Come hear from, learn from, and network with health care leaders from health plans, hospitals, and health centers from around the country who are developing and implementing strategies to improve quality, achieve equity, assure appropriate access, and control costs in today's rapidly changing healthcare landscape.

If you want to learn real tactics, innovative strategies, and best practices that will position you for success in this of time of increasing diversity, health care reform and value-based purchasing, join us at The Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum in Boston, MA at the Boston Seaport Hotel on June 19th and 20th, 2014.

Come join the movement, and do not miss this unique, one-of-a-kind
gathering where we plot a course in pursuit of high-value healthcare.

Sessions will be led by national experts in health policy, quality and safety, measurement and accreditation, as well as from leaders at health plans, hospitals, and other healthcare systems from around the country. The agenda will include Keynote Presentations, Grounding Sessions, and Action-Oriented Workshops. Topics and titles will include:

• It's Time for a New Message: Moving the Discussion from Diversity and Disparities to High-Performance and High-Value
• The Road Behind and the Journey Ahead: Equity, Quality, and the Keys to Success
• Making HIT Meaningful: Identifying and Addressing Disparities in the Digital Age
• Seeking Diverse Perspectives: Identifying and Improving Patient Experience
• Making the Connection: Oral Health and the Link to Population Health Management
• Children Matter Too: Perspectives from the DLP Pediatric Health Equity Collaborative
• Discharge Planning 2.0: Preventing Readmissions in Diverse Populations

To watch a video about the Forum and testimonials from past participants:visit our YouTube channel: DisparitiesSolutions.

HOW TO REGISTER

For more information, including the final agenda and other logistics, go to http://wwibostoneventsandtours.cvent.com/Forum. For scholarship information, please visit the Scholarship tab on the registration page. Scholarships supported by the California HealthCare Foundation based in Oakland, CA, are available for CA Safety Net Organizations. Initial support is provided by: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the California Healthcare Foundation, CHE Trinity Health, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Neighborhood Health Plan, and United Healthcare. If you are interested in providing support for the Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum, please contact Aswita Tan-McGrory at (617) 643-2916 or by email at atanmcgrory@partners.org.

FORUM SPEAKERS

Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, Director, Disparities Solutions Center (Keynote Speaker) Carolyn Clancy, MD, Former Director of AHRQ, Assistant Deputy under Secretary for Health for Quality, Safety and Value, Veterans Health Administration (Keynote Speaker) Peter Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital Deborah Enos, MSPH, CEO & President, Neighborhood Health Plan John Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer, Harvard, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners HealthCare David E. Miller, DDS, Chief, Division of Oral Health, Illinois Department of Public Health J. Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH, Vice President, Community Health, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Winston Wong, MD, MS, Medical Director, Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente James Corbett, JD, MDiv, Senior Vice President, Community Health and Values Integration, Centura Health, Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Division of Medical Ethics Elizabeth Mort, MD, MPH, Senior VP of Quality and Safety, Chief Quality Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital & Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Alumni from the Disparities Leadership Program

DISPARITIES SOLUTIONS CENTER MODERATORS
Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH Director, The Disparities Solutions Center Senior Scientist, Mongan Institute for Health Policy Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Program Director of Multicultural Education, Multicultural Affairs Office	Alexander R. Green, MD, MPH Associate Director, The Disparities Solutions Center Senior Scientist, MGH Mongan Institute for Health Policy Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Alden Landry, MD, MPH Senior Faculty, The Disparities Solutions Center Associate Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Faculty Assistant Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School	Lenny López, MD, MDiv, MPH Senior Faculty, The Disparities Solutions Center Assistant, MGH Mongan Institute for Health Policy Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH Deputy Director, The Disparities Solutions Center

ABOUT THE DISPARITIES SOLUTIONS CENTER AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

The Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) is dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

Specifically, the DSC is working to:

• Create change by developing new research and translating the findings into policy and practice.
• Find solutions that help health care leaders, organizations, and key stakeholders ensure that every patient receives high-value, high-quality health care.
• Encourage leadership by expanding the community of health care professionals prepared to improve quality, address disparities and achieve equity.