Rural Health Institute to Host 2013 Crossroads Conference
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health will host the 2013 Crossroads Conference: Healthcare Transformation in West Texas June 5 and 6 at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center, 2322 Mac Davis Lane.
The Crossroads Conference will bring together health care professionals and community leaders from across West Texas to network and learn about the Affordable Care Act, health IT workforce, legislative updates, rural mental health, the 1115 waiver and health information exchange.
The conference welcomes health care executives and management teams serving hospitals and clinics of West Texas, community leaders, state agency personnel working with rural communities and rural health care, leaders from nonprofit organizations of West Texas, businesses that serve the rural population and academic institutions involved in rural health care.
Featured speakers include Brock Slabach, National Rural Health Association; Lloyd Potter, Texas State Demographer; Don McBeath, Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals; Susan Fenton, Texas State University; and Yvonne Sanchez, CentrEast Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center.
Registration is $75 for professionals and $25 for students before May 31. Tickets
at the door are $100 for professionals and $50 for students. To register for the conference,
visit http://www.westtexasahec.org and click on “Crossroads Conference.”
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