Better Health Partnership Learning Collaborative 2022

15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

Anita Cook, Board Chair, Better Health Partnership
Akram Boutros MD, FACHE, President and CEO, The MetroHealth System

THE LEADER WE ALL WISH WE HAD IS YOU!

Dr. Acton will share her insights on leadership and lessons learned in her former role as Director of the Ohio Department of Health and as a Cabinet Member and Advisor to the Governor of Ohio during an unprecedented crisis. You will get a behind the scenes look at what it was like to lead the COVID-19 emergency response for 11.7 million patients and the
leadership traits that are needed in the modern leadership toolbox. She will address the challenges of prevention and how we have faced not only the virus, but also a contagion of fear, loneliness, unmooring, and collective trauma and she will share her antidotes to these experiences as well as her hopes and dreams for the future.

REACTION PANEL
Moderator: Donald Ford MD, MBA, Chair of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Health System
Panelists:
Keisha Krumm, Executive Director / Lead Organizer, Greater Cleveland Congregations
Eric Morse MSSA, LISW-S, President & CEO, The Centers
Donna Skoda MS, LD, RD, Health Commissioner, Summit County Public Health
Srinivas Merugu MD, Regional Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare Community & State.
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OHIO HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ZONES: NEW APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY

According to the Health Policy Institute of Ohio, Ohio ranks 47th out of 50 states on health value.In this session, we will dive deeper on the connections between social determinants of health and health
disparities. Innovative approaches are emerging from the Ohio Department of Health Improvement Zone (OHIZ) initiatives designed to remove barriers to health in communities facing the greatest risk of poor health outcomes. Learn more in this session about our local OHIZ efforts!
Carrie Almasi MPA, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Health Policy Institute of Ohio Shelby McGhee MPH, Associate Director, Health, United Way of Greater Cleveland Sherita Mullins, Director of Supportive Services, Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc
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