Implementation Learning Community 2024-2025: November 12, 2024
The Implementation Learning Community that will take place on November 12, 2024 from 1-3pm will focus on opportunities and challenges of patient navigation programs in community health centers. Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH, Associate Cancer Center Director of Cancer Care Equity at the Yale Cancer Center is the keynote speaker. She will discuss the state of patient navigation in Massachusetts at community health centers, share best practices and discuss current policy issues impacting the programs.
A panel will follow Tracy’s talk and consist of community health center navigators and administrators. The panelists will be asked to share success and challenges of implementation patient navigation programs at their centers.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for community health center staff and providers.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify three strategies to improve implementation of cancer screening at their community health center.
- Discuss and compare potential strategies to promote health equity at their community health center.
- Develop meaningful connections with community health center staff by engaging in interprofessional collaboration.
Additional Information
The Kraft Center for Community Health - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Catalyst & Mass General Brigham
1:00 PM | Welcome & Introductions |
1:15 | Keynote Presentation |
1:50 | Panel: Patient Navigation in Community Health Centers - Opportunities & Challenges |
2:30 | Large Group Discussion |
2:55 | Closing Remarks |
3:00 PM | Adjournment |
Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH - Course Director
Chief Community Health and Health Equity Officer, Mass General Brigham
Executive Director, Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital
Conrad Taff Professor of Pediatrics in Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Karen Emmons, PhD
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH
Associate Cancer Center Director, Cancer Care Equity - Yale Cancer Center
Lydia Pace, MD, MPH
Associate Physician, Division of Women’s Health - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Panelists & Moderator
- Grace Lucas, Lung Cancer Screening Patient Navigator, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
- Cristian Torres, Cancer Screening Patient Navigator. Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
- Michele Whigham-Brown, Patient Navigator, Codman Square Health Center
- BriAnna Nixie, MPA, Project Manager of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Health, Caring Health Center
- Moderator: Leslie Salas Karnes, MPH, PCMH-CCE, Senior Manager, Public Health Initiatives , Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
This activity is not for credit.