NHMA 14th Annual Conference

Angela — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:20:43 +0000

The National Hispanic Medical Association is a long-time member of OMO’s Health Data Task Force, and OMO is more than happy to spread the word about their 14th Annual Conference. See below for more details and a link to register.

NHMA 14th Annual Conference

“Health Care Transformation to Improve Prevention and Health Promotion for the Hispanic Community”

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

March 25-28, 2010.

Join Hispanic physicians, medical students, nurses, policymakers, and healthcare industry representatives at our annual conference. This year, NHMA celebrates its 14^th Conference with partners from the Federal and State governments and the private sector. The conference brings together experts from across the nation to share their experience in eliminating health disparities for Hispanics.

CME accreditation will be provided.

Hispanics have become the largest ethnic group in the United States and there is a great need to understand how to deliver culturally competent health care services to them. Learn from experts from across the country on how to enhance academic programs, community-based research, medical practices, and health policies targeting Hispanics.

For the agenda, click here: NHMA agenda

To register for the conference, click here: Registration

NHMA Capitol Hill Briefing

Angela — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:05:20 +0000

National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Capitol Hill briefing:

Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) and Health Disparities

Wednesday June 17, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has recently allocated $1.1 billion to comparative effectiveness research to provide new knowledge for more efficient health care delivery.

The goals of the briefing are: 1) to discuss priorities for comparative effectiveness research that can lead to reducing health disparities, and 2) to spotlight national organizations which include health disparities in their agendas to members of Congress and their staff.

Special invited speakers include

Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Health and the Environment
Congresswoman Donna Christensen (VI), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust
Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (GU), Chair of Congressional Asian, Pacific American Caucus Healthcare Task Force
Carolyn Clancy, MD, MPH, Director for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
Joyce Dubow, AARP Senior Advisor, Health Reform
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President and CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association.
Ivonne Fuller Bertrand Associate Executive Director, National Medical Association.
John Michael Montgomery, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPE Senior Medical Director, Professional Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
Robert K. Ross – invited President & CEO, The California Endowment
Gail Shearer, Director, Consumer Reports

The National Hispanic Medical Association is a non-profit association representing over 36,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States. Our mission is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations. We invite you to visit our website to learn more about our programs at www.nhmamd.org.

If you have any questions, please contact Alioska Adrian, at (202) 628-5895 ext. 12 or via email at: aadrian@nhmamd.org We look forward to working with you.

***Don’t forget to RSVP for this event by June 12th at rsvp@nhmamd.org ***

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NHMA 14th Annual Conference