Virtual National Health Equity Summit Features Embedding Health Equity in Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Initiatives
  • Virtual Online Video Event Live and Archived
  • The Leading National Forum on Practical Case Studies and Solutions for Advancing Health Equity
  • Supported by The Commonwealth Fund
  • Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs and Inside Health Policy
  • June 7 -10, 2021
  • www.HealthEquitySummit.com
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We are seeking strategies for advancing health equity:
  • Practical solutions,
  • Actual case studies of successful local initiatives,
  • New innovative approaches
  • WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 1, 2021: The Virtual National Health Equity Summit, www.HealthEquitySummit.com, will be broadcast on June 7-10, 2021, and archived for 6 months following the live broadcast. There is no cost to attend the summit.

    FEATURING EMBEDDING HEALTH EQUITY IN PATIENT
    SAFETY AND CLINICAL QUALITY INITIATIVES BY

    Donald M. Berwick, MD
    President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Newton Centre, MA

    Kedar Mate, MD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); President, IHI Lucian Leape Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Boston, MA

    Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD
    Chief Executive Officer, ECRI; Chair, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP); Lake Forest, IL

    Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, MHA
    VP and Patient Safety Officer, MCIC Vermont; Former Chief Quality Officer, Cook County Health; Former Chief Quality Officer, Hamad Health Care Institute (Qatar); Former Patient Safety Officer and Medical Director, The Joint Commission, Chicago, IL

    Mark Smith, MD, MBA
    Founding President and Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA (Moderator)

    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    Juliet K. Choi, JD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum; Former Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Department of Homeland Security and HHS Office for Civil Rights, Washington, DC

    Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
    Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Equity in Health and Healthcare and James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Baltimore, MD

    Susan Dentzer
    Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy; Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs; Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Washington, DC

    Esther Dyson
    Investor, Journalist, Author and Philanthropist; Executive Founder, Way to Wellville; Author, Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age, New York, NY

    Ivor Horn, MD, MPH
    Director, Health Equity & Product Inclusion, Google; Investing Member, Rising America Fund, Portfolia; Board, Care Academy; Advisory Board, Way to Wellville, Change Healthcare and Onboard Health, San Francisco, CA

    Erica Lee, PhD
    Regents Professor, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History, Director of the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota; Author, America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States, Minneapolis, MN

    Mary J. Owen, MD
    Member, Tlingit Nation; Director, Center of American Indian and Minority Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN

    Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP
    President and Chief Executive Officer, National Hispanic Medical Association; President, National Hispanic Health Foundation, Washington, DC

    Mark Smith, MD, MBA
    Founding President and Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA

    Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
    Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections, LLC; Former EVP & Chief of Medical A?airs, UnitedHealth Group; Former SVP, Professional Standards, AMA; Former President, Charles R. Drew, University of Medicine and Science; Former Commissioner of Public Health, District of Columbia, Atlanta, GA

    FEATURED FACULTY

    Regina Barzilay, PhD
    Delta Electronics Professor of AI and Health AI, School of Engineering, Co-lead of AI, Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; McArthur Fellow, Cambridge, MA

    Donald M. Berwick, MD
    President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Newton Centre, MA

    Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH
    Vice President and Chief Equity Inclusion Officer; Founder, Disparities Solutions Center (DSC), Mass General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Carrie Billy, JD
    Navajo Nation; President & Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC); Former Executive Director, White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges & Universities, Alexandria, VA

    David S. Cade, JD
    Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA); Former Deputy General Counsel, US Department of Health and Human Services; Former Acting Deputy Director, Medicaid Bureau, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,Washington, DC

    Cathy Chavers
    Tribal Chairwoman, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Nett Lake, MN

    Jaime Dircksen, MA
    Vice President, Community Health,and Well-Being, Trinity Health, Former Managing Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, Detroit, MI

    Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Care Financial Management Association (HFMA); Former Vice President, Hospital Finance, Spectrum Health,Chicago, IL

    Elizabeth A. Fowler
    Comanche Nation; Acting Director, Indian Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

    Merrill Friedman
    Senior Director, Disability Policy Engagement, Anthem, Inc., Washington, DC

    Howard Haft, MD, MMM, CPE, FACPE
    Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services, Interim Executive Director, Maryland Primary Care Program, Maryland Department of Health; Former Founder and the Chief Medical Officer, Conmed Healthcare Management, La Plata, MD

    Melinda Hancock, MBA
    Chief Administrative & Financial Officer, VCU Health System; Former Chief Financial Officer, Bon Secours Virginia Health System, Richmond, VA

    Scott Hawig, CPA, CMA, MBA
    Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer, Froedtert Heath, Milwaukee WI

    Sherry M. Hirota
    Chief Executive Officer, Asian Health Services, Health Chair, Dellums Commission: Expanded Pathways of Young Men of Color, Oakland, CA

    Matt Holder, MD, MBA, FAADM
    Expert in Developmental Medicine; Chief Executive Officer, Lee Specialty Clinic; President, American Board of Developmental Medicine; Past President Emeritus, American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry, Prospect, KY

    Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc
    Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Joy A. Lewis, MSW, MPH
    Senior Vice President, Health Equity, Strategies and Executive Director, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, American Hospital Association; Former Senior Consultant, Kaiser Permanente, Washington, DC

    Kedar Mate, MD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); President, IHI Lucian Leape Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Boston, MA

    Aletha Maybank, MD
    Chief Health Equity Officer, American Medical Association; Former Deputy Commissioner and Founding Director, Center for Health Equity, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, NY

    Barbara Merrill, JD
    Chief Executive Officer, American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR); Former Director of Government Relations, MENTOR Network, Alexandria, VA

    Nicole M.B. Mitchell, MBA, CDP
    Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System; Former National Manager, Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility, Kia Motors America, Los Angeles, CA

    Megan A. Morris, PhD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, ACCORDS Investigator and Qualitative and Mixed Methods Core Lead and Founder, Director of Learning Collaborative to Address Disability Equity in Healthcare (LEADERs), Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    Ari Ne'eman, PhD
    Senior Research Associate, Harvard Law School Project on Disability; Policy Consultant, ACLU; Co-Founder, MySupport; Former Executive Director, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network; Member, National Council on Disability, Boston, MA

    Aaron A. Payment, EdD, EdS, MEd, MPA
    Tribal Chairperson, Sault Tribe of the Chippewa Nation, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

    Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH
    President, President, Institute for Exceptional Care; Former Vice President, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC

    Trish Riley, MS
    Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy; Former Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, State of Maine, Portland, ME

    Jeffery Roman
    Executive Director, Office on African American Affairs, Milwaukee County; Executive Director, Urban Roots Milwaukee; Equal Opportunity Coordinator, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute; Past Chair, Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission, Milwaukee, WI

    Wendy J. Ross, MD
    Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Center for Pediatric Development and Autism Inclusion Resources; Director, Center for Autism & Neurodiversity, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

    Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD
    Chief Executive Officer, ECRI; Chair, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Lake Forest, IL

    William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS
    Chief Medical Officer, Humana; Former Director of Evaluation, Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Louisville, KY

    Collin Stultz, MD, PhD
    Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    Melissa Walls, PhD
    Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nation Anishinaabe; Director, Great Lakes Hub, Center for American Indian Health; Associate Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Duluth, MN

    Roxie C. Wells, MD
    President, Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital; Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association, Raeford, NC

    Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, MHA
    VP and Patient Safety Officer, MCIC Vermont; Former Chief Quality Officer, Cook County Health; Former Chief Quality Officer, Hamad Health Care Institute (Qatar); Former Patient Safety Officer and Medical Director, The Joint Commission, Chicago, IL

    David Zuckerman, MPP
    Executive Director, Healthcare Anchor Network, Washington, DC


    SUPPORTED BY


    AND THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS




    PLANNING COMMITTEE
    Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
    Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Equity in Health and Healthcare and James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Baltimore, MD

    Susan Dentzer
    Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy; Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs; Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Washington, DC

    Sandra R. Hernández, MD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, California Health Care Foundation; Former CEO, The San Francisco Foundation, Oakland, CA

    Ivor Horn, MD, MPH
    Director, Health Equity & Product Inclusion, Google; Investing Member, Rising America Fund, Portfolia; Board, Care Academy; Advisory Board, Way to Wellville, Change Healthcare and Onboard Health, San Francisco, CA

    Mary J. Owen, MD
    Member, Tlingit Nation; Director, Center of American Indian and Minority Health;Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN

    Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP
    President and Chief Executive Officer, National Hispanic Medical Association; President, National Hispanic Health Foundation, Washington, DC

    Mark Smith, MD, MBA
    Founding President and Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA

    Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA
    Co-founder & President, Catalyst @ Health 2.0; Former Senior Advisor, HIMSS; Former CEO and Co-Founder, Health 2.0, Los Angeles, CA

    Laurie Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA
    Vice President for Advancing Health Equity, Commonwealth Fund; Former National Director, Reproductive Health Program; Former Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care, US Department of Veterans Affairs, New York, NY

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