Health Care & Innovation Summit

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

Keynote: Positive Coping & Improving Respectful Care

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 Track Descriptions

Professional Development & Leadership
Designed for new and emerging leaders in health care seeking strategies and tools for professional development. This track will highlight strong health care leaders who can provide best practices and share experiences that cultivated their leadership skills.

Creating the Coaching Relationship

Katrina Coleman, BSN, MSN
Maryland Health Education Institute, Leadership and Engagement Strategist

TeamSTEPPS: Optimizing Team Performance Across the Health Care Delivery System

Gina S. Wilson, MD, FACOG, C-ONQS, CPHQ
Howard University Hospital, Director of Quality and Strategic Improvement

Nursing Mentorship Panel: Enhancing the Nursing Workforce through Impactful Leadership

Moderator:
Jani North Saale
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Vice President, Nursing Operations

Panelists:
Valerie Pasnau, RN, PCCN, CPHQ
Bridgepoint Healthcare, VP, Clinical Operations and Quality

India Medley, PhD, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Howard University Hospital, VP & Chief Nursing Officer
Innovative Approaches in Health Care
Designed for health care professionals seeking to learn about how healthcare is advancing through innovative approaches, including artificial intelligence, health literacy, and clinical practices that support the health care practice and patient outcomes.

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
Population Health & Equity
Designed for professionals who seek to understand the impact of equity on population health and how to leverage data and tools in improving the health of the community. This track will explore quality improvement approaches around equity and population health within health care and city-wide initiatives aiming to improve health equity at a system level.

Successful Interventions to Address Health Disparities

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
Strategic Issues in Health Care
Designed for decision-makers in health care seeking to improve the health care culture for their staff as well as the health of patients and the overall community. This track will also support leaders in understanding policy implications and barriers to advocate effectively on behalf of their organization.

Using High Reliability to Improve Experience for Support Patients & Staff and Transform Health Care

Dale Harvey, RN, MS, CPHQ, CLSSGB, CCMP
Press Ganey Strategic Consulting, Senior Consultant

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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