Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn how to use health system data to impact policy! Our second annual Health Data Bootcamp will feature national health policy expert Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP, associate professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and contributor to The New Yorker, where he writes about medicine, health care, and politics. His keynote will be followed by seven lightning talks on data and research, including speakers from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Midwest Health Initiative. In-person attendees are invited to participate in interactive breakout sessions and a networking lunch.
Attendees will also be the first to hear about a new opportunity to apply for pilot funding!
Attendance
This is a hybrid event with options to attend in person or virtually via Zoom. Due to limited space, registration is required.
For in-person attendees, this event will take place in Seminar Room B at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the WashU Medical Campus.
The Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) is located at 320 S Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO.
Those utilizing public transportation can access EPNEC from the Central West End Metrolink station or transit center (by bus). Use the Metro Trip Planner.
Upon arriving, please utilize levels 6-7 of the Metro Parking Garage located at the corner of Taylor Avenue and Nash Way [formerly Children’s Place]. The garage address is 4560 Nash Way [formerly Children’s Place], St. Louis, MO 63110. Go to level 3 to enter into the pedestrian walkway. Press handicap button to open the door. Turn left into the walkway. Make the first right (past Kaldi’s Coffee). Walk a short distance, and you will enter EPNEC at the 2nd level.
Parking validations for the Metro Parking Garage will be provided as needed.
Event photography is planned. Photos will be used for historic documentation and post-event communications and promotions.
Virtual attendance will take place via Zoom for the keynote and lightning talks, 9:00-11:15am. Breakout sessions will be in person only.
If you have any accessibility needs, please contact cahsper@wustl.edu. We need to be notified at least five business days prior to the event to guarantee accommodation for interpretation and CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services.
Keynote Presentation
What kind of business should health care be?
Reconciling medical and commercial values
Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP
Physician and associate professor of health policy and economics
Weill Cornell Medical College
Dr. Khullar is a writer at The New Yorker, where he writes about medicine, health care, and politics. He serves as Director of the Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership, and Associate Director of the Cornell Health Policy Center. His research focuses on value-based care, health disparities, and medical innovation, and has been published in JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Khullar earned his medical degree at the Yale School of Medicine and completed his medical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He also received a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership. He has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Healthcare Professional, by the National Minority Quality Forum as a 40 Under 40 Leader in Health, and by FASPE with the 2019 Distinguished Fellow Award for Ethical Leadership.
Agenda
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Sign in and breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | Welcome and speaker introduction Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division |
| 9:05 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Keynote presentation What kind of business should health care be? Reconciling medical and commercial values Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP Physician and associate professor of health policy and economics Weill Cornell Medical College |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Introduction to CAHSPER research data and request process Kenton J. Johnston, PhD Associate Director for Research, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) Associate Professor, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Seven ‘lightning’ talks on data and research 1. Medicare Advantage Plan Data Abigail R. Barker, PhD Associate Director for Policy Partnerships, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) Research Associate Professor, Brown School 2. Medicare Encounter Data RJ Waken, PhD Core Faculty, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) Instructor of Biostatistics, Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB) 3. Regional Commercial Claims Data Warehouse Kelci Hannan, PhD, ATC Director, Research & Analytics, Midwest Health Initiative 4. AHA Hospital Data Sunny C. Lin, PhD, MS Core Faculty, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics 5. Health System Compendium Kenton J. Johnston, PhD Associate Director for Research, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER) Associate Professor, Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics 6. Contextualizing Health Care and Storytelling with FRED® Data Maria Arias FRED® Data Champion Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Diego Mendez-Carbajo, PhD FRED® Economics Champion Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 7. Restricted Census Microdata Seth Carnahan, PhD Associate Professor of Strategy, Olin Business School |
| 11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Small group breakout sessions (in person only) – Contextualizing Health Care and Storytelling with Data (U.S. Census and Federal Reserve Economic Data) Room 308 Maria Arias, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, and Seth Carnahan – Regional Commercial Claims Data and Medicare Advantage Data Room 301 Kelci Hannan, Abigail R. Barker, and RJ Waken – AHA Hospital Data and Health System Compendium Data Room 305 Kenton J. Johnston and Sunny C. Lin |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Networking lunch |