Community Dialogues

The Minnesota Health Action Group hosts Community Dialogues on health care topics relevant to providers, purchasers, patients, and health plans. Many of the topics for Community Dialogues grow out of our Minnesota Bridges to Excellence program. The aim of these meetings is to foster communication among stakeholders and to gain a better understanding of many perspectives. A sample of topics addressed at The Action Group’s Community Dialogues includes:

DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR CARE
Best Practices Associated with Optimal Diabetes and Optimal Cardiovascular Care Measures

HEALTH CARE WASTE
Health Care Waste, Overuse, High Costs

HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENTS
Improving Value for Hip and Knee Replacements

MATERNITY CARE
Maternity Care in Minnesota: What’s Right, What’s Wrong, What Can Be Improved

MENTAL HEALTH
Accelerating Performance Improvement in Integrated Mental Health Care

PREVENTIVE CARE
Incentives for Improvement in Preventive Care Services

SPECIALTY DRUGS
Driving Transformative Change in the Specialty Drug Marketplace Through Health Policy and Legislative Action
Improving the Value of Specialty Pharmacy by Getting the 5 Rights, Right