November 16, 2018
National Center to release the Blueprint for Complex Care, a guide for advancing the field
The field of complex care will convene in Downtown Chicago during the first week of December at the third annual Putting Care at the Center conference. Putting Care at the Center is the only conference on complex care in America.
At the conference, the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs and its partners will release the Blueprint for Complex Care, which will present a comprehensive picture of the field and a set of recommendations for its advancement. The conference’s keynote speaker, Caring Across Generations Co-Director Ai-jen Poo will discuss the parallels between complex care and other successful movements to transform care.
WHAT:
Putting Care at the Center 2018, the only conference on complex care in America
WHEN:
Wednesday through Friday, December 5-7, 2018
Day one begins with a cocktail reception at 6:00 PM, December 5, 2018
Day two begins with the Blueprint release at 8:30 AM, December 6, 2018
Day three begins with a keynote address at 7:00 AM, December 7, 2018
WHERE:
The Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611
WHO:
National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, an initiative of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
BACKGROUND:
Complex care is a person-centered approach to address the needs of people who experience combinations of medical, behavioral health, and social challenges that result in extreme patterns of healthcare utilization and cost. Putting Care at the Center is co-hosted this year by Rush University Medical Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with generous support from the Peterson Center on Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, the American Hospital Association, California Health Care Foundation, NowPow, and Cityblock.