Robert Record, MD

We each enter incarnational healthcare ministry through a calling to serve our neighbors, especially those who struggle. Our practices and our team members are missional, engaged and resilient on the good end and overly-expectant and prone to disillusionment on the struggling end. The massive amount of need around us and the complexity of modern medical practice management are more than enough in themselves. Couple these with our missional needs and ever-growing volume, and it is easy to see how we might struggle to have a culture that meets our ideals. and culture is not enough, we want organizational health.

Debra Ortiz-Vasquez, JD

Over the past decade, Esperanza Health Center (EHC) has sought to meaningfully educate and leverage community members to be resources for health and wellness in their spheres of influence. Most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic propelled us to think creatively around ways to equitably employ community members, thus extending our presence in the community and our ability to respond to emerging needs. This session will utilize EHC’s Community COVID Ambassador program, developed in response to COVID-19 fears and misinformation, as a case study in equitable community engagement. We will also touch on other engagement models. Panel: Lianette Pappaterra, MPH; Maryann Salib, DO, MPH; Anna Cole; Darlene Burton (Community Covid Ambassador)

CME Accredited

Brian Reinhardt, MD

Caring for the poor has so many complexities. In our time together, we will explore one model of caring for the poor--direct primary care (DPC). As a lesser known approach to healthcare, we will begin with a nuts and bolts explanation of how DPC operates. Then, we will see the areas where DPC shines in caring for the poor. We think that DPC is one spoke, amongst multiple, in the wheel of caring for the poor. For this wheel to operate well, we must support each other. Finally, we will challenge you to ask how you are uniquely wired to fit into this wheel.

CME Accredited

Shantae Rodriguez, PA-C with Kristin Moltz, PA

Trauma Informed Care is a big buzz word these days with lots of theory and concepts being promoted and taught. The challenge is how to apply these concepts to everyday patient interactions, conversations, and policies. Our hope is to educate using concrete examples of trauma informed application to patient care in a pandemic and to healthcare in general.

Jody Buttery, RN with Josh Bytwerk

This session will tell the story of how empathetic relationships can change assumptions and keep patients and clients from a victim mentality. How a small mid-western non-profit scaled its services, united a community, and is reshaping hearts by partnering health-care with compassion services.

Paul Violanti, DNP

An anecdotal review of birthing a Global Health program from within a Community Health Center. Co-Presenter: Han Moe

CME Accredited

Breanna Lathrop, DNP, FNP

Safety net clinics have firsthand knowledge of the social determinants affecting their communities and are actively seeking strategies to foster health equity but often lack the staff and internal capacity to address them. This session will focus on sustainable and practical strategies for clinics wanting to expand their ability to address social determinants of health. This session will also highlight why Christian leadership is essential in this space and the ways in which a social determinants of health centered approach to patient care aligns with Biblical examples of healing. Participants will also receive an overview of a free tool, the Health Equity Learning Hub, designed specifically for safety net clinics to support ongoing work around health equity.

CME Accredited

Greg Delaney, BS with Elizabeth Delaney

At this session we will explore substance use disorder as a chronic medical condition, its impact on the brain, the influence of trauma and opportunities for communities of faith to become better educated and certified to more effectively serve clients, congregants and their families impacted by substance use disorder.