Thank you for joining us in Arizona for the 2018 Region IX Clinical Excellence Conference! 
Save the date for the 2019 Region IX Clinical Excellence Conference on June 23-25, 2019 in Newport Beach, California!
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What is the Clinical Excellence Conference?

The California Primary Care Association (CPCA) and Western Clinicians Network (WCN) have partnered to host the Region IX Clinical Excellence Conference.  This three-day conference brings together healthcare leadership from across the region to focus on health center clinical and management teams--partnerships that spur innovation--with the goal of improving overall efficiency and effectiveness in care delivery. 
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Continuing Medical Education (CME)
This Live activity, 2018 Region IX Clinical Excellence Conference, with a beginning date of 06/03/2018, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to  12.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
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Continuing Dental Education (CDE)
The California Primary Care Association designates this activity for 12.00 continuing education credits. Dental Board of California course #09-5542-16005. Completion of this course does not constitute authorization for the attendee to perform any services that he or she is not legally authorized to perform based on his or her license or permit type.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
​Clinicians, Chief Medical Officers, Medical Directors, Dental Directors, Executive Directors, State and Regional Primary Care partners, Board Members and other management positions involved with community or migrant health centers.

Region IX members (Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawai'i, and the Pacific Islands) will be in attendance, but this clinical conference welcomes attendees from across the country!
The key to excellent leadership is excellent learning!

Why CEOs and CMOs should attend together:

Leadership is at its best when it works together, and CEOs and CMOs are the essential leadership team when it comes to patient quality, safety, and costs. The role of the CMO increasingly revolves around influencing physicians and administrators to create working relationships that benefit both. That requires a good grounding in both clinical and administration skills. To be able to work together and collaborate CMOs need to understand business aspects, just as CEOs need understanding of clinical processes and quality.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
MONDAY OPENING SESSION
Conference Blessing and the Role of Tradition and Ceremony in Primary Care
Carlos Gonzales, MD, FAAFP
Assistant Dean, Cultural Affairs; Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine; and Director, Rural Health Professions Program and Commitment to Underserved People Program, University of Arizona, Tuscon
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My Journey as a Clinical Leader
Ron Yee, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer, NACHC
MONDAY GENERAL SESSION
​Strengthening and Sustaining Practice Transformation

Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer, Venice Family Clinic
Keith Parker
​Chief Information Officer, Health Current
Caleb Sandford, MBA
Chief Operations Officer, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.
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CLOSING SESSION
A Personal Narrative of Addiction and Recovery
Katie Hirst, MD, 
Psychiatrist, BOLD Health
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Session Topics:

​- Clinical Leadership
- Clinical Administration
- Quality Improvement
- Social Determinants of Health

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C​alifornia Primary Care Association
​The California Primary Care Association (CPCA) represents more than 1,300 not-for-profit Community Health Centers and Regional Clinic Associations who provide comprehensive, quality health care services, particularly for low-income, uninsured and underserved Californians, who might otherwise not have access to health care.
​Western Clinicians Network
​The Western Clinicians Network (WCN) is a peer-led, volunteer, professional association of medical and dental leaders of community health centers in Region IX of the Bureau of Primary Health Care. WCN members are clinical leaders driving improvements in preventative and chronic disease care in community health centers and working to develop integrated systems of care and a health home for the medically underserved members of our community.
Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers
AACHC has served as Arizona’s Primary Care Association since 1985 and continuously strives to fulfill its mission of promoting and facilitating the development and delivery of affordable and accessible community-oriented, high quality, culturally effective primary healthcare for everyone in the state of Arizona through advocacy, education, and technical assistance.