Healthier Communities Through Collaboration

Posted by on November 15, 2010

Healthier Communities Through Collaboration

Tools and Techniques for Better Outcomes in an Era of Healthcare Reform

A One-Day Online Conference

Thursday, 18 November
11:00-18:00 Eastern (New York) / 16:00-23:00 GMT

presentations at this conference include
New Importance of Community Collaboration In the Era of Healthcare Reform
Kevin Shrake, MA, FACHE / M*D Resources, Inc. and former Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Belleville, Illinois

This presentation by Kevin Shrake will emphasize the critical value that collaboration can provide in support of community health assessment and improvement in light of recent U.S. health care reforms.

Frameworks and Tools For Improved Collaboration
Louise A. Kent, M.B.A., ASQ CQIA / Northern Kentucky Health Department and the National Association of County and City Health Officers; Bill Barberg/Insight formation and Paul Epstein/Results That Matter Team

These two presentations will highlight two of the most effective tools available for strategic planning in support of collaborative health improvement at the community level:  “Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships” (MAPP) and the “Community Balanced Scorecard” (CBSC). The two approaches are highly complementary. When used together they can reinforce each other to produce measurable improvements in the public health system and in community health outcomes.

Other sessions include

* Engaging Key Partners For Assessment And Improvement
* Case Studies Of Effective Collaboration For Health
* Promising Practices And Innovations
* Overcoming Obstacles To Successful Community Collaboration

about this conference
Communities around the globe today face a variety of significant challenges to making real gains in community health. From the threat of chronic disease to increased costs and limited resources, public health leaders must think and practice differently in order to achieve meaningful improvements.

Moreover, health care reforms (such as in the US and those proposed in the UK) present new or changed requirements for how we think about — and how we engage with — individuals, organizations and communities at large on public health issues.

This one-day online conference seeks to highlight and share promising practices and “lessons learned” about how we can best collaborate to implement strategies for healthier communities. It is an ideal opportunity to bring together a group of community partners to share in a powerful, inspiring and practical learning opportunity that doesn’t require the expensive registrations fees and travel costs of typical conferences. By having a group of partners share in this learning opportunity, you will be set up to quickly put these valuable ideas into practice.

Key subjects this conference will explore include:

* Why improved collaboration is essential for implementing community health strategies
* What it takes to make collaboration work: insights and perspectives from hospitals, private employers, schools and other partners
* Collaborative approaches to community health assessment and improvement
* Examples and case studies in community health collaboration
* No-Cost and Low-Cost ideas for improving community health
* Effect of recent health reforms on community health collaboration

We’re also inviting registrants to share their own mini-cases on a promising practices and innovations that support improved community health, as part of a Pecha Kucha session.* Following the participant presentations, there will be discussion of how the ideas might improve our own respective work. (If you would like to share what your community is doing during the Pecha Kucha, you’ll be able to sign up as part of the conference registration process.)

*A Pecha Kucha is a Japanese term that is loosely translated to mean “chit chat”; each presenter has a short period of time (6 minutes 40 seconds) to provide their report before we move on to the next person. This provides an opportunity to hear from your peers and increases the interactivity of the session.

agenda
See the complete conference agenda

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B6aTIFYKxzfTZmJjNGUzMTYtMzczZi00ZDllLWE5OTUtNmIzYmEwZWEzNmIx&hl=en

register

Registration is either Individual or Group.

Register at this link: http://www.publicdecisions.com/miniconf_health_2010nov18.html

Individual
Individual / $49 USD
By Session / $25 USD per session

Group
Small Group (Up to 5 people) / $99 USD
Medium Group (Up 6-10 people) / $149 USD
Large Group (11 people or more) / $199 USD

Government purchase orders accepted