and other details, please go to: http://wwibostoneventsandtours.cvent.com/Forum ?or visit www.mghdisparitiessolutions.org
*Please note that the date of the Forum is September 24-25 (formerly September 25-26).
Initial support is provided by Aetna, Inc., The California Healthcare Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, American Cancer Society, DentaQuest Foundation, and a private donor.
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