2024 Clinical Quality Symposium

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM to Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT

82 Clubhouse Road, Fairlee, VT, 05045, United States

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Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM to Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT

Lake Morey Resort, 82 Clubhouse Road, Fairlee, VT, 05045, United States.

MAIN EVENT: 

2024 Clinical Quality Symposium

Comprehensive Care: Nourishing Minds, Bodies, and Communities

October 16, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm | Lake Morey Resort

The Clinical Quality Symposium is designed for primary care clinicians, especially those in federally qualified health centers. Explore key topics like food as medicine, poverty's impact on brain health, care coordination in hypertension, acute help for patients needing behavioral health supports, and the impact of weight stigma in managing chronic conditions. This event offers valuable insights, networking opportunities, and actionable strategies to enhance patient care and drive positive change in health care.

 

PRE-EVENT:

"Just Getting By" Documentary 

Film Screening and Q & A with director Bess O'Brien 

October 15, 6:30 pm | Lake Morey Resort Theater

Registered attendees of the Clinical Quality Symposium are invited to join us for a screening of "Just Getting By,” a new documentary by director Bess O’Brien and cinematographer Patrick Kennedy. The film is a sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity and tells the stories of working families, folks who are homeless and accessing food shelves and soup kitchens and people who are living in temporary hotel/motel programs. 

Seating is limited in the Theater; first come, first serve.

 

Book Your Hotel Room Early!

If you plan to spend the night, Lake Morey Resort advises you to book your room as soon as possible. October is foliage season and Lake Morey is a popular destination. Please call Lake Morey Resort, 800-423-1211, and make sure to mention the Clinical Quality Symposium. 

Please inquire with Lake Morey Resort regarding their hotel room reservation cancellation policy.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation is allowed until September 25, 2024.

Please note that the processing fees cannot be reimbursed. 

Thank you!

Bi-State Primary Care Association

www.bistatepca.org

Bi-State is the Primary Care Association serving New Hampshire and Vermont. Bi-State provides training and technical assistance to Federally Qualified Health Centers and Look-Alikes to improve programmatic, clinical, operational, and financial performance. Vision Healthy individuals, families, and communities with equitable and quality health care for all. Mission Advance access to comprehensive primary care services for all, with special emphasis on those most in need in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Contact the Organizer

Bess O'Brien
Director/Producer
Kingdom County Productions

Bess O’Brien is currently touring Just Getting By - a sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity. Kingdom County Productions (KCP) was established in May 1991 by arts activists Jay Craven and Bess O’Brien. O’Brien had worked as a producer at Catamount and she led Middlebury’s Vermont Ensemble Theater (1985-88) where she produced, among others, acclaimed environmental theater productions of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town and Federico Fellini’s La Strada. Producer Bess O’Brien has produced the award-winning films Here today focused on families struggling with the heroin epidemic of the early 2000’s, Where is Stephanie? about a young girl’s murder and how her family copes with the aftermath, The Hungry Heart a film focused on the lives of Vermonters grappling with the opiate epidemic, Ask Us Who We Are about the foster care system, All of Me about body image and eating disorders, Coming Home focused on folks coming out of prison and entering into the innovative COSA program, and I am From Here highlighting stories of BIPOC youth talking about their experiences in VT schools. In addition Bess has produced two state wide theatre projects based on the lives of Vermont teens, The Voices Project in 2005 and The Listen Up Musical in 2021. Both these projects are available in film versions. O’Brien also produced and directed the feature film Shout it Out --the screenplay adaptation of The Voices Project.

https://kingdomcounty.org/

About Bess O'Brien

Director/Producer
Kingdom County Productions
Kari White
Director of Community Health Equity
Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.

