Thursday, June 26, 2008

Webinar recording: Civil Rights as a basis for Public Accountability

First of all, thank you to ALL of our speakers from all 3 webinars! You have all given us so much to think about and act upon.

Well, had our last webinar presentation today and it was fabulous! We hope you can take the time to listen:

https://uthconnect.uth.tmc.edu/p57441435/

Several articles and web sites were mentioned during the presentation. These will be posted within the next day or so as will be the PowerPoints.

As a reminder of the topic and who spoke:

Topic: New Opportunities to use Civil Rights as a basis for Public Accountability in Health Care Delivery
Speakers:
Brian Smedley, Research Director of The Opportunity Agenda, and former Staff Director of the IOM Report "Unequal Treatment" and Bob Griss, Executive Director, Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health.
Moderator:
John Steen who has been on the Board of Directors of American Health Planning Association for the past 14 years and is a specialist in certificate of need and community health promotion activities, and has served in various capacities with CON and Health Systems Agencies in New York City, Westchester County, NY, New Jersey, Georgia, and Ohio, and writes the Policy Perspective column in "Health Planning Today".
Summary:
Bob Griss and Brian Smedley will focus the third webinar on opportunities to apply civil rights principles to health care regulations in order to reduce disparities in health status and health care delivery at the state, regional, and community levels.

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