Past Event: 2024 Business of Interprofessional Healthcare Conference

Understanding emerging trends in healthcare to achieve high quality and efficient patient care services

Friday, October 11 | 8 a.m.–2 p.m.

The 2024 Business of Interprofessional Healthcare Conference will explore the transformative impact of team-based care and business trends in the healthcare industry, with a special focus on how individual leaders can drive innovation to improve access to high-quality care. Attendees will gain insights into strategic business practices that are reshaping the patient experience and healthcare delivery. The conference aims to equip healthcare providers, administrators and business leaders with the knowledge and tools necessary to thrive in the evolving healthcare landscape. Attendance is complimentary for all participants.

Purpose: Understand emerging trends in healthcare to achieve high quality and efficient patient care services.
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location: Sue Gross Auditorium (Google Map | Parking & Directions)

Featured Speakers

Richard Afable, MD, MPH
President and Board Chair, Be Well OC; Adjunct Professor and Lecturer, UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business
Vice Chancellor Goldstein
Steve Goldstein, MA, MD, PhD, FAAP
Vice Chancellor, UC Irvine Health Affairs; Distinguished Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Physiology & Biophysics, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences
Sachin Jain, MD, MBA
CEO, SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan
Anne Marie Watkins, DNP, MSHCA, RN, CENP
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, UCI Health
Robert McCarron, DO, DFAPA, FAIHM
Director of Education, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute; Associate Dean, CME; Director, UC Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Fellowships; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine
Nimisha Parekh, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF
Clinical Professor of Medicine; Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Chao Digestive Health Institute; Associate Dean of Faculty Development, School of Medicine

Program for the Day

8 a.m.Check-in & Light Refreshments
8:30 a.m.Session 1: Interprofessional Collaboration for Organizational Success

Welcome Remarks
Steve Goldstein, MA, MD, PhD, FAAP

“Leading Organizational Success: Integrating Various Lines of Healthcare Services”
Richard Afable, MD, MPH
10 a.m.Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.Session 2: Innovative Healthcare Solutions

“Leading Care Delivery to Meet Increasingly Complex Patient Care Needs”
Anne Marie Watkins, DNP, MSHCA, RN, CENP

Fireside Chat
Leading Innovative Solutions for Health Equity Through Tailored and Personalized Care Plans”
Sachin Jain, MD, MBA
Moderator: Nimisha K. Parekh, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF

Closing Remarks
Robert McCarron, DO, DFAPA, FAIHM
1 p.m.Networking Lunch
2 p.m.Event Concludes

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Event Sponsors

This event is presented by the Interprofessional Education & Practice Collaborative and sponsored by the UC Irvine Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. Special thanks to the faculty planning team that developed this conference: Robert McCarron, DO, DFAPA, FAIHM; Candice Whealon, DNP, FNP-C; Nimisha Parekh, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF.