QC 2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PARTERNING WITH PATIENTS!

QC 2012:  Partnering with Patients: Finding the Bright Spots to Transform Care

A crowd of 500 people from around the State of Maine gathered at the Civic Center on April 4th to hear four dynamic keynote speakers; Dr. Jessie Gruman from the Center for Advancing Health in Washington, DC; Drs. Jermome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston; and Regina Holliday, a patient rights advocate and artist from Washington, DC.  Dozens of topical experts provided breakout sessions and roundtable discussions on topics ranging from Shared Decision Making to Health Equity and Patient Engagement to Using HIT to Strengthen Patient and Provider Relationships.

The following resources and links are now available:

Link to the presentations for the QC 2012 Conference

Link to the video shown at the conference:  Patients as Partners

Read an article written by keynote speakers Dr. Jerome Groopman and Dr. Pamela Hartzband published last week in the Wall Street Journal.  This article sites many of the key concepts and examples given by the physicians in their keynote talk.

View the amazing painting 'Maine Trees' created during the conference by Regina Holliday!

TAKE THE CONFERENCE EVALUATION SURVEY - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QC_2012_Evaluation_Survey - CME or a Certificate of Attendance are available!