Healthier Communities Through Collaboration (an online conference)

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

A One-Day Online Conference

Thursday, 3 February

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

Cosponsored by PublicDecisions and InsightFormation

This conference is for you if...

►You develop or implement community health partnerships

►You consult with local health agencies on community health collaborations

►You have responsibility for complying with new healthcare reform requirements for community engagement

►You are responsible for better managing employee health care costs

►You are seeking new ways to think about -- and practice -- engagement in support of enhanced community health

Agenda and Registration

See the complete conference agenda and registration info at http://tinyurl.com/28xybkh

Registration for individuals is $49 USD; affordable group rates also available

Government purchase orders accepted

About this Event

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.