Bridge the gap between research, practice, and policy in
health and health care by joining over 1,000 of your peers at the 10th
Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health,
December 4-6, 2017, in Arlington, VA.
VA
Chief Health Officer Equity Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD and panel of esteemed
speakers will discuss Achieving
Health Equity: The Role of D&I Research on Tuesday, December 5 from
11:30 – 12:45 PM EST.
The Annual D&I conference addresses priorities in the
field, grows the research base, and ensures that evidence is used to inform
decisions that will improve health and health care.
This year, in an extended two and half day conference,
organizers will be celebrating both the 10-year milestone of the conference
series, and the contributions of all attendees in the field, working each day
to improve the health of individuals and communities.
The VA
Office of Health Equity (OHE) launched the VA Health Equity
Themed Quality Improvement Projects Initiative during fiscal year 2014. This
initiative was launched to support local and field-based efforts to implement
quality improvement efforts that have been designed or identified through
existing literature and that are expected to achieve health equity and/or
reduce health disparities among vulnerable Veteran groups. The purpose of the
current session is to describe quality improvement projects and findings for
projects funded by OHE during fiscal year 2017 and discuss lessons learned and
actionable steps that can be used by VA facilities, researchers, and
stakeholders to inform local and national efforts that advance health equity
for vulnerable Veterans.
** Please note, event will take place on a
Monday.
Using
Quality Improvement Projects to Demonstrate Health Equity in Action for
Vulnerable Veterans
Monday,
December 18, 2017
3:00
– 4:00 PM EST
Learning
Objectives
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Identify
quality improvement strategies and other actions that can be used to advance health
equity;
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Understand
disparities in hysterectomy care in VA and how individual and system level
determinants may contribute to disparities;
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Recognize
differences in patient experience with surgical processes and outcomes; and
- Describe
VISN-wide implementation of the MOVE! program as a quality improvement strategy
to narrow the equity gap among Hispanic/Latino and Non-Hispanic/Latino Veterans
with respect to uncontrolled HbA1c.
Confirmed
Speakers
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Wendell Jones, MD
Chief Medical Officer, VISN 17 Central Texas, Dallas, Texas
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Jodie Katon, PhD
Scientist, VA Health Services Research and
Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington
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Sara Knight, PhD
Director, Health Services Research Program, Birmingham VA Medical Center,
Birmingham, Alabama
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Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity, VA Central Office, Washington, DC
Background Resources
- Callegari,
L. S., Gardella, C. M., Gray, K. E., Zephyrin, L., Uchendu, U. S., Katon, J. G.
(2017, July). Unequal Treatment? Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of
Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy in the Veterans Health Administration.
Presented at the 2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference, Crystal City, VA.
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Gray, K. E.,
CallegaDri, L. S., Fortney, J. C., Lynch, K. E., Zephyrin, L., Uchendu, U. S.,
Chen, J. A., Katon, J. G. (2017, July). Identifying and Classifying Health Disparities in VA:
Application to Racial Disparities in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy. Poster presented at the
2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference, Crystal City, VA.
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Romanova,
M., Liang, L. J., Deng, M. L., Li, Z., & Heber, D. (2013). Peer Reviewed:
Effectiveness of the MOVE! Multidisciplinary Weight Loss Program for Veterans
in Los Angeles. Preventing
Chronic Disease, 10, E112.
- Wahl, T. S.,
Goss, L. E., Morris, M. S., Gullick, A. A., Richman, J. S., Kennedy, G. D.,
Cannon, J. A., Vickers, S. M., Knight, S. J., Simmons, J. W. and Chu, D. I.
(2017). Enhanced
Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Eliminates Racial Disparities in Postoperative
Length of Stay After Colorectal Surgery. Annals
of Surgery.
On November 28, 2017, the National Academy of Medicine Roundtable on
the Promotion of Health Equity hosted
a workshop in Oakland, California, entitled Immigration
as a Social Determinant of Health. This public workshop featured invited
speaker presentations and discussions that considered the history of
immigration laws and policies and how these laws and policies affect not only
immigrant health, but population health more broadly.
VA Chief Health Equity Officer Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD, a member of the
Roundtable and served on the planning committee, recommended a panel to
incorporate the voices of immigrants, including Veterans and Military Service
Members. Dr. Uchendu moderated the panel, which featured voices,
faces, and stories of military service members represented by Veterans
for New Americans.
Service Members and Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and
their dependents may be eligible for citizenship under special provisions of
the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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