Addressing Illinois' Health Disparities: Designing and Advocating for Solutions to Improve the Health of Populations
English
Recorded Courses
hosted by Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS)
hosted by Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS)
attend it anywhere online
category
Healthcare Management, Medicine
price
$75
Addressing Illinois' Health Disparities: Designing and Advocating for Solutions to Improve the Health of Populations is organized by Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS).,,Course opens: 08/11/2020,Course expires: 08/11/2023,,Description:,This program will address health disparities in the United State as a whole and in Illinois, and how the Population Health perspective can address them. Sameer Vohra, MD, Chair of the Department of Population Science and Policy at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, will speak about these issues, as well as emerging diseases and health issues from a public and population health perspective.,,Objectives:,At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to:,• Describe the growing gap in health disparities in the United States as a whole and in Illinois specifically.,• Explain population, community, and public health and discuss how recent legislative changes have made these aspects of our health system a more central part of a physician’s practice.,• Discuss diseases and health issues that are emerging areas of interest to Illinois’s public and population health.,• Identify innovative organizations and programs addressing Illinois’ health disparities to improve the health of populations.