[PC-BH-Integration] Call for Proposals

Tue Jan 22 14:16:20 EST 2008

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
http://www.webstracts.com/cgi-bin/pi.cgi?t:CFHA/index.html 
Collaborative Family HealthCare Association
TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

November 6 - 9, 2008
Grand Hyatt, Denver, Colorado

Collaboration: The Key to the Medical Home
Co-Chairs:
Frank DeGruy, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Family Medicine,
Deb Seymour, PsyD, Director of Behavioral Science, Dept. of Family Medicine, 
 University of Colorado Medical School

Are you interested in collaboration? Integrated healthcare? Beautiful mountains? If so, the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's Tenth Annual Conference may be just for you. November 6-9, 2008, in Denver, Colorado, CFHA will hold its Tenth Annual convention at the downtown Denver Grand Hyatt Hotel.  
The theme of the CFHA conference for 2008 is Collaboration as the Key to the Medical Home.  It is clear that the Medical Home concept is enjoying a surge of support, and will most likely be at the foundation of the current round of health care reform. All over the United States primary care is being retooled to produce the collaboration and continuity necessary for a medical home. CFHA's (www.CFHA.net) national conference is a perfect showcase for this agenda, and given the geographical and professional diversity of the attendees, the conference will give tremendous impetus to the development of integrated primary care both in Colorado and across the country.
Keynote speakers will include Larry Green, M.D. who will address national trends in the reform of our health care system, particularly as it pertains to the creation of integrated medical homes. On Friday morning we will have a plenary panel of Arlene Katz, from Harvard University, Sue Bergeson from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, and Bill Doherty from the University of Minnesota, each bringing a unique perspective to the notion of integrating patient and community health resources into the medical home. Our Friday lunch speaker will be Ann McDaniel, Vice-President of the Washington Post Corporation, who will talk about the election that will have just occurred and its implications for health care and healthcare policy. 
You may propose one or more of the following types of presentations:
Brief Report:  			15 min.
Lecture/Discussion:   		45 min.
Panel Presentation:		90 min
Workshop:			90 min
Presentations can be in any of the following tracks:  (Note that the last track is "Other")
Collaboration and the medical home		
Collaboration, integrated care and caring for the underserved		
Communities, families and patients as collaborators		
Practice improvement/new model practice of primary care		
Cultural competence and health disparities		
Financing Integrated Primary Care		
Chronic Medical Disease		
Chronic Mental Illness		
Research Strategies in Collaborative Care		
Training Programs and Methods for Integrated Care		
Depression Care Management		
Collaboration in Rural Healthcare		
Other Submissions on Integrated or Collaborative Care		
Follow the link to put in a proposal.  Proposals close March 31, 2008.
http://www.webstracts.com/cgi-bin/pi.cgi?t:CFHA/index.html 

Please forward this announcement to anyone interested in integrated or collaborative care.

Alexander Blount, EdD
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Director of Behavioral Science
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Chair
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
55 Lake Avenue, North
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
O. 508 856-2147   F. 508 856-1212
blounta at ummhc.org 
http://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/faculty/Blount.cfm?start=0&
www.IntegratedPrimaryCare.com

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