Online Program

293696
Advancing the reintegration of public health and health care- a panel discussion


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 4:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

Jose Montero, MD, MHCDS, c/ o The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, New Hampshire Division of Public Health, Arlington, VA
Winston Wong, MD, MS, National Program Office, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Steven Woolf, MD, VCU Center on Human Needs, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Bechara Choucair, MD, Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL
Paul Jarris, MD, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA

Learning Areas:

Clinical medicine applied in public health
Other professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health administration or related administration
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe recent work in primary care and public health integration, including work building on the IOM report: "Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health" Name key existing partnerships in building linkages between primary care practitioners and departments of public health Discuss next steps in integration and federal, state, and local public health work

Keyword(s): Quality of Care, Access to Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am trained in Family medicine with experience in clincial and academic medicne. I have been in Public Health leadership positions at the local, state, and national level. As ASTHO president we lead a national effort to advance the integration of health care and public health. In fact this topic has been the ASTHO president initiative for 2013 and in such capacity I have presented at several national events and recently published a related paper.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.