Wednesday, March 17
Annual Rural Health Summit
8:30 Continental Breakfast
Registration Opens/Exhibits Open
9:00 Welcome
Congressman Tom Perriello - Virginia District 5
9:30 Greetings - Secretary of Health and Human Resources
William (Bill) A. Hazel Jr., MD
10:00 What's New? Reports from the Front Lines
- National Health Reform - Janice Wilkins, Rural Health Fellow, National Rural Health Association
- Emergency Medical Services - Scott Winston, VDH Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Rural Health Workforce - Stephen Petterson, PhD, Robert Graham Center
- Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority
Kathy Wibberly, PhD, VDH Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy
11:30 break/visit exhibits
12:00 Networking Lunch
1:00 Rural Health Plan Oversight Committee
Beth O'Connor, M. Ed., Executive Director
Virginia Rural Health Resource Center
Virginia Rural Health Association
Information about the newly developed Oversight Committee and how the work of the committee will guide the Rural Health Plan Councils.
1:15 Council Progress Reports - Eating the Elephant
There's an old joke that asks the question: "How do you eat an elephant?" The answer is, "one bite at a time!" Implementing the recommendations of the Virginia State Rural Health Plan may seem like an insurmountable task, but we can do it, working together.
The Rural Health Plan Council progress reports will outline the work that has been done in the past year.
- Access Council - Best Practices Compendium
- Workforce Council - Workforce Survey & Summit
Networking break/visit exhibits
- Quality Council - A Call to Action
- Data/Rural Definitions Council - Data Portal & Mapping Websites
4:00 Adjourn
4:00 - 6:00 Exhibit Reception