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SUMMARY:Partnerships for Success: Public Health and Health System Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:This panel has been approved for 1.50 ACHE Virtual Interactive Education Credits.\n\n\n\nThe top three functions of public health are to assess and monitor populations\, form public policies to address problems and priorities\, