The health policy literature is filled with references to providers, but patients are all too often left out of the conversation regarding how to best meet their needs. Growing attention to patient-centered care – with the attendant need for a better understanding of patient goals, better methods for engaging patients in their care, and better measures of outcomes that have meaning for patients – recognizes the moral and practical need to view patients as the center of the health care system.

This symposium, co-sponsored by Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield and the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, will showcase successes and lessons learned from the grantees of CareFirst's Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative, while providing a unique networking opportunity for PCMH providers, researchers, and other stakeholders.

The Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care is hosting this first-of-its-kind program to introduce primary care and health system leaders to cutting-edge approaches to primary care from leading practices around the world. Using original cases, done in the style of Harvard Business School, participants will engage in discussions led by world-class faculty from Harvard Medical School, MIT's Sloan School of Management and Copenhagen Business School.

On June 8-10th, Planetree is partnering with Griffin Hospital, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centers for Health Promoting Hospitals to host the Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Centers Conference for the first time in the U.S. The conference is in its 24th year and typically attracts 700+ attendees from over 43 different countries. Participants range in background from scientists to health care practitioners

The Institute for Patient-and Family-Centered Care will host its 7th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care: Partnerships in Care, Interprofessional Education, and Research, on July 25-27, 2016, in New York City. This conference will showcase exemplary programs that promote partnerships with patients and families that are essential to redesigning health care, promote transformation in organizational culture, and help to improve the quality, safety, and experience of care.

This 3-day competency training session is the first step in Planetree’s intensive training track for Patient Centered Performance Improvement (PC-PI) certification. Completion of this level of PC-PI education specifically develops and expands participants’ competencies around their knowledge of various quality management systems (Lean, Six-Sigma, TPS), as well as their underlying constructs and potentials for application.  

For over 20 years, the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care has offered internationally acclaimed, in-depth seminars to advance the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care by modeling effective partnerships in teaching and in the learning experience for seminar attendees.

This one-day forum will feature regional population health experts addressing many of the pressing issues facing patients, health care providers and community leaders. The event focus will be on the social determinants of health and it’s impact on a person's ability to earn a good living, live and work in a safe and healthy environment, and effectively use available social service and health care resources.

Don't miss the opportunity to inform and network with ACO leaders from across the country at the NAACOS Spring Conference on March 28-30 in Baltimore. NAACOS conferences are the only ACO events exclusively organized by ACOs. More than 500 ACO leaders are expected to attend the spring conference, which will address the needs of both new and established ACOs through plenaries, breakouts, exhibits, and pre-conference workshops.