Putting Care at the Center 2018

Putting Care at the Center is the annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. The National Center is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AARP, and The Atlantic Philanthropies, and is an initiative of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers. 

Putting Care at the Center 2018 will be December 5-7 in Chicago, IL, co-hosted with Rush University Medical Center and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Putting Care at the Center is an opportunity for innovators and advocates for healthcare delivery reform from across the country, both pioneers and newcomers, to meet, network, and create a shared agenda for the emerging field of complex care. Continuing Education Units are available for Putting Care at the Center 2018 — learn more here.

Is the cost of Putting Care at the Center 2018 prohibitive for your organization? Learn about available conference scholarships here.

Keynote Speaker: Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Co-Director of Caring Across Generations. An award-winning organizer, thought leader, and social innovator, Ai-jen is a leading voice in future of work and family care solutions. She has also been an influential voice in the #MeToo and women’s movements, including as a participant in the Times Up action at the 2018 Golden Globes. Ai-jen is a 2014 MacArthur “genius” Fellow and a TIME 100 alumna and has been a featured speaker at the United States of Women Summits, Aspen Ideas Festivals, the Obama Foundation Summit and the 2018 Women’s Convention. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME and CNN.com. She is the author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. Follow her at @aijenpoo.

"Very inspiring. I came back to my institution ready to hit the ground running!" 

- Tina Ahmadinejad, Crozer-Keystone Health System

"Cutting edge and relevant! It provided useful insights for formulating strategies that approach complex care within the current payment and legal structures. Very inspiring from a social justice perspective. Reminded me of why I got into this work in the first place!"

- 2017 Conference Participant

"As a presenter at the Beehive and as a digital health innovator, the rich conversations I had at the Beehive were invaluable."

- 2017 Conference Presenter

Rush University Medical Center is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the patients and the diverse communities it serves in Chicago and beyond with nationally recognized healthcare, education, and research, as well as a commitment to community partnerships.

For more than 45 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are working alongside others to build a national Culture of Health that provides everyone in America a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being. Our goal is to help raise the health of everyone in the United States to the level that a great nation deserves, by placing well-being at the center of every aspect of life. Achieving this will take unprecedented collaboration—a movement for better health. By working alongside many others, we can bring about meaningful change, now and for generations to come.

"This conference did an incredible job of respectfully inviting the voices of people from communities impacted by these issues." 

- 2017 Conference Participant