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Agenda:

8 a.m Opening Address

Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Health Resources and Services Administration works in conjunction with health care providers and health professions training programs to expand access to quality health care. The agency seeks to fill in the health care gaps for people who live outside the economic and medical mainstream. Prior to joining HRSA, Dr. Wakefield was at the University of North Dakota where she held positions as the associate dean for rural health at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a tenured professor and director of the Center for Rural Health. She has also previously been chief of staff to two North Dakota senators, and served as director of the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Dr. Wakefield is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies in 2004, serving on the committee that produced the reports “To Err is Human” and “Crossing the Quality Chasm”. She has served on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and as chair of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality among many other appointments.

9:20 – 9:35 A.M. Break

 9:35 A.M. Keynote Address

Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare. AHRQ supports health services research that will improve the quality of health care and promote evidence-based decision making. Prior to her appointment as Director of AHRG, Dr. Clancy was Director of the agency’s Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and, prior to that, was assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia.

Dr. Clancy holds an academic appointment at the George Washington University School of Medicine and serves as Senior Associate Editor for the journal Health Services Research, as well as serving on the editorial boards of multiple other journals. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and was elected a Master of the American College of Physicians in 2004. In 2009, she was awarded the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. Dr. Clancy’s research interests include improving health care quality and patient safety and reducing disparities in care associated with patients’ race, ethnicity, gender, income and education. As Director of AHRQ, she launched the first annual report to Congress on health care disparities and health care quality.

10:45 A.M. Reactor Panel

Mark Reardon Panel Moderator and Announcer, KMOX Radio	David Anderson, MD Pediatric Othopedist Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine	Ron Levy Director Missouri Department of Social Services
Sean McLaughlin, MD Internist Esse Health	Jerome O’Neil, Jr., M.D., M.B.A. Pediatrician Southwest Pediatrics	Louise Probst Executive Director St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition

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