HPIO co-hosting regional forum in Chicago on health systems, population health

The Health Policy Institute is partnering with organizations from other Midwestern states to host the Midwest Forum on Hospitals, Health Systems and Population Health. The forum will take place Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

Those interested in the forum can sign up to receive email updates about the event. Event organizers have also released a call for abstracts, which are due by 11:59 p.m. central time on Friday, June 16. 

The Midwest Forum on Hospitals, Health Systems and Population Health: Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health will bring together organizations and key stakeholders dedicated to improving the health of all Americans. The goal of the meeting is to engage attendees in a broad dialogue across sectors to solve complex issues to improve the health of communities and integrate clinical and community health and prevention strategies. Participants will share innovative models that are working and inspire the audience to take action to help transform the existing system of care in the United States to a system that strategically plans for and supports the health of its population.

Building on health equity as the core forum theme, topics include:

• The policy environment for population health and health system transformation
• Using data for care coordination and population health
• Aligning financial incentives and payment for population health
• The role of purchasers and payers in population health
• Integrating physical and behavioral health
• Developing clinical/community linkages
• Connecting health with community development
• How to engage consumers and patients in population health
• Collaborating on and leveraging community health needs assessments and planning
• Partnerships for health equity and social determinants of health