Overview
This free, virtual half-day event was held on May 4, 2021. We focused on pioneering partnerships - taking a closer look at what's changed in health care partnerships with the pandemic, how industry, governments and communities are working together and what lies ahead. It included a keynote from Adm. Dr. Brett Giroir, M.D., 16th Asst. Sec. for Health at HHS, and panels featuring thought leaders from Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, University of Houston, Rice University, Episcopal Health Foundation, Harris Health System and more! See the full agenda.
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- Opening & Keynote (What does "good" government look like?) and Panel 1: Payers as key players
- Panel 2: The community opportunity: models of community health and frontline care
- Panel 3: New challenges, new opportunities: what’s next for academic medical centers? and closing remarks
Agenda
Panel | Speakers |
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Opening | Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine |
Keynote - What does "good" government look like? | Brett Giroir, M.D., 16th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with James T. McDeavitt, M.D., SVP and Dean of Clinical Affairs at Baylor College of Medicine |
Payers as key players |
Elizabeth Youngblood, Chief Operating Officer and Division Senior Vice President, CHI Texas Division Heidi Schwarzwald, M.D. MPH, CMO, Aetna Better Health of Texas, Regional CMO ABH Moderator: Stephanie Morain, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine |
Break | |
The community opportunity: models of community health and frontline care |
LeChauncy D. Woodard, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute at the University of Houston and a University of Houston College of Medicine professor Elena Marks, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Episcopal Health Foundation Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D., Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, Health Policy Scholar, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine Moderator: Jean Raphael, M.D., M.P.H., founding Director of the Center for Child Health Policy and Advocacy at Texas Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine |
Break | |
New challenges, new opportunities: what’s next for Academic Medical Centers? |
Paul Klotman, M.D., President, CEO and Executive Dean of Baylor College of Medicine Doug Lawson, Ph.D., CEO, St. Luke's Health and Senior VP of Operations, Texas Division, CommonSpirit Health Esmaeil Porsa, M.D., MBA, M.Ph., CCHP-A, President and CEO at Harris Health System Houston Moderator: Laura Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Center Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Associate Chief of Staff for Research (ACOS/R), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine |
Closing Remarks |
Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine |
Virtual Poster Session |
Call for Abstracts: Submissions are invited for a virtual poster session via Voice Thread. Submit your abstract and get further details on eligibility, evaluation criteria and instructions. Please submit only your abstract by April 7. If you are selected you will then receive further instructions by April 13 for finalizing and submitting your poster, which is due April 28. |