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Affordable Care Act – a Step Towards Health Equity

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Winston Wong, MD, MS , National Program Office, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
The Affordable Care Act included expectations for improved accountability for outcomes by health care providers.  Healthcare coverage represents a first step to achieving health equity but it’s insufficient.  This idea will be the focus of this presentation drawing on the lessons learned from a number of community workshops convened by the IOM Roundtable.

Learning Areas:

Other professions or practice related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the idea that health care coverage is the beginning, not the end, of achieving health equity. Describe the role of the IOM Roundtable in harvesting “lessons learned” for broad community dissemination and to inform public policy.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a community based physician for thirty years providing care to a principally low income Asian immigrant population. I serve as the Director of Disparities and Quality Initiatives for Kaiser Permanente the largest integrated care system in the country. I serve on the IOM Roundtable on Health Equity.
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.

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