Foundation’s Jenkins to discuss analytics at TWU April 7 conference

Posted by Chris Wilson | Date: March 17th, 2017 | Categories: Blog | Tags: Affordable Care Act, DFWHC, DFWHC Foundation, educational event, healthcare informatics, president trump, Texas Woman's University

DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation President Kristin Jenkins will discuss “Value Equation for Information Exchanges: Outcomes and Analytics” during an April 7 conference at Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in Dallas.

Jenkins is one of 12 speakers during “Engaged, Competent Health Care: It Takes a Community … and Informatics,” an inaugural conference emphasizing the future of informatics. The event is from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the TWU campus located at 5500 Southwestern Medical Avenue.

Additional speakers include DFWHC President/CEO W. Stephen Love and Ruby Blum, an advisor to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, to discuss “Texas, Trump and Treatment: Affordable Care Act’s Future and Community Action.” The keynote address “Community Collective Action and the Global Role of Informatics Competencies” will be provided by Dr. Diane Skiba from the University of Colorado.

Attendees will learn how to engage consumers and patients in health care practices by using a community collective action approach with informatics technologies.

For conference and registration information, please click here.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Mari Tietze at MTietze@twu.edu or 214-636-4751.