Understanding Patient and Family Centered Care for Sustainable Healthcare

Learn how future healthcare service will emphasize patient and family centered care, with a focus on quality.

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011

Time: 4:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Location: New Hazlett Theater

Cost: $25 for C4S/Sustainable Pittsburgh Members for full event
$30 Nonmembers for full event
Students: Special Rate

Opening video screening is free

Light Refreshments Provided

Click here for the press release for this event.

Event Summary

Individuals and healthcare providers and professionals interested in learning more about patient rights, equity, and access will find this workshop helpful.

This third workshop in a five-part series on Sustainability and Healthcare focuses on policy—and how it can lead to a more sustainable healthcare industry.  Innovative programs are being developed in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), signaling this recent legislation is a key driver of policy change in America. 

“Understanding Patient and Family Centered Care for Sustainable Healthcare” features an abbreviated screening of Remaking American Medicine along with two panel discussions focused on PPACA’s impact on healthcare institutions and individuals, respectively.  The event provides an opportunity to understand how shifts in the healthcare system to more patient and family centered practices present challenges to healthcare institutions, individuals, and the traditional role of corporations as the gateways to access and management of healthcare benefits.

Southwestern Pennsylvania’s leading position in the delivery and quality of healthcare will continue as this region’s patients and organizations begin to understand the sustainability-related benefits and responsibilities that come from policy innovations that: increase access to healthcare, require greater community engagement, rest upon better communication practices, stand upon measurable, improved health outcomes, and challenge current service practices.  

The event ends with a call to action for attendees to become more aware of their rights and responsibilities in this dynamic period for healthcare services.

Presenter Materials

Click on the name of each presenter to view his/her presentation materials.

4:30 Registration and reception hors d’oeuvres

5:15 – 6:00 Brief video screening, “Remaking American Medicine” (this portion of the program is free)

6:00 – 7:15 Panel Discussion I: Understanding Healthcare Delivery in the Age of the Affordable Care Act of 2010: Quality Performance, and Service Delivery, and Accountable Care

Panelists:

Diane Frndak PhD., Vice President for Safety and Quality for West Penn Allegheny Health System

Dr. Tom McClure, Chief Accountable Care Officer, Chair of the Readmission Committee and Quality Medical Director of the WPAHS Primary Care Network

Jeannette South-Paul, MD, Andrew Mathieson Chair, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UPMC (Equity, Access, Quality)

Moderator:

Allison Robinson, Ph.D., Director, Environmental Initiatives, UPMC

7:15 – 8:30      Panel Session II: Understanding Patients and Their Families in the Age of the Affordable Care Act of 2010: Patient Rights, Equity, Literacy, Advocacy, and Communications

Panelists:

Andrea Fox, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Squirrel Hill Health Center (Access/Outreach)

Stanley Holbrook, Executive Director, TRCIL (Health Literacy)

J. Todd Wahrenberger MD, MPH, Medical Director for Primary Care, Mercy Behavior Health (Access to Services)

Moderator:

Keri Harmicar, Allegheny General Hospital Partnership Coordinator, Northside Leadership Conference

8:30      Discussion and Future-Oriented Actions

8:45      Conclusion

About the Sustainability and Healthcare Series

Sustainable Pittsburgh’s sustainable business network, Champions for Sustainability (C4S) has launched a series of workshops that advance the mutually reinforcing agendas of sustainability and healthcare.

Each event spotlights how sustainability improves health outcomes, healthcare benefits, business performance and provides best practices, resources, examples, and how to get started.

Click here to learn more about the series and to view materials from past programs in the series.

Save the Dates for Upcoming Programs in the Series

• December 1, 2011: Sustainable Product and Service Procurement and Information Management for Sustainability and Healthcare

For more information, please contact:

Matthew M. Mehalik, Ph.D., Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh mmehalik@sustainablepittsburgh.org