Presentations from Past Events

Here you will find a collection of select presentations from recent GDAHC events. We believe that sharing these presentations is just one of the ways that we can help increase their impact and develop innovative strategies to implement change. The sharing of information is critical to the health care sector and necessary in order to continue to grow as a region, state, and nation.

2020

• Improving Telehealth for Physical, Behavioral Health, and Chronic Care

2019

Pathways to Population Health Lunch and Learn Series

• Overview and Roadmap for Change - February 11
• Acting on and Supporting Your Roadmap - February 22

2018

Affordability Summit - October 18

• Full Summit Presentation
• First Do No Harm: Tackling Waste in Health Care, Washington Health Alliance
• Health Care Cost Transparency in Minnesota, MN Community Measurement

SCOPE of Pain - September 28

• MAPS Update, Amber Daniels, MAPS Analyst, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)

SEMPQIC Conference - September 26

• Full Conference Presentation

Annual Meeting - June 14

• President's Report
• Report to the Community

3rd Annual Opioid Abuse and Heroine Overdose Summit - May 23

• An Innovative Approach by the VA System: Using Complimentary and Integrative Modalities to fight the Opioid Epidemic, Bassam Batarse, MD, Medical Acupuncturist, John D Dingell VA Medical Center
• Why and How We Got Here, and What We are Doing About It, Ranaldo Ollie, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration
• MAPS Update & New Opioid Laws, Kimberly Gaedeke, Acting Deputy Director, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)
• The Role of Acute Care Prescribing in the Opioid Epidemic, Calista Harbaugh, MD, General Surgery Resident University of Michigan, Michigan-OPEN
• Educating the Medical Community - One Practice Can Make a Difference in Your Community, Dr. Abdulhassan Saad, Primary Care Physician

Coffee & Controversy: Opioids in the Workplace - April 12

• Overview of the Opioid Epidemic Crisis in Michigan and in the United States, Rony Foumia, Pharmacist

2017

GDAHC Annual Meeting - June 16

• President's Report
• Report to the Community

2nd Annual Opioid Abuse and Heroin Overdose Solutions Summit - May 11th

• Full Summit Presentation
• Setting the Stage, Cynthia Arfken, PhD
• Substance Use Disorders: A Path Forward for Michigan, Debra A. Pinals, MD
• The Opioid Epidemic: What is the Role of Acute Pain Prescribing?, Dr. Chad Brummer & Dr. Jennifer Waljee, Michigan-OPEN
• If Your Name's Not on the Bottle, Grenae Dudley, PhD
• Combating the Supply, Cathy Gallagher, DEA

2016

Coffee & Controversy: The Intersection of Transit & Health, What You Need to Know this November - October 19th
In a continuation of our Coffee & Controversy series, GDAHC explored how the November 8th, 2016 RTA millage vote would have impacted health care, its delivery, health care jobs, as well as wallets and waistlines in southeastern Michigan. The panel included Eric Barnaby, VP of Strategy, St. John Providence; Melissa Roy, Executive Director, Advancing Macomb; Sonya Mays, President & CEO, Develop Detroit and RTA Board Member, Wayne County representative.

Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Overdose Summit - February 10th
PDFs:

• Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT): Yes or No?, Carl Christensen, MD, PhD, FASAM
• From the Source to the Street: Michigan Law Enforcement & Prosecution Strategies: Combating Upper Tier Drug Trafficking, Abraham L. Azzam, Executive Director, Michigan High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

Videos:

• Welcome & This is an Epidemic, Lt. Governor Brian Calley
• Why This Matters (Gaps in Care), Corey Waller, MD
• Opportunity for Partnership Panel Discussion
• Where Do We Go From Here?
• Where Do We Go From Here?, Kate Kohn-Parrot & Tom Watkins