Inforum's SE HealthcareNEXT Event

 No One Can See You Now: Confronting the Primary Care Access Crisis

Across the country, patients and caregivers are facing mounting frustration due to a critical shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs), complex access pathways, and fragmented payment systems. These challenges are straining the foundation of our healthcare system and leaving many without timely, effective care. To address this urgent issue, a distinguished panel of experts will convene to explore innovative solutions aimed at addressing primary care access challenges. The panel includes Rachel M. Klamo, DO, MS, FAAFP, Chair, Board of Directors, Michigan Academy of Family Physicians; Lou Edje, MD, MHPE, FAAFP Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education at U-M Medical School and a family medicine physician; and Nicole Hussey, DO, a third-year family medicine resident.  Together, they will examine strategies to improve access, grow the pipeline of primary care providers, streamline care delivery, and reimagine payment models that better support both providers and patients.

Don't miss the opportunity to hear from three unique perspectives as the panelists and audience engage in a practical discussion about potential solutions for shaping the future of primary care.

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Dr. Louito Caterina Edjelou (Dr. Edje) is a board-certified family physician, chair of the family medicine review committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, responsible for accrediting over 1,300 new and existing family medicine training programs. She was on the writing group for the current requirements for family medicine training. She is also nationally elected by fellow physicians as a member of the American Medical Association’s Council on Medical Education and is on the primary workgroup of the board of Michigan State Medical Society.

Dr. Edje is an Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine alumna who was the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians 2012 Family Physician of The Year. She was recipient of the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award from the University of Cincinnati and the Distinguished Humanitarian Alumni Award from Michigan Medicine. Dr. Edje was president of her class at the University of Michigan Medical School, then completed her family medicine training, with honors, before 13 years in private practice. She was program director and then designated institutional official for 102 programs at the University of Cincinnati. She has founded two family medicine residencies and has a master’s in health professions education.  She is the senior associate dean for medical education at UMMS, where she supports the medical education of 774 medical students, 1,300 house officers, and over 4,000 faculty. Her interests including integrating generative artificial intelligence into primary care workflow.

Nicole Hussey is a third-year Family Medicine resident at McLaren Greater Lansing. She is passionate about preventive medicine and values building long-term relationships with her patients. Dr. Hussey earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she received the Carnegie Medal for Academic Excellence and served on the executive board of the MSUCOM chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. She graduated with highest distinction from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, where she was also a member of the women’s soccer team.

Dr. Rachel M. Klamo earned her medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006. Upon graduation she was awarded both The President's Award for Outstanding Leadership & Service and The National Osteopathic Women Physician's Association Award for Outstanding Leadership. She completed Family Medicine Residency at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, where she served as Chief of the Resident Council and was one of a small number of residents selected to staff the ICU as a senior trainee. She holds board certifications from both the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

Post-residency, Dr. Klamo worked for six years at the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital Family Medicine Residency in Hinsdale, Illinois, where she served as Core faculty, Osteopathic Program Director, and Director of Research. She was an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and Vice-Chair of the hospital's Department of Family Medicine. She also served as a board member for the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians. After returning to Michigan in 2015, Dr. Klamo was the Associate Program Director for Family Medicine and Program Director for Transitional Year Residency Programs at Wayne State University/Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital. She currently is in full-time comprehensive practice with Henry Ford Health System and is the current board chair of the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians.

EVENT DETAILS

Time:
7:30-8 a.m. networking,
8:00-9:30 a.m., event 

Admission

$25 - Members

$35 - Nonmembers

Location

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital,
6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township

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HealthcareNEXT is for Inforum members who want to stay ahead of health care’s next curve, trend, opportunity or insight. The group is focused on sharing knowledge, increasing understanding of key health care issues, and offering unique professional development and relationship-building opportunities for health care providers and health plans, the payer community, educators, consultants, attorneys and other experts who routinely work in health care.