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Welcome to the Seventh Annual Weitzman Symposium,
held at Wesleyan University, Middletown CT

Transforming Primary Care: The Promise of Disruptive Innovations

Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 8:30am to 3pm
Beckham Hall at Wesleyan University, Fayerweather Building
Wyllys Street, Middletown, CT 06457
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PRESENTATIONS, PANELS, AND PARTICIPATORY DISCUSSION
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Please RSVP to weitzmancenter@chc1.com or call (860) 852-0834

2012 WEITZMAN SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
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SESSION 1:
Putting the Patient (Back) at the Center of Primary Care
Marcia Nielson,, PhD, MPH, Executive Director, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCMH). Facilitators:
Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, Community Health Center, Inc.;
Marwan Haddad, MD, Medical Director, HIV, Hep C and Buprenorphine Services, CHC, Inc.

SESSION 2:
Power To The People: Using Technology to Improve Health Outcomes Ginger.io and PatientsLikeMe, Inc.
PatientsLikeMe: A Patient-Centered Virtual Medical Home
Sally Okun,, RN, MMHS, Head of Health Data Integrity, Patient Safety and R&D, PatientLikeMe, Inc.
Ginger.io: Big Data, Better Health
Karan Singh, MBA, BA, BS, Co-Founder of Ginger.io
Ali Eslami, IT Director, Community Health Center, Inc.; Shanti Carter, Health Information Technology Applications Director,
CHC, Inc.; Mary Blankson, APRN, On-Site Medical Director, New London County, CHC, Inc.;
Facilitators: Daren Anderson, MD, VP/Chief Quality Officer, Community Health Center, Inc.; Veena Channamsetty, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, CHC, Inc.

SESSION 3:
Healthy People Cost Less and other Revelations from Lisa Hartman, producer and director of “U.S. Health Care: The Good News.”
Lisa Hartman, Producer, Photopia Productions, LLC.
Patrice Whistler, MD, Primary Care Partners, P.C., Grand Junction, CO., recently featured in the PBS documentary, “U.S. Health Care: The Good News”
Facilitators: Rob Dudley,= MD, Med, FAAP, Community Health Center, Inc.; Martha Trevey, APRN, CHC, Inc.

SESSION 4:
Making Care Really Accessible: Lessons from the Retail and Convenience Clinics
Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, National Nursing Centers Consortium, Convenient Care Association, Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal.
Facilitators: Yvette Highsmith- Francis, MBA, Director of Hartford County Sites, Community Health Center, Inc.;
Dan Wilensky, MD, CHC, Inc.; Jane Hylan, Director of School Health Services, CHC, Inc.