RECENT EVENTS
Community Health Institute
Transforming Community Health: Leading Change Under Chapter 58
Hyannis, MA
May 9-11, 2007

PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9

 Genetics and the Environment: Where Public Health Meets the Community Health Care System

• Robert Knorr, Director of Environmental Epidemiology, Center for Environmental Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Critical Decision Making: A Table Top Exercise Facing an Emergency in Real Time

• Paul Biddinger, MD, FECEP, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Preparedness

 

THURSDAY, MAY 10

Opening General Session: A Vision of Public Health Moving Forward

• John Auerbach, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

The Importance of a Health Care Home: Approaches to Promoting Primary Care

• Ediss Gandelman, Managing Director, Community Care Alliance

• Kim Simonian, Public Payer Policy and Operations Manager, Partners HealthCare

Health Disparities and Health Reform: Opportunities and Challenges

• Roderick K. King, MD, MPH, Senior Faculty, Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Solutions Center

• Paul Mendis, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Neighborhood Health Plan
  Pam Siren, RN, MSN, Vice President for Quality and Compliance, Neighborhood Health Plan

Making New Market Tax Credits Work

• Allison Coleman, CEO, Capital Link
  Terry Glasscock, Project Consultant, Capital Link

Managing Through Change

• Dianne Durkin, President, Loyalty Factor, LLC

 

FRIDAY, MAY 11

The HRSA Agenda from the Federal Budget to HIT

• Gina Capra, Division Director, Boston Regional Division-Office of Performance Review, Health Resources and Services Administration

• Elizabeth Handley, Director, Division of Policy and Development, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration

Leveraging Diversity as an Asset in Business Strategy

• Shandi Dowd, Director, Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
  Roberta Goldman-Wilkinson, Senior Director of Human Resources, Neighborhood Health Plan
  Kim Wong, RPh, Clinical Pharmacist, Neighborhood Health Plan

 

Update of Fraud and Abuse

• Robert Griffin, Partner, Krokidas and Bluestein, LLP

• Jacqueline C. Leifer, Esq., SeniorPartner, Feldman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLP

 

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