PCC Webinar: Primary Care's Got Your Back to School

For many, this year’s back-to-school season during a protracted pandemic is fraught with health risks and questions about student and teacher safety. Parents and teachers are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus in schools and between schools and homes. Primary care can help families navigate these uncharted waters. This webinar examined the role of primary care for children in the risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19 as well as in addressing related behavioral health needs and inequities in care. The webinar also addressed planned vaccinations.

Panelists:

  • Chip Hart | Consulting group director, PCC Pediatric EHR Solutions
  • Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP | President, HSC Health Care System (Washington, D.C.)
  • Ashraf Affan, MD | President, Angel Kids Pediatrics (Jacksonville, Florida)

Moderator: Sarah Greenough, MPP | Director of Policy, Primary Care Collaborative

Ashraf Affan, MD, FAAP

Chairman, Angel Kids Pediatrics
Dr. Affan is an entrepreneurial, agile transformation innovator disrupting healthcare for the last 27 years. He is the president and founder of Angel Kids Pediatrics with extensive experience in healthcare transformation and clinical optimization. As a leading expert in digital health implementation, change enablement and healthcare operational excellence in Florida, he has developed the largest pediatric practice in Northeast Florida. Dr. Affan is also the president and founder of a comprehensive online resource assisting breastfeeding mothers nationwide in growing healthy babies. Dr. Affan completed his pediatric residency at the Nassau University Medical Center in New York, where he received the Beth Seaton award for Resident of the year in 2001 and served as the Chief Resident in 2002. read more

Chip Hart

Director of PCC’s Pediatric Solutions , PCC Pediatric EHR Solutions
Chip Hart is the Director of Pediatric Solutions, the consulting wing of PCC (https://www.pcc.com).  He is author of the popular blog Confessions of a Pediatric Practice Consultant (https://chipsblog.com) and presents at pediatric practice management events around the country, from the AAP's NCE to PMI's conference to more than two dozen local AAP chapters and organizations. read more

Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP

President, HSC Health Care System
Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP, is currently President of HSC Health Care System in Washington, D.C., and a general and developmental behavioral pediatrician at Children's National Health System. At D.C. Public Schools, he was the Chief of Specialized Instruction from 2011 to 2015 and Chief Operating Officer from 2015 to 2016. Previously, he was the Director of the Children's Health Center, the largest provider of primary care in D.C., and the Deputy Director for the Community Health Administration and the Title V Director for the D.C. Health Department. He has served on the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Child Welfare, Mayor's Early Childhood Advisory Council and Children with Special Health Care Needs Advisory Board. He has served as President of the D.C. read more

Sarah Greenough, MPP

Project Lead, Primary Care Collaborative
Sarah Greenough is the former Director of Policy at the Primary Care Collaborative, where she led the organization’s state and federal efforts to advance primary care. Sarah was previously Deputy Director of the Quality Center at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), where she contributed to the development of Quality Center programs, products, and overall strategy. She is an NCQA PCMH Certified Content Expert and brings 10 years of experience in the nonprofit and public sectors working to improve health care quality, strengthen health systems, and address the social determinants of health. Her past employers include the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, a Massachusetts state agency focused on cross-sector partnerships, and the global healthcare nonprofit Partners In Health. read more
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