Healthcare Summit 2023: Collaboration Fosters Innovation

1150 Douglas Pike,Smithfield RI 02917

06 May, 2023

Description

To provide patients with affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare, the future calls for bold collaboration among the diverse stakeholders that comprise our healthcare sector. The Healthcare Summit aims to bring together these distinctive partners from across the industry to understand better the systemic challenges facing the healthcare sector so that we may find innovative ways to work collaboratively and achieve our mutual goal of accessible, affordable, and quality healthcare. Through keynote addresses and dynamic breakout sessions, this day-long event will explore the challenges straining the healthcare systems, including access to care, a talent shortage, complexity, cost, and the lack of adequate behavioral health and lifestyle management services, and provide opportunities for to ideate solutions that will move the conversation forward. Keynote Speakers Include: Creagh Milford, DO, MPH, FACOI, and Senior Vice President of Retail Health at CVS Health CVS Health keynote highlighting how they are addressing the future of healthcare deliveryRayford Kruger, MD, and CEO of Southcoast Health Factors affecting the shortage of skilled healthcare workers due to the pandemic, and strategies used for staff recruitment and retentionJessica Pelletier, DO, is an Emergency Medicine Education Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine Understanding and improving social determinants of health in the post-pandemic environmentJohn Todaro, PhD, Co-Founder of Providence Behavioral Health Associates and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Integrated behavioral health models and their impact on health outcomesAfternoon Sessions Include: 1. PA integration into subspecialty fields to alleviate talent shortages in healthcare - Ashley Hughes MSPAS, PA-C, Director Physician Assistant Program, Bryant University 2. The role of medical informatics and analytics to improve the quality-of-care delivery- Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI , Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice 3. Racial and socioeconomic barriers to healthcare access-Forrest Daniels, MPA, DSc, FACHE and CEO of the Rhode Island Free Clinic 4. The state of legislative efforts on Federal Hill related to improving access to healthcare-Rick McAuliffe, Chairman of The Mayforth Group 5. Barriers to healthcare access for LGBTQIA populations-Speaker pending 6. Challenges for mental health professionals in the current healthcare structure- Joseph Trunzo, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Bryant University and the Associate Director of the School of Health & Behavioral Sciences, Incoming President RI Psychological Association 7. Status of Mental Health in RI and New England- Dr. Alvaro from Brown University- pending invite 8. Biopsychosocial care for chronic pain and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach for the chronic pain population and the impact on overall cost- Jennifer Hurrell, Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Bryant University, DHSc, Licensed Physical Therapist. 9. Physical Therapy as a Doctoring Profession: The use of PTs as the primary care providers of choice for musculoskeletal health issues to alleviate talent shortage issues -Dr. Michelle Collie PT, DPT, MS, OCS and CEO of Performance Physical Therapy Networking Cocktail Reception to follow. Information on how to obtain CME credits will be provided. Visit our webpage at https://healthsummit.bryant.edu/ for the most recent updates to the agenda, talks and speakers! Refund Policy: Registrants may receive a refund less $50 processing fee through May 1, 2023. No refunds will be offered after that date.