[Health_Education_Promotion] Fwd: Less than 2 weeks until conference, still time to register

Mon Apr 14 10:14:24 PDT 2014

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> From: Amy Fellows, We Can Do Better <info at wecandobetter.org>
> Date: April 14, 2014 at 9:32:36 AM PDT
> To: Amy <amy at wecandobetter.org>
> Subject: Less than 2 weeks until conference, still time to register
> Reply-To: Amy Fellows, We Can Do Better <info at wecandobetter.org>
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> State Senator Michael Dembrow (District 23) will join us at the conference April 24, we hope to see you too...
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> Pre-Conference phone session: 
> Learn to Tweet as a Patient Advocate
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> Join us Monday April 21 at noon, when our keynote speaker Regina Holliday will host a special pre-conference conference call. You'll learn how to be a patient advocate through social media. She will go over the basics of tweeting and prepare you for our Tweet Contest, to be held three days later at our annual conference. To join this conference call, dial 971-279-6625 at noon on Monday, April 21. In the meantime, read Regina's Blog to learn more about how she uses social media.
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> Conference Tracks Announced
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> Spread the word to your colleagues, friends, family. We want to fill the rooms with people who care about improving health for all.
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> Please join us for our 6th Annual We Can Do Better Conference – Beyond Health Care: Community, Action, Health, and Equity 
> Thursday, April 24th 8:00am-4:30pm
> Ambridge Event Center in Northeast Portland.
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> Conference Tracks will include:
> Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Universal Healthcare: Access and Barriers
> Food Matters
> Healthy Communities
> Patient Engagement
> Healthcare: What am I Paying For?
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> Tricia Tillman, MPH, Director of the Oregon Health Authority’s Office of Equity and Inclusion, will be our closing speaker. Her personal mission is too engage and align diverse community voices and the Oregon Health Authority to assure the elimination of avoidable health gaps and promote optimal health in Oregon. She would like to see all people, communities and cultures co-creating and enjoying a healthy Oregon.
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> In addition to the great Keynote Speakers listed below, we have something for everybody this year to Learn, Connect and Act. We have a great line up of expert panelists to help you learn, connect with others and then take action. Whether you are involved in healthcare or Public Health – or are a patient, caregiver, concerned citizen, or policy maker – we hope to see you on April 24.
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> With us this year, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) who has created a unique role as Congress’ chief spokesperson for Livable Communities: places where people are safe, healthy and economically secure.
> Rep. Blumenauer is currently a member of the Budget Committee and Ways and Means Committee and the subcommittees on Health and Trade.
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> John Santa, MD, MPH, Director of the Health Ratings Center at Consumer Reports will be returning to participate in our conference this year. We will be closing the loop on some of the topics Dr. Santa brought to our attention at last year's conference including Open Notes and Choosing Wisely. Come and learn about the Northwest OpenNotes Consortium and how you can get involved with We Can Do Better in this important work.
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> Last year our conference was filled to capacity, so please register early and take advantage of our early bird rate of $95- ending March 24!
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> We depend on our sponsors and donors to help us create enough scholarships for everyone who would like to attend to pay a rate they can afford. 
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> Please join us for our conference this year – Beyond Health Care: Community, Action, Health, and Equity – will be held on April 24th, 2014 at the Ambridge Event Center in Northeast Portland.
> We are excited to announce our keynote speaker – Regina Holliday.
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> Regina Holliday is an activist, artist, speaker and author. You may see her at our conference painting the content she hears from the patient view. She is part the movement known as participatory medicine. She and others in this movement believe that the patient is a partner with their provider and both should work together as a team. Regina,is also an e-patient. She utilizes the tools of technology and social media to better understand the patient condition and the landscape of medicine.
> » More about Regina Holliday
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> We bring people together who share the values of better health care and health for all. Past conferences have outlined the Triple Aim, how we can work towards health equity, the impact of music and the arts on health and shaped our current work on exciting projects such as Open Notes and Choosing Wisely. When we work together in common cause, we build strong support for better public policies, and each year Oregon's policies have moved forward because of you.
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> This year's conference will help us define the “next” goal, pushing the envelope to encompass the breadth of policies that impact our health. The conference will be interactive, engaging and will leave you with ideas of how we can do better.
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> » More conference info
> Please join us and other thought leaders on April 24th.
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> Take good care,
> Amy Fellows
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> Multnomah County Health Department
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> Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
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> Oregon Health and Sciences University
> Turning Technologies	
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