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SUMMARY:Journey to Equitable Health: How Do We Get There and Who is Leading the Way?
DESCRIPTION:Journey to Equitable Health:\nHow Do We Get There and Who is Leading the Way?\nTuesday\, November 1\, 8:30am-12:30pm\n(Includes breakfast and luncheon) \nThis program has been developed and is presented locally by ACHE of Massachusetts. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nAGENDA:\nAs healthcare leaders\, we embrace the principle that quality of care should not vary on the basis of the patients’ socioeconomic\, ethnic\, gender\, or geographic background. However\, despite significant efforts to expand access to high-quality healthcare\, inequities in the U.S. persist- especially in vulnerable populations. Collectively\, our healthcare system has an obligation to do better. \nSPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Steve Walsh\, President & CEO\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\nSteve will discuss the new 5-year extension of the MassHealth Medicaid waiver and its impact/meaning for advancing health equity initiatives here in MA. \n  \n  \n  \nAPPROVED for 1.5 ACHE Face to Face Credits \nAGENDA: \n8:00am: Registration/Breakfast \n8:30am: ACHE Annual Meeting \n8:45am: Welcome\, Diversity Leader Award Presentation \n9:00am: Opening Speaker: Thea James\, MD: Who Is Leading the Way? Boston Medical Center’s Vision for Transforming Healthcare \n9:50am: Networking Break \n10:30am: Panel Discussion: How Do We Get There? Strategic Pathways to Health Equity (see panelists below) \n12:00am: Adjourn to Luncheon \n\n\nKeynote Speaker: Thea James\, MD\nExecutive Director of the Health Equity Accelerator and\nVice President of Mission & Associate Chief Medical Officer\, Boston Medical Center\n \n\nIn-Depth Panel Discussion Featuring Moderator: Joy D. Calloway\, MBA\, MHSA\nExecutive Director\, National Medical Association and\nPast Executive Director\, National Association of Health Services Executives\n\n\n\n\nPanelists:\n\n\n\n\nMichael Curry\, CEO\, Mass League of Community Health Centers \nTonya Hongsermeier\, MD\, MBA\, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer\, Elimu Informatics \nEstevan Garcia\, MD\, MPA\, Chief Medical Officer\, MA Dept. of Public Health \nJoin us to hear from experts on:\n\nRacial\, ethnic\, socioeconomic and other disparities in healthcare delivery \nThe linkage of disparities to quality and safety; \nStrategies for preventing readmissions\, avoiding medical errors and improving patient satisfaction\nMethods for collecting patient data/monitoring disparities\nImproved coordination of healthcare delivery by utilizing other community resources\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://massache.org/event/journey-to-equitable-health-how-do-we-get-there-and-who-is-leading-the-way-2-5/
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center\, Burlington MA\, 500 District Ave\, Burlington\, MA\, 01803\, United States
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