May 1 - 3, 2017
Austin Omni Hotel Southpark, 4140 Governors Row
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Please note: The deadline to book at the conference rate ended April 10th, but there are still rooms available at a reduced rate.
Agenda:
Download the updated agenda. Please note: the session LOCAL Level -
Working Sessions for Communities (3.1) that was one of three sessions is now the only session due to popularity.
Monday, May 1, 2017
1:00 p.m. Opening Plenary - Welcome and Panel discussion - Focus on Federal Healthcare and Housing Policy
4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Panel Discussion on State System Priorities
10:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
12:00 p.m. Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
5:00 p.m. Networking Reception
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Breakfast & Keynote Speaker
Keynote: James J. O’Connell, MD; President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and author of Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor
In 1985, Dr. O'Connell began full time clinical work with homeless individuals as the founding
physician of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, which now serves over 13,000 homeless
persons each year in two hospital-based clinics (Boston Medical Center and MGH) and in more than 60
shelters and outreach sites in Boston. With his colleagues, Dr. O’Connell established the nation’s first
medical respite program for homeless persons in September, 1985, with 25 beds in the Lemuel Shattuck
Shelter. This innovative program now provides acute and sub-acute, pre- and post-operative, and
palliative and end-of-life care in the freestanding 104-bed Barbara McInnis House. Working with the
MGH Laboratory of Computer Science, Dr. O’Connell designed and implemented the nation’s first
computerized medical record for a homeless program in 1995.
Read his full bio.
10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
12:15 p.m. Conference Concludes
