Health Care & Innovation Summit

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.

PHOTO SLIDE SHOW FROM SUMMIT

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

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.

Summit Session Presentations

Keynote Speaker

Professionals Need Care Too: The Impact Of Trauma and Fostering Resilience in the Health Care System
Krysta Dancy, MA, MFT, CBD, CEP
Perinatal Care Specialist, Provider Educator and Licensed Therapist
Professional Development & Leadership

Creating the Coaching Relationship
Katrina Coleman, BSN, MSN
Maryland Health Education Institute, Leadership and Engagement Strategist
Innovative Approaches in Health Care
Utilizing AI to Support Patient Safety
Craig Umscheid, MD, MS
Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Impact of Using Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
Joshua Biro, PhD
MedStar Health, National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, Research Fellow

Addressing the Combined Impact of Staff and Patient Trauma to Strengthen Respectful Care
- Gayle Hurt, VP, Patient Safety & Quality Initiatives, DCHA
- Krysta Dancy, MA, MFT, CBD, CEP, Perinatal Care Specialist, Provider Educator and Licensed Therapist
- Dr. Sheetal Sheth, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery, The George Washington University Hospital
- Dr. Remu Abulu, OBGYN Resident, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Population Health & Equity

Systems-Based Solutions to Advancing Health Equity
Jessica E. Galarraga, MD, MPH
MedStar Health, AVP, Health Equity

Leveraging the HIE to Improve Patient Outcomes
Stephanie Brown, MPH, MSL
CRISP DC, Executive Director

Maternal Health: Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities
TraShawn Thornton-Davis, MD, FACOG
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente
Strategic Issues in Health Care

Engaging Hospital Leadership on Emerging Issues in Health Care
Nancy E. Foster
American Hospital Association, Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety Policy

Legislative Process and Advocacy
Justin Palmer, MPA
District of Columbia Hospital Association, Vice President for Public Policy & External Affairs

Conference Venue

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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