2011 Annual Meeting: Annual Education Program

Patients First -- Social Accountability: The Mission of Medicine

(All presentations are in .pdf format. View speaker bios by clicking on the speaker's name)

8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions
Alice A. Tolbert Coombs, MD, MMS President

  
8:05 a.m.Moderator Opening Remarks
Liz Walker, Founder and Principal, The Walker Group, LLC
 
8:35 a.m.  Why Hospitals Should Fly (26 pages)
John J. Nance, JD, Air Safety Analyst and Advocate, Founding Board Member of the National Patient Safety Foundation
 
9:20 a.m.  Social Determinants of Health and Equity (105 pages)
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity, Division of Epidemiology and Analytic Methods, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
10:20 a.m. Curriculum Development and Training Programs in Support of Patient-Centered Care (24 pages)
Robert F. Woollard, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Royal Canadian Legion Professor and Head of the  Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Canada
  
11:05 a.m. 

Panel Presentations/Discussion - (Each panelist presents for 15 minutes)

1. Consequences of Urban Trauma on Health Care Reform (20 pages)
John A. Rich, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Drexel University School of Public Health

2. Social-Contextual Issues of Health Care (9 pages)
Ichiro Kawachi, M.D., Ph.D,  Chair, Department of Society, Human Development,     and Health, Harvard School of Public Health

3. Patient Expectations/Needs and Accountable Care Organizations (5 pages)
Thomas Barker, Esq., Partner, Foley Hoag, LLP. 
  
4. Fiscal Responsibilities (14 pages)
David Morales, Vice President for Public Policy and Strategic Planning Steward Healthcare System

  
12:05 p.m. Panel/Audience Interaction
  
12:30 p.m.Adjourn
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