The first 2017 Military Health System (MHS) Speaker Series, “Delivery of High Quality, High Value Health Care,” event is 10:10 a.m.-3:40 p.m. (ET), January 25, 2017, sponsored by the Defense Health Agency and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Event and Registration Information
The live event registration will open on January 11, 2017, and continue through 6 p.m. (ET) on January 25, 2017. Earn up to 3.0 hours of CE/CME credits when you participate and complete all courses within the series. Register and Participate Online.
Presentations
“Patient Centered Medical Home/Health Equity”
(Uchenna Uchendu, M.D., chief officer, Office of Health Equity, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.)
- Summarize the key elements of the VA patient centered medical home model—the Patient Aligned Care Team
- Highlight the connection between veteran-centric care and the social determinants of health
- Illustrate how to cast the Health Equity Lens on a routine check-up visit in primary care
“Integrative Medicine”
(Kavitha Reddy, M.D., FACEP, ABoIM, Emergency Medicine/Integrative Medicine, veteran centered care coordinator/professor Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, , lead clinical champion, Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C.; Justin Heesakker, M.S., L.Acl, Dipl. OM, regional education coordinator, Minneapolis VA Medical Center; and Robert Koffman, M.D., senior consultant for integrative medicine and behavioral health at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), Bethesda, Maryland)
- Describe the role and current initiatives of the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation's (OPCC&CT) Integrative Health Coordinating Center (IHCC)
- Understand the Whole Health model and how it supports OPCC&CT's health care transformation mission and role in the health care transformation within the VA
- Demonstrate how acupuncture and tai chi fit into team-based models
- Assess the ongoing implementation of a holistic health clinic within a mental health program
- Analyze the historical, practical, and theoretical differences between Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs, and Emotional Support Animals
- Summarize the current policy, practice challenges and literature regarding best practice in the use of Service Animals