UVM

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.

This panel included:

• Vermont Blueprint for Health - Criag Jones, MD
• The Swiss Heatlhcare System: Integration of Public Health and Prevention Programs - Ursula Kock, MSc, MPH, MS , Kevin Grumback, MD
• Practice Profiles: Using Data to Drive Change - Craig Jones, MD

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 Four is a breakout discussion with groups discussing different topics and includes Lisa Dulsky Watkins, MD moderating a discussion of the breakout groups themes. 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 Two includes a presentation by Michael Botticelli, MEd on bridging Primary Care and Behavioral Health and a panel discussion on Treatment of Opiate Addiction, featuring Beth Tanzman, MSW - Moderator and panelists Michael Botticelli, MEd, Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Barbara Cimaglio, BA, Brian Erickson, MD, Mary Ellen Lynch, RN and Patricia Marshall, MS, LADC. 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.