Get Activated at the 2017 Health Services Research Conference on March 13th

Learn how researchers and patients working together can result in better health

When health research intersects with engaged patients, amazing things can happen. After all, curing polio not only required the lab work of Dr. Jonas Salk, but also the engagement of thousands of doctors and millions of 1950s school children—the “Polio pioneers”—to test his vaccine.

On March 13, 2017, patients, researchers, providers, and health care advocates will come together at the University of Utah campus to promote new collaborations for research advances at the 12th Annual Health Services Research Conference.

You can join this exciting and growing network for a day of innovation, dynamic presentations and discussion about how to improve engagement and outcomes with patients, caregivers, providers, policymakers and payors. Interactive sessions include how to engage communities in research, humanizing critical care, how to create patient and family advisory councils, and a live demonstration of the studio-approach to patient feedback and collaboration.

*The conference is free for patients and family members, community members and speakers. The cost is $10 for students and $25 for health professionals, faculty or government employees.

2017 Health Services Research Conference
Partnering for Better Health through Patient and Caregiver Activation
Monday, March 13, 2017
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MT
U of U Health Science Education Building
26 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Register: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07edl364038a3dcf85&oseq=&c=&ch=

For more information contact:
Allie Miraglia, HealthInsight
801-892-6628

This event is organized by Intermountain Healthcare, HealthInsight, the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, Community Faces of Utah, the University of Utah’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and the Utah Health Policy Project, and supported through conference fees, donations from our community partners, and a Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Program Award (EA‐3957‐Healthinsight)

Cultural Competence Symposium

You are invited to attend the Cultural Competence Symposium on Friday, March 17, 2017, at LDS Hospital in the Huntsman Education Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Participants will learn how to identify cultural barriers in communication, how to ask appropriate questions to learn how to face these barriers, how to apply cultural sensitivity, and how to properly apply the patient’s cultural values to western medicine to promote patient compliance.

Register for the symposium here.

Plan4Health Physical Activity Webinar

Plan4Health Physical Activity Webinar
Thursday, Mar. 9 
3 - 4 p.m. EST

Join us for the second webinar of a three-part series to learn about the Plan4Health Initiative, and the importance of planning and public health to create the healthiest nation. Presenters will talk about Complete Streets and ways it was integrated into a city plan and how a coalition worked to encourage dialogue across sectors and between decision-makers to ensure health is a consideration in policy recommendations and implementation strategies.

Objectives

• Discuss policies, systems and environmental strategies focused on physical activity.

• Discuss the intersection of climate change and physical activity.

• Describe successes, challenges and lessons learned when implementing policies, systems and environmental change related to physical activity. 

Presenters: 

Terry Johnson

Director, Healthy Eating Active Living New Hampshire

Plan4Health Nashua

  

Judy Robinson 

Principal Planner, Sustainability Manager

Sacramento County

Design 4 Active Sacramento

  
Register today!

About Plan4Health:
The Plan4Health project is a collaboration between the American Planning Association and the American Public Health Association. The project represents significant cross-sector support for policy, systems and environment changes, as well as an opportunity to build leadership among our members.

What’s our best defense against HIV and AIDS? Empowerment.

In 2017, more than 230,000 women and girls in the United States are HIV-positive. These women could be your friends, neighbors, or loved ones. It’s time for women and girls to stand together to prevent HIV! National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) happens every year on March 10. Join the Office on Women’s Health as we raise awareness of the impact that HIV and AIDS have on our nation’s women and girls. This year, OWH is empowering women and girls to protect their sexual health, engage in healthy relationships, and put their #BestDefense against HIV and AIDS into play. Here’s how you can help spread the word about NWGHAAD: Visit the National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day website for our social media toolkit, fact sheets, and flyers. Do you live near Washington, DC? Join us on March 10 for ourannual awareness walk. Join the Thunderclap. Adding your voice allows us to stand together and multiply our reach! Use #NWGHAAD and #BestDefense on social media to talk about how you are protecting yourself and others from HIV. We hope you will join us, take action, and use your #BestDefense to help end HIV and AIDS. For more information, visit womenshealth.gov.

Understanding the Health Needs of Persons with Disabilities Discussion - 2/23/17

SAVE THE DATE... 2017 Peer Recovery Conference

Registration is now open for the 2017 Health Services Research Conference

The Utah Partnership for Value and Utah's Annual Health Services Research (HSR) Meeting hosted by Intermountain Healthcare and the University of Utah have designed an innovative day-long conference that will focus on improving patient engagement and patient centered outcomes in Utah.

Patients, researchers, providers, policymakers, and payors are invited to the event.

The event is being co-designed with stakeholders from Intermountain Healthcare, the University of Utah, Community Faces of Utah, Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, and the Utah Health Policy Project, and will feature presentations and facilitated discussion.

Participants will engage in breakout sessions to address health services research questions as well as provide community member input into patient centered outcomes research design, inquiry, and ongoing participation.

See the agenda and get more information here.

Register now!