COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

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Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 7:00 - 10:00 AM

Location: Vue 17 - A Modern Broadcast & Event Center

Address: 1034 S Brentwood Blvd., 17th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63117

Who: Clinicians, health care purchasers, health systems, and other community leaders who are dedicated to the health of St. Louis and advancing primary care

CME Credit Offered: 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

By Invitation Only. Space is Limited to 75 Participants

(Registration is Complementary)

Do primary care practices have the resources (time, community contacts, etc.) to support patients in adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors? Are patients and employees well-equipped to make lasting changes that can impact their health before turning to medications and treatments that are so often at their easy disposal? So much of chronic care management is dependent upon nutrition, physical activity, mental well-being, and other lifestyle factors. How can primary care clinicians be better supported to help patients fight chronic disease and achieve healthier lives?

These questions are key to understanding how primary care clinicians serve as a driver of lifestyle behavior change and how employers can partner with them to increase employee buy-in and motivation to use lifestyle as a first line of defense for chronic disease. On December 4th, Community Connections will explore this topic as Dr. Padmaja Patel, President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and longtime primary care physician, shares her experience integrating lifestyle medicine into value-based primary care. Join us as we uncover how physicians, employers, health systems and health plans can work together to advance support for more successful and widespread lifestyle medicine in primary care!

7:15 am

7:45 am

8:00 am

8:45 am

9:15 am

9:55 am

Registration - Light Breakfast & Networking

Welcome & Opening
Eric Armbrecht, Ph.D., MS
Professor and Senior Advisor to the President
Saint Louis University

Empowering Primary Care with Lifestyle Medicine: A Path to Better Health and Lower Costs
Padmaja Patel, M.D.
President
American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Reaction Panel
Jordanna Riebel, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist & Behavioral Health Consultant
Family Care Health Centers

Devyani Hunt, M.D.
Medical Director
The Washington University Living Well Center

Thomas Landholt, M.D.
Family Physician
SSM Health

Interactive Audience Discussion

Closing Remarks
Laurel Pickering, MPH
President & CEO
Midwest Health Initiative & St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition

Padmaja Patel, M.D.

President

American College of Lifestyle Medicine

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DR. PATEL'S BIO

Community Connections is an event series designed to strengthen shared knowledge and understanding across health care stakeholder groups and advance primary care in the St. Louis region. A common table for local practicing physicians, health care purchasers, health plans, medical group and other community leaders, Community Connections is an opportunity to share experiences, perspectives, and ideas for strengthening primary care.

Accreditation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Midwest Health Initiative. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

Saint Louis University designates this (activity format) for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Saint Louis University School of Medicine will provide Other learner certificates (APPs, nurses, and other types of learners). The certificate will state that the activity was designated for 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Follow your board's requirements for reciprocal CE credits.

Sponsors:
The Midwest Health Initiative’s Community Connections was made possible through the generous support of its event Sponsors, who share MHI’s belief in the power of relationships and information to transform health care:

American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Quantum Health
St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition

MHI is grateful for the continued support from its Champions for Health Care Value, who enable MHI’s community work to bring together diverse stakeholders and generate data insights to support better health care quality and affordability.