Kari White is the Director of Community Health Equity at Northern Counties Health Care in the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) of VT where she has worked in a variety of roles for the past 12 years. Kari serves as the leader of two Collective Impact Accountable Health Communities (NEK Prosper! and Vibrant ONE), and as the Co-founder and Chair of the NEK’s Long-Term Recovery Group, Kingdom United Resilience & Recovery Effort. Kari brings 15+ years of system transformation leadership working with partners at the national, state, and local level to center identity and context expertise, equitable practice and power sharing through creative engagement and aligned action. Kari holds credentials in Results-Based Accountability + Facilitation, Advanced Systems Thinking and Complex Facilitation, and as a Building Flourishing Communities Resilience Coach.

https://www.nchcvt.org/

About Kari White

Director of Community Health Equity
Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.
Kristen Bigelow-Talbert, MSHM, CPHQ
Senior Program Manager, Health Quality Food Access and Health Care Network Director
Bi-State Primary Care Association

Kristen Bigelow-Talbert is the Senior Program Manager, Health Quality for Bi-State Primary Care Association and has been with the organization since 2008. She has facilitated many quality improvement projects and trainings with the VT and NH FQHCs over the years and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality with a Master of Science degree in Healthcare Management. She earned the Emerging Leader Award in 2017 from the National Association of Community Health Centers. She has recently published “Experiences of birthing care during COVID-19: a systematic review protocol” in JBI Evidence Synthesis. She is currently a PhD student in the Health Quality program at Queen’s University with an anticipated graduation date in 2025.

https://www.bistatepca.org

About Kristen Bigelow-Talbert, MSHM, CPHQ

Senior Program Manager, Health Quality Food Access and Health Care Network Director
Bi-State Primary Care Association
Annie Christoni
Outreach & Recruitment Specialist/Program Manager
Northeast Kingdom Learning Services, VT

Annie Christoni has worked in the human services realm for 22 years in the Northeast Kingdom. As a native Vermonter and growing up in the Northeast Kingdom, she has seen how poverty affects how people think and act. Her experiences with families, children, and others living in poverty has been instrumental in her continued passion to help heal trauma and offer new ways of looking at resilience. Annie works in Adult Education and continues to support families as they strive to thrive.

https://www.neklsvt.org

About Annie Christoni

Outreach & Recruitment Specialist/Program Manager
Northeast Kingdom Learning Services, VT
Carrie Chooljian, BSW
Director of Outreach and Care Coordination
Lamprey Health Care

Carrie Chooljian, BSW, Director of Outreach and Care Coordination at Lamprey Health Care. A social worker for over 30 years, Carrie joined Lamprey Health Care in 2005, and is currently leading the Care Coordinator and Community Health Worker teams, managing the New Hampshire Healthy Lives Wisewoman program, and assisting with mobile health services. She completed the Leadership Development Program from Bi-State Primary Care Association in 2017 and continues to advocate for patient services that will address social determinants of health.

https://www.lampreyhealth.org/

About Carrie Chooljian, BSW

Director of Outreach and Care Coordination
Lamprey Health Care
Lisa Corman, MS, RD, LD
NSHC Health Coach
NH Department of Health and Human Services, DPHS, Chronic Disease Section

Lisa Corman is the WISEWOMAN Program Coordinator for the State of New Hampshire. Her experience includes clinical nutrition in the hospital and long-term care setting, nutrition counseling through her former private practice, and served as the assistant director of the UNH Dietetic Internship program for 12 years.

https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-services/disease-prevention/heart-disease-prevention-program

About Lisa Corman, MS, RD, LD

NSHC Health Coach
NH Department of Health and Human Services, DPHS, Chronic Disease Section
Adam Greenlee, MD
Interim Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Psychiatry and Mental Health
Community Health Centers

Adam Greenlee grew up in rural Southwestern Pennsylvania and became interested in medicine in that environment of limited resources. In recognizing the specific lack of mental health resources and supports in the rural primary care settings in which he trained, he pursued a dual residency in family medicine and psychiatry. For the past 9 years, he has been a practicing primary care provider and psychiatrist at the Community Health Centers, in Burlington, Vermont.

https://www.chcb.org/

About Adam Greenlee, MD

Interim Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Psychiatry and Mental Health
Community Health Centers
Patrilie Hernandez, MS
Principal & Founder
Embody Lib, LLC

