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Media
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For Immediate
Release |
Karen Black
Office of Public
Relations
410-767-6490 |
BALTIMORE, MD
(October 20, 2008) – Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)
Secretary John M. Colmers will be the
keynote speaker at the one-day Babies
Born Healthy Leadership Forum
tomorrow at the BWI Marriott in
Linthicum. Babies Born Healthy is
an initiative launched by DHMH that
emphasizes prevention services and
quality improvement, with the belief
that improving infant health requires a
comprehensive, multifaceted approach to
include families, communities and
providers. More than 100 participants
from the health care arena will join to
share ideas and develop an action plan
to enhance healthy birth outcomes.
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Who: |
John M. Colmers, DHMH
Secretary
Keynote Speaker
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When: |
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
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Where: |
BWI Marriot Hotel
1743 W. Nursery Road
Linthicum, MD 21240
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Note:
Please see following agenda for
complete list of speakers and
topics.
Click Here for printable
agenda.
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AGENDA
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8:00 AM |
Registration and Breakfast
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9:00 AM |
Welcome
Russell W. Moy, MD, MPH
Director, Family Health
Administration
Key Note Address
John M. Colmers, Secretary
Maryland Department of
Health & Mental Hygiene
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9:30 AM |
Panel Presentations
Moderator: Bonnie S. Birkel,
MPH, CRNP, Director, Center
for Maternal and Child
Health
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Baltimore City
Healthy Start -- Alma
Roberts, CEO
Planned Parenthood of
Maryland -- Leslie J.
Graham, Vice President,
Clinical
Services
Charles County MCH-WIC
Collaborative, Manjula Paul,
RN, Director of
Nursing
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Maryland Patient
Safety Center Perinatal
Collaborative – Raymond L.
Cox,
MD, MBA,
Director
Vital Statistic’s New
Electronic Birth Certificate
– Isabelle L. Horon, DrPH
Maryland Perinatal
Systems Standards -- Lee
Woods, MD, PhD
HB 535 - Morbidity,
Mortality and Quality Review
Committee – Marsha R.
Smith, MD, MPH
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Donald Shell, MD –
Health Officer, Prince
George’s County Health
Department
Patryce A. Toye,
MD – Medical Director,
MedStar Family Choice MCO
Hugh E. Mighty, MD –
Chair, Department of OB/GYN,
University of
Maryland School of
Medicine
Joshua M. Sharfstein,
MD, Commissioner of Health,
Baltimore City
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11:30 AM |
Legislative Reaction Panel
Delegates Ana Sol Gutierrez,
Melony Griffith, Dan Morhaim,
& Joselina Pena-Melnyk
(confirmed)
Delegates Keith Haynes and
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
(invited)
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12:15 PM |
LUNCH
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“Reducing Disparities in
Birth Outcomes – Lessons
from Healthy Start”
David S. de la Cruz, Ph.D.,
M.P.H., Director of Policy
and Program Development
Division of Healthy Start
and Perinatal Services
DHHS/HRSA/Maternal and Child
Health Bureau
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1:30 PM |
Workgroups: Equity in
Birth Outcomes – Creating an
Action Agenda
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2:45 PM |
Reporting out of Workgroups
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3:00 PM |
Closing Remarks: Where do
we go from here?
Bonnie S. Birkel |
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