PROGRAM TOPICS

 

Keynote Address: Donald. L. Weaver, MD, Acting Director,
Office of Special Health Affairs, HRSA Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service “On the Move to Improve the Health of Individuals and Communities“ (Bio)

 

• Assessing community needs: This session will focus on ~ health disparities. Explain
  how-to identify, measure and describe community health disparities that can be addressed by Mobile
  Healthcare services.
 
• Designing a prevention program: This session will focus on ~- prevention. Explain how-to
  develop prevention initiatives that are relevant to a target community, are appropriate for Mobile Healthcare,
  and will address the disparities identified in the needs assessment.
 
• Developing inter-institutional (community) collaborations: This session will focus on ~
  community collaboration. Explain how-to identify other community-based organizations that relate to
  your program's mission and how to establish and maintain cooperative relationships.
 
• Ensuring a consistent model of service delivery: This session will focus on ~ continuity of care.
  Explain methods to optimize patient retention, ensure consistent service delivery, how-to create a referral
  network.
 
• Meeting the challenges of financial stability: This session will focus on – program sustainability.
  Explain the many challenges of sustaining a mobile program – constantly changing funding opportunities,
  serving disenfranchised cultures, dealing with government reimbursement regulations, appealing to a
  broad base of funding resources, fee (or not) for service,
 
• Creating awareness and building program support: This session will focus on ~ political
  advocacy and public partnerships. Explain the value and how-to of building program awareness
  among healthcare policy-makers (federal, state, and local) and building the political will in support of your
  program.
 
• Marketing your program to your target populations: This session will focus on – successful
  outreach to target populations. Explain how-to reach unique populations, understand their varied
  cultures, foster their trust in the services you have to offer, and develop a reliable service schedule. Also,
  explain how-to effectively implement your marketing plan to meet your program goals.
 
• Managing your program for disasters: This session will focus on ~ emergency preparedness &
  response. Describe pre- and post-disaster assessment and describe how a Mobile Health program can
  uniquely provide outreach and relief to victims. Reference pre-existing health disparities accentuated by
  disasters and new disparities created by these same disasters. Address how your program integrates
  with local, state, and nationwide ER programs.
 
• Maximizing the use of technology: This session will focus on ~ innovative applications of
  technology in a mobile health environment. Explain how the use of technology (equipment and/or
  software) enhances program productivity and outcomes.
 
• Changing the world with numbers: This session will focus on ~ research and academia. Mobile
  healthcare looks different from the street, but without data to prove that, it is an opportunity lost. Explain
  how to work with academic partners on research to capture the impact of non-traditional models of care,
  such as mobile health clinics, and how they contribute to the health of our communities.
 

Fourth Annual Pre-Forum Intensive Training Course Saturday, September 25 Key Elements of Launching a Mobile Health Program Presented by mobile healthcare experts in dentistry, mammography, and preventive care