Spring Statewide Meeting

The Spring 2009 Statewide Meeting took place on May 1st at the Hoagland-Pincus Conference
Center in Shrewsbury, MA from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.   The meeting is intended for all who are
interested in diabetes education, prevention, diagnosis, and management in Massachusetts.  

How to Help Your Program and Patients Survive in Tough Economic Times is the theme for this
meeting.  You can learn, network with other professionals and earn valuable CEUs. Recognized
programs from the 2009 Programs of Excellence, awarded by DCOM, will present at the    
statewide meeting.  

As a result of participating in this conference, participants were able to:
• Describe 2 ways the medical home model can improve patient care
• Identify 3 ways that collaboration with key partners and stakeholders promotes systems-based
care and improves the quality of care provided to people with diabetes
• Discuss 3 practical strategies for promoting health through effective programming that
addresses the socioeconomic needs of people with diabetes

                                                                                                             DCOM would also
                                                                                                            like to acknowledge
                                                                                                            our meeting sponsor
             May 1, 2009
Agenda
  
9:00 - 9:30 am
 Registration, Breakfast Posters & Exhibits
9:30 - 9:45
 Welcome:
Tim Garvin
President and CEO
United Way of Central Massachusetts
9:45 - 10:45
 Keynote Presentation - Moving Toward the Medical Home: Increased
Engagement through Provider-Health Plan Collaboration
David Brumley, MD
Medical Director of Disease Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA

Francis X. Campion, MD, FACP
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Clinical Informatics Research
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School
10:45 - 11:00
 Break, Posters & Exhibits
11:00 - 12:00 pm
 Breakouts:
1) Group Visit Empowerment Model: Medical Treatment for
Chronic Illnesses  
Jeffrey Geller, MD
Faculty, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, MA
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of
Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Director of Integrated Medicine and Group Therapies, Greater Lawrence
Family Health Center


2) Advancing the Fiscal Health of Patients with Diabetes:
A Wellness Win-Win
Doreen Treacy
Director, CivicHealth Institute
DotWell
12:00 - 12:45
 Lunch Posters & Exhibits
12:45 - 1:30
 Report by Executive Committee & Approval of Executive  Committee Slate
Kathy Gorman, MS, RD, LDN
Vice-Chair
Diabetes Coalition of Massachusetts
1:30 - 2:00
 Standing Committee Updates
Community Mobilization (CM)
Pamela Fredericks, BSN, RN, CDE
Diabetes Education Program Manager
South Shore Visiting Nurses, South Shore Hospital

Health Care Access & Quality (HCAQ)
Elvira Q. Johnson, MS, RD, CDE, LDN
EQJ Associates

Chronic Disease Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation (SME)
Paul Oppedisano, MPH
Epidemiologist I / Data Analyst
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
2:00 - 3:30
 Programs of Excellence: Recognition and Presentations
Kathy Gorman, MS, RD, LDN
Vice-Chair
Diabetes Coalition of Massachusetts
3:30 pm
 Meeting Adjourns