July 9th, 2019 – Children’s HealthWatch Presents at ‘Mobilizing Healthcare for a Hunger Free Massachusetts’

Children’s HealthWatch, headquartered at Boston Medical Center, will present at Hunger to Health Collaboratory’s Mobilizing Healthcare For a Hunger Free Massachusetts event.

This is a statewide convening of the Massachusetts health care community that will examine the economic impact of food insecurity on health care and to exhibit the best practices, tools and opportunities to mediate those costs. The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) will host and facilitate a results-driven cross-sector conversation with leading experts across Massachusetts on Whole-Person Care, Community of Practice and Innovation. Our primary objectives: to create policy and financing solutions that facilitate/promote innovations (screening and referrals to reduce food insecurity and its health consequences) and dissemination of these activities until everyone in Massachusetts who interacts with the health care system is no longer food insecure.

Agenda

8:45 AM –  Registration, Networking & Light Breakfast

9:15-10:00 AM – Leveraging Collaboration to Advance Food Security & Health across Massachusetts: Welcome and Introduction

• Jean McMurray, Executive Director of Worcester County Food Bank
• Michael Collins, MD, FACP Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Eric Dickson, MD, MHCM President and CEO of University of
  Massachusetts Memorial Healthcare
• Catherine D’Amato, President and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank

Keynote:

• Congressman Jim McGovern, Congressman of the 2nd District of Massachusetts

Presentation of ‘$2.4 BILLION: The Avoidable Health Costs of Hunger in Massachusetts’ 2018 Report:

• Ana Poblacion, PhD, MS, Research Scientist of Children’s HealthWatch
• Kate Walsh, President and CEO of Boston Medical Center
• Mark McGowan, President of Stop & Shop Companies

10:00-10:25 AM – Opportunities for Healthcare Through Food Insecurity Screening Best Practice: Panel

Panelists:

• Jennifer Lee, Senior Program Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
• David Waters, CEO of Community Servings
• Alan Dallman, Hunger Solution Innovator, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts

10:25-10:55 AM – Addressing Food Insecurity within Health Care Holistically: Breakout Table Discussions

Whole Person Care

• Maryanne Bombaugh, MD, MSc, MBA, FACOG President of
  Massachusetts Medical Society

Community of Practice

• Richard Sheward, Director of The Hunger Vital Sign National Community of Practice at Children’s HealthWatch

Innovation

• Thea James, MD, VP of Mission at Boston Medical Center
• Stephanie Losi, Senior Project Manager at Boston Medical Center

11:00-11:45 AM – Organizing for Systemic Change: Facilitated Group Discussion

Future-focused conversation to operationalize key points from the breakout discussions by considering them in the broader context of sustainability, cost, quality and outcomes, and community best practices that have the potential to inform concrete policies and healthcare solutions.

Facilitator:

• Mo Barbosa, HRiA

11:45-12:00 PM – Closing Remarks and Actions

• Catherine D’Amato, President and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank

This is a draft agenda. All content is subject to change.