Public health, primary care, and community partners will converge in Washington, DC from May 31 to June 2, 2017 for the 2017 Practical Playbook National Meeting at the Westin Washington, DC City Center. The Practical Playbook National Meeting is a forum for national dialogue on best practices for cross-sector collaborations in population health, while rising to meet the challenges of the changing healthcare landscape. This year’s theme is “Improving Population Health: Collaborative Strategies that Work.” Experts from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) will be leading a breakout session on change leadership during this year’s event and looking to connect with event attendees who are eager to learn more about our expertise in improving population health, and our focus areas: performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development.
Related to the theme of this year's meeting, earlier this year, PHF released a new book, Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration, which provides valuable and practical insights from over 50 experts in population health. The facilitators of PHF's breakout session at the Practical Playbook National Meeting, Ron Bialek, PHF's President, and Jack Moran, PHF's Senior Quality Advisor, edited this timely publication. Order your copy today from PHF's Learning Resource Center.
Information on PHF’s breakout session at the 2017 Practical Playbook National Meeting:
Leading and Managing Change During Uncertain Times
Ron Bialek, President, Public Health Foundation
Jack Moran, Senior Quality Advisor, Public Health Foundation
Thursday, June 1, 2017 – Breakout Session 2, 2-3pm EDT
Public health and healthcare organizations are facing unprecedented challenges, and must proactively address change "head on." Successful Change Leaders tackle tough issues directly, well before circumstances dictate reactive responses. This session will describe the successful behaviors and actions needed to facilitate change in the current challenging and often hostile environment. These critical behaviors and activities will be defined within the context of a Plan-Do-Check-Act framework familiar to practitioners of quality improvement. Lessons learned will be applicable to public health agencies, healthcare organization, and others supporting efforts of public health and healthcare.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Explain the importance of healthy change to promote a thriving organizational climate and culture.
- Demonstrate a "TRY Change" model to engage an organization in change.
- Discuss the types of change resistors that are encountered by organizations.
- Describe the two key roles of organizational Change Leaders.
We look forward to connecting with you before, during, and after this event to answer your questions and apply our expertise to your organization to improve health outcomes in your community.
PHF offers customized leadership and change management technical assistance and training for public health, primary care, and community organizations of all types and sizes. For more information about our services, please contact Margie Beaudry at [email protected], (202)218-4415, or submit your inquiry online.