DCHA’s Health Care & Innovation Summit featured four tracks that highlighted strategic issues and quality health care breakthroughs through diverse topics and shared ideas. The expert speakers represented a variety of backgrounds and offer perspectives based on hands-on experience and the latest research. Speakers and panelists discussed patient safety and health care quality through the lens of the theme, Transforming Health Care: Lead. Collaborate. Improve. Breakout sessions featured submissions from the Abstract Competition and recognition of the recipients of the Health Care & Innovation Summit Awards. 

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Keynote – Professionals Need Care Too: The Impact of Trauma In The Helping Professional

Krysta Dancy, MA, MFT

Krysta Dancy, MA, MFT

Perinatal Care Specialist, Provider Educator and Licensed Therapist

Krysta Dancy is a licensed marriage and family therapist and holistic trauma therapist specializing in perinatal mental health and birth trauma. She has more than 15 years of experience in psychology and has worked with new families for many years. Dancy is the CEO of Dancy Perinatal Counseling, which she started after being unable to turn away pregnant or postpartum clients in need of counseling. She serves as the Co-Director and Clinical Supervisor at The Place Within, a nonprofit that provides affordable counseling.

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Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Learning Center

655 K Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20001-2399

  • Parking is available at 500 New York Avenue NW and is open from 6 am to 7 pm, Monday through Friday.
  • Located in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, the Learning Center is a 15-minute drive from Ronald Reagan National Airport and minutes from Union Station and the Gallery Place-Chinatown and Mount Vernon Square 7th Street-Convention Center metro stations.

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