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Join the CT State Medical Society this Thursday, May 5th for Health Equity & Quality of Care: They ARE Connected. The forum will be in the Old Judiciary Room in the State Capitol Building from noon to 4pm. To register for this free event go to https://events.csms.org

Hundreds rallied last night at the Hartford train station to show their support for SustiNet. Speakers said the reported compromise legislation does not go far enough to reach the original vision – providing a decent, affordable coverage option to desperate consumers and small businesses. Supporters emphasized the need for a public option, SustiNet, to make…

Come to show your support for the SustiNet bill, CT’s hope to provide a publicly accountable, affordable insurance option for individuals and small businesses. Join us at a rally 6pm next Wednesday, April 27th at the Hartford Train Station, One Union Place in Hartford. For more on SustiNet, go to www.healthcare4every1.org.

Join Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute for a webinar about the Basic Health Program option for states under the national Affordable Care Act. The webinar will be Monday, April 4th at noon. To register, go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/191056697. The Basic Health Program option can allow states to continue to cover higher income parents who have…

Join the Council of State Governments for a webinar for our Eastern region states with Joel Ario, DHHS Director of the Office of Health Insurance Exchanges, to answer all our questions about federal funding and supports for states creating health insurance exchanges. The webinar is tomorrow, Feb. 23rd at 11:30 am. This promises to be…

The CT Health Foundation is currently seeking nominations for their Health Leadership Fellows Program. Training includes understanding and implementing health systems change solutions; developing strategic messaging and communications; and organizing and working in multidisciplinary teams. The Foundation is seeking people who will work to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Applications are due by May…

Join us for a webinar with Scott Cleary of eHealthCT, Feb. 22nd at 1pm to hear about CT’s successful Medicaid health information exchange. Funded under a Medicaid transformation grant, the exchange is up and running, sharing treatment information securely with consumer-friendly privacy protections, to improve patient safety and reduce duplication. To register for the webinar,…

This year’s Donaghue Foundation conference will explore how design thinking is being used to reduce fragmentation in today’s health care system. The conference will be Friday, May 6th from 7:30am to 12:30 pm in Farmington.

While you are home avoiding getting out to shovel, check out the updated www.cthealthbook.org. The site includes a collection of basics on CT’s health care environment. Health Policy 101 is a basics module created as a training tool for incoming CT Health Policy Project interns, volunteers and staff. Health Policy 201 includes 21 sets of…

For all the wonky types, RWJ is taking votes online for this year’s most influential research articles. You may have missed one or two (I did) so it’s also a chance to catch up.