Improving the Healthcare of Chicago:
An Interactive Approach to
Reducing Healthcare Disparities 

          Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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This educational activity is co-provided with
Oakton Community College and the Chicago Asthma Consortium.

Funding for this program was made possible through monies received from Merck and Co, Inc., the American College of Chest Physicians, The CHEST Foundation, and the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Meeting Goals

  • Provide a solid understanding of healthcare disparities and its three components, cultural competency, health literacy, and language specificity.

  • Provide participants with new information and ideas to reduce healthcare disparities which can be implemented within their own organizations.

  • Begin development of a plan of action to address asthma healthcare disparities from the grassroots up.

8:00 to 11:30 a.m.
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
HERMANN UNION BUILDING
3241 S. FEDERAL STREET, CHICAGO
Registration and Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
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Meeting Agenda

HEALTH DISPARITIES IN AMERICA--THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Carolyn C. Lopez, MD, Immediate Past President, Institute of Medicine of Chicago

BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE MODEL 
Sonja Boone, MD, Faculty in Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University; Founding Member of the American Leadership Council on Diversity in Healthcare

Networking Break

HEALTH LITERACY: THE HIDDEN RISK
Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD, Director, Aging and Community Health American Medical Association

ADDRESSING HEALTH LITERACY - A HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN APPROACH
Haydee Muse, MD, MBA, FCCP, Senior Medical Director, Aetna, Inc.

INSIGHTS INTO BUILDING A HEALTHIER CHICAGO
Robert I. Herskovitz, JD, Deputy Regional Health Administrator, Region V, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

INTRODUCTION: WORKSHOP TO REDUCE CHRONIC DISEASE IN CHICAGO
Michael Diamond, President, World Resources Chicago

Faculty Disclosure Statements

CMEs/CEUs

Doctors
The American College of Chest Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM  icon ACCP Accreditation Statement 

Nurses
Oakton Community College/Alliance for Lifetime Learning Continuing Education for Health Professionals designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 ANCC Contact Hours. icon ANCC RN CEU Statement

Pharmacists and Technicians
The Illinois Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This course has been approved for 0.35 continuing education units for pharmacists and technicians.

Respiratory Therapists
The Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago is an approved continuing education sponsor by the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. 4.0 continuing education hours of credit will be awarded upon completion of the seminar.

Meeting Sponsors