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The Eleventh Vermont Blueprint for Health Annual Conference explores how empowered patients, providers, and organizations are building energized, engaged, and activated communities of health. This year’s speakers include John Santa, MD, MPH, Medical Director for Consumer Reports, who oversees the Health Impact team of Consumer Health Choices and Kevin Grumbach, MD, Professor and Chair, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine and leading researcher in how primary care transformation is shaping and fitting into other national reforms including ACOs.

The Morning Sessions include: 

• Welcome and Opening Remarks by Al Gobeille, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board, and Dean Frederick Morin, III, MD. 
• Choosing Wisely: Culture, Strategy and Transformation - John Santa, MD, MPH
• Medical Homes, Medical Neighborhoods, and the Transformation of Health Care - Kevin Grumbach, MD
• Empowering Patients, Providers, and Organizations: A Panel Demonstrating What It Looks Like - Kristin Bigelow-Talbert, MSH, Stefani Harsfield, BA, Joan Bowman, Peter Park, MD

Host Robert Maynard speaks with Darcie Johnston, Director of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, on Vermont's Health Care Exchange.   www.truenorthreports.com

The Tenth Vermont Blueprint for Health Annual Conference provided an overview of Health Reform spanning the local, state and national levels. This year’s speakers included Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director Emeritus at the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation Group Health Research Institute, Michael Botticelli, MEd, Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP, Medical Director of Meaningful Use at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Part One includes opening remarks from Dean Frederick Morin III, MD and Anya Rader Wallack, PhD in addition to a presentation by Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP. Part Three features a presentation on Health System Innovations Across the United States by Edward Wagner, MD, MPH and a Panel Discussion about Vermont's Community Health Teams and Primary Care moderated by Lisa Dulsky Watkins, MD and featuring panelists Pam Farnham, RN, Theresa Fortner, RN, Pamela Pare, PA, Jill Rinehart, MD, FAAP, Kerry Sullivan, LICSW, Kristy Trask, BS, RN, CLC and Edward Wagner, MD, MPH, FACP. After participating in the conference, participants should be able to: Describe the experiences of Health Reform programs implemented in Vermont and nationwide in recent years (specifically those working with the Patient Centered Medical Home model). Discuss emerging efforts regarding national standards for Health Information Technology. Describe the current activities moving toward integration of Mental Health and Addictions Treatment with Primary Care.

The Tenth Vermont Blueprint for Health Annual Conference provided an overview of Health Reform spanning the local, state and national levels. This year’s speakers included Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director Emeritus at the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation Group Health Research Institute, Michael Botticelli, MEd, Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP, Medical Director of Meaningful Use at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Part One includes opening remarks from Dean Frederick Morin III, MD and Anya Rader Wallack, PhD in addition to a presentation by Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP. After participating in the conference, participants should be able to: Describe the experiences of Health Reform programs implemented in Vermont and nationwide in recent years (specifically those working with the Patient Centered Medical Home model). Discuss emerging efforts regarding national standards for Health Information Technology. Describe the current activities moving toward integration of Mental Health and Addictions Treatment with Primary Care.