LAST CHANCE for reduced rates to attend 2013 DiversityRx Conference

[Ajay Puri]

Happy new year everyone!

Hope you all had a wonderful 2012 and I look forward to working with all of you in 2013 -- 

FYI - this looks like a great conference.

Ajay

Ajay Puri

Quality Leader, Communications & Engagement, BC Patient Safety and Quality Council

Movement Builder, Grassroots Organizer, Digital Media and Engagement Strategist
Learn more through the CBC movie or my TED talk

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From: Diversity Rx Conference <confe...@diversityrx.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Subject: LAST CHANCE for reduced rates to attend 2013 DiversityRx Conference in Oakland!
To: "ajp...@gmail.com" <ajp...@gmail.com>

DiversityRx 2013 Last chance to take advantage of reduced Early Registration Rates!  Rates go up after January 15th!  Join hundreds of your colleagues as we convene in Oakland, March 11-14, 2013 for: The Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Achieving Equity in an Era of Innovation and Health System Transformation March 11 - 14, 2013 Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607 Full conference agenda is now available, including breakout panels and workshops!!! Featuring a superb program of presenters from the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia in plenary presentations, preconference trainings, main conference workshops and roundtables, poster sessions, affinity groups, a film festival, and exhibits! Sixteen preconference trainings will be held on Monday, March 11, followed by over 60 main conference workshops from Tuesday, March 12 through Thursday, March 14.  Descriptions of sessions, presenters, and presentation abstracts are available online! Sessions include: Affordable Care Act and Opportunities for Advancing Equity for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities: Taking Vision and Promise to Reality Role of International Partnerships in Advancing Health Care Cultural Competency: Lessons from the Trenches of Jerusalem and New York City How to Achieve LGBT Equity & Inclusion at Your Healthcare Organization Centers of Excellence in Culturally Competent Care: Learning Laboratories for Disparities Elimination and Health Care Equity Promotion Uniting health professionals and community members to improve care Listening to the patient - how attitudes and culture affect the health care experience Reaching beyond the Choir: Strategies for building innovative partnerships in the era of health reform THE ROLLER COASTER: Come and Perform “Extreme Interpreting” Without a Safety Net and Take the Lessons Home Strategies to Ameliorate the Effect of Bias and Stereotyping on Health Outcomes Advocacy, policy, and practice: state initiatives on language access Let's Get Real about Racism: Facilitating Conversations between Whites and People of Color Designing Culturally Appropriate Tools to Reduce Disparities in Hypertension Control and Colorectal Cancer Screening in Diverse Populations The challenge of enrollment and access: helping diverse communities get full benefit from health reform Health reform and systems change have the potential to greatly improve the health and lives of diverse patients and communities.  This conference will explore how changes in policy, financing, information technology, clinical practice and systems design can improve health care delivery -- and how these transformations must accommodate the unique needs posed by cultural and linguistic diversity. Conference Sponsors include:  W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The California Endowment, The California HealthCare Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, The San Francisco Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, Florida Hospital, HealthNet of California, and The United Health Foundation. REGISTER NOW!  EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS JANUARY 15th!  Please share with your colleagues and disseminate broadly. If you have any questions or need additional information, please email Confe...@DiversityRx.org or call (512) 279-3920.