Patrilie Hernandez (they/she) is a public health consultant, educator, and advocate with over 15 years of experience serving organizations and institutions committed to improving the health & wellbeing of systemically marginalized communities. They leverage their academic background, professional experience, and lived experience to disrupt the status quo of public health, advocating for a weight-inclusive, interdisciplinary, and multi-dimensional paradigm.

https://www.embodylib.com/

About Patrilie Hernandez, MS

Principal & Founder
Embody Lib, LLC
Esther Tambe, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES
Owner & Registered Dietician
Esther Tambe Nutrition, LLC

Esther Tambe (she/her) is a New York-based Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. She offers weight-inclusive nutrition care that prioritizes health and well-being through culturally sensitive, respectful approaches. Esther is committed to providing compassionate care for people of all body sizes.

About Esther Tambe, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES

Owner & Registered Dietician
Esther Tambe Nutrition, LLC
Caroline E. Owens, Ph.D.
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

Dr. Caroline E. Owens is an anthropologist and Research Assistant Professor at the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University. Her research examines the multifaceted significance of food for human well-being and identifies pathways to advance health equity through Food is Medicine (FIM). Dr. Owens' work on FIM encompasses diverse program models and communities, with a particular emphasis on implementation in rural and medically underserved areas.

https://tuftsfoodismedicine.org/

About Caroline E. Owens, Ph.D.

Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

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Sessions on Oct 16, 2024

07:00 AM

Check-in

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMEntrance
07:30 AM

Breakfast with Sponsors and Colleagues

07:30 AM - 08:00 AMThe Morey Room
08:00 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

08:00 AM - 08:10 AMTerrace Ballroom
08:10 AM

Keynote | Beyond the Plate: Long-Term Health Consequences of Childhood Hunger

08:10 AM - 09:10 AMTerrace Ballroom
    Kari White
    Director of Community Health EquityNorthern Counties Health Care, Inc.
    Kari White is the Director of Community Health Equity at Northern Counties Health Care in the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) of VT where she has worked in a variety of roles for the past 12 years. Kari serves as the leader of two Collective Impact Accountable Health Communities (NEK Prosper! and Vibrant ONE), and as the Co-founder and Chair of the NEK’s Long-Term Recovery Group, Kingdom United Resilience & Recovery Effort. Kari brings 15+ years of system transformation leadership working with partners at the national, state, and local level to center identity and context expertise, equitable practice and power sharing through creative engagement and aligned action. Kari holds credentials in Results-Based Accountability + Facilitation, Advanced Systems Thinking and Complex Facilitation, and as a Building Flourishing Communities Resilience Coach.
    Kristen Bigelow-Talbert, MSHM, CPHQ
    Senior Program Manager, Health Quality Food Access and Health Care Network DirectorBi-State Primary Care Association
    Kristen Bigelow-Talbert is the Senior Program Manager, Health Quality for Bi-State Primary Care Association and has been with the organization since 2008. She has facilitated many quality improvement projects and trainings with the VT and NH FQHCs over the years and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality with a Master of Science degree in Healthcare Management. She earned the Emerging Leader Award in 2017 from the National Association of Community Health Centers. She has recently published “Experiences of birthing care during COVID-19: a systematic review protocol” in JBI Evidence Synthesis. She is currently a PhD student in the Health Quality program at Queen’s University with an anticipated graduation date in 2025.
    09:10 AM

    Mind Matters: Exploring Poverty's Influence on the Brain

    09:10 AM - 10:15 AMTerrace Ballroom
      Annie Christoni
      Outreach & Recruitment Specialist/Program ManagerNortheast Kingdom Learning Services, VT
      Annie Christoni has worked in the human services realm for 22 years in the Northeast Kingdom. As a native Vermonter and growing up in the Northeast Kingdom, she has seen how poverty affects how people think and act. Her experiences with families, children, and others living in poverty has been instrumental in her continued passion to help heal trauma and offer new ways of looking at resilience. Annie works in Adult Education and continues to support families as they strive to thrive.
      10:15 AM

      Coffee & Networking Break with Sponsors

      10:15 AM - 10:45 AMMorey Room

      Sponsors

      10:45 AM

      Foundations for Weight-Inclusive Care in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: A Primer

