Add-On Experiences

Community Benefit: Requirements and Key Principles for Improving Health

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT

Join the Catholic Health Association for a condensed version of its popular Community Benefit 101 program, a high-level introduction to hospital community benefit and the important role it plays in improving community health. During this pre-conference workshop, leaders at Catholic Health Association, Lyon Software and several hospitals will speak about the mission and legal imperatives for hospital community benefit, which programs and activities count, and how hospitals, community organizations and public health bodies can work together to identify, prioritize and address community health needs. Participants will also learn ways to embed efforts to reduce disparities in health outcomes into partnerships and all aspects of community benefit programming. Join this workshop to:

• Understand the basics of community benefit: what it is, what it involves and how it's reported.
• Learn how you can integrate efforts to reduce disparities in health outcomes into all aspects of community benefit programming.
• Master the strategies community stakeholders need in order to work together to improve community health and reduce disparities.

Creating an Accessible Health Care System for People with Lived Experience of Complex Health and Social Needs

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT

Led by the INSPIRE (Initiating National Strategies for Partnership, Inclusion, and Real Engagement) initiative, this pre-conference workshop will feature learnings and replicable practices from experienced hospital-community engagement practitioners working with community members who have complex health and social needs. Community members and people with lived experience can be critical partners to hospitals by offering important insights regarding how to shape various aspects of health care delivery, program design, quality improvement and governance. Workshop participants will learn how to best approach this work from INSPIRE, which is spearheaded by national leaders in community engagement and individuals with lived experience, and which seeks to collaboratively design and implement a national strategy to enhance the practice of authentic community engagement in health care. Join this workshop to:

• Gain insights into effectively engaging with communitiesand individuals with lived experience in a health care setting.
• Use new information to enhance your current community engagement activities and develop more effective strategies for future programming, ultimately creating a more accessible health care system.
• Strategically plan and structure components of a community engagement strategy that ensures meaningful involvement of individuals with lived experience throughout their health care ecosystem.

Innovation Summit – Breaking Barriers: Redesigning Access for Better Outcomes

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT

Access is the foundation of better outcomes and stronger patient engagement. This interactive pre-conference workshop will bring together health care leaders, innovators and frontline experts to explore promising practices that reduce disparities in health outcomes and expand access to care. Featured speakers will share strategies such as expanding internet connectivity in rural and remote areas, leveraging digital tools to close gaps in communication, offering multilingual resources and building culturally responsive approaches to care delivery.

Following these insights, participants will take part in a facilitated design-thinking session to co-create innovative solutions for implementing advanced patient engagement strategies within their own organizations. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas, practical frameworks and renewed momentum to drive meaningful change in access, engagement and outcomes for all communities.

ReThink Health: Designing Transformative Change for Better Health 

9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT

In this workshop, participants will collaborate with peers and subject matter experts to design innovative solutions for integrating ReThink Health’s "vital conditions" framework into community health assessment and improvement planning processes. Learn from peers and practice leveraging your existing processes to create synergies between innovative, asset-focused assessment processes and transformative partnerships to support health in the communities you serve.