Past Event

​WASHAA 1ST ANNUAL MEETING
HEALTH ADVOCACY: STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

When: November 1, 2013 | 7:30am - 10:30am 
Where: University of Washington Tower Auditorium at 4333 Brooklyn Avenue N.E., Seattle, WA 98195
The 1st WASHAA Annual Meeting provided patients, advocates, healthcare providers, and academic institution representatives from Washington State a unique opportunity to come together. There was networking, dynamic content, and interesting panelists talking about health advocacy
Panelists and Discussion Topic: 
What the Growing Field of Health/Patient Advocacy Means for: Patients, Providers, Academic Institutions, and Health Advocates Working in the Field
Our state is taking the lead in raising awareness, educating consumers and setting the professional standards for this important service. Attend the meeting and find out what is happening in health advocacy in Washington state and nationally. This promises to be an exciting and informative event: 
  •  Learn about the past, present and promising future of health advocacy 
  • Hear from a panel of patients, advocates, physicians and academic representatives about the impact of health advocacy 
  • Discover how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects health advocacy services 
  • Stay abreast the national effort to credential health advocates 
  • Learn about academic programs for people interested in becoming advocates 
  • Get involved with exciting WASHAA advocacy initiatives in our state 
  • Meet local advocates, patients and healthcare professionals involved in health/patient advocacy 
Data provided during the program shows staggering research about how Patient Advocacy is working in institutional settings:
  • Increased quality access
  • Decreased malpractice suits
  • Decreased costs by shifting duties from clinicians to less-costly staffers
  • Low implementation cost, disproportionately big returns
  • Service-focused innovation can be done rapidly and economically​ ​
  • Navigators + free/low cost mammograms = Increased 5-year survival from 39% to 70%
  • Decreased readmissions  (12.8% vs. 20%)
  • 30% reduction of older heart failure patient readmissions
  • $1 million/year Medicare savings
  • 31% reduction in private insurance readmissions
  • 10% reduction in Medicare readmissions

It is clear that there has never been a more exciting and promising time to be involved with health/patient advocacy. Join us and be part of this changing era in healthcare delivery! ​
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