      10:45 AM - 12:25 PMTerrace Ballroom
        Patrilie Hernandez, MS
        Principal & FounderEmbody Lib, LLC
        Patrilie Hernandez (they/she) is a public health consultant, educator, and advocate with over 15 years of experience serving organizations and institutions committed to improving the health & wellbeing of systemically marginalized communities. They leverage their academic background, professional experience, and lived experience to disrupt the status quo of public health, advocating for a weight-inclusive, interdisciplinary, and multi-dimensional paradigm.
        Esther Tambe, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES
        Owner & Registered DieticianEsther Tambe Nutrition, LLC
        Esther Tambe (she/her) is a New York-based Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. She offers weight-inclusive nutrition care that prioritizes health and well-being through culturally sensitive, respectful approaches. Esther is committed to providing compassionate care for people of all body sizes.
        12:25 PM

        Lunch and Networking

        12:25 PM - 01:25 PMLakeside Dining Room
        01:30 PM

        Concurrent Session: Integrating Care Coordination for Hypertensive Patients

        01:30 PM - 02:40 PMWaterlot
          Carrie Chooljian, BSW
          Director of Outreach and Care CoordinationLamprey Health Care
          Carrie Chooljian, BSW, Director of Outreach and Care Coordination at Lamprey Health Care. A social worker for over 30 years, Carrie joined Lamprey Health Care in 2005, and is currently leading the Care Coordinator and Community Health Worker teams, managing the New Hampshire Healthy Lives Wisewoman program, and assisting with mobile health services. She completed the Leadership Development Program from Bi-State Primary Care Association in 2017 and continues to advocate for patient services that will address social determinants of health.
          Lisa Corman, MS, RD, LD
          NSHC Health CoachNH Department of Health and Human Services, DPHS, Chronic Disease Section
          Lisa Corman is the WISEWOMAN Program Coordinator for the State of New Hampshire. Her experience includes clinical nutrition in the hospital and long-term care setting, nutrition counseling through her former private practice, and served as the assistant director of the UNH Dietetic Internship program for 12 years.

          Concurrent Session: Strategies to Provide Acute Help to Patients Wait-Listed for Behavioral Health Services

          01:30 PM - 02:40 PMTheater
            Adam Greenlee, MD
            Interim Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Psychiatry and Mental HealthCommunity Health Centers
            Adam Greenlee grew up in rural Southwestern Pennsylvania and became interested in medicine in that environment of limited resources. In recognizing the specific lack of mental health resources and supports in the rural primary care settings in which he trained, he pursued a dual residency in family medicine and psychiatry. For the past 9 years, he has been a practicing primary care provider and psychiatrist at the Community Health Centers, in Burlington, Vermont.
            02:40 PM

            Afternoon Snacks and Networking Break with Sponsors

            02:40 PM - 03:15 PMMorey Room

            Sponsors

            03:20 PM

            Plenary | Food is Medicine: Nourishing Health Across Communities

            03:20 PM - 04:20 PMTerrace Ballroom
              Caroline E. Owens, Ph.D.
              Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and PolicyTufts University
              Dr. Caroline E. Owens is an anthropologist and Research Assistant Professor at the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University. Her research examines the multifaceted significance of food for human well-being and identifies pathways to advance health equity through Food is Medicine (FIM). Dr. Owens' work on FIM encompasses diverse program models and communities, with a particular emphasis on implementation in rural and medically underserved areas.
              04:20 PM

              Closing Remarks

              04:20 PM - 04:30 PM

              Continuing Education

              Nursing:

              North Country Health Consortium/NNH AHEC is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Educational Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity has been approved for up to 5.5 Nursing Contact Hours. Activity #586

              Physician:

              This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the North Country Health Consortium/NNH AHEC and Bi-State Primary Care Association, Inc. The North Country Health Consortium/NNH AHEC is accredited by the NH Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The North Country Health Consortium/NNH AHEC designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

              Social Work:

              5.5 Category A Continuing Education hours for licensure have been applied for through NASW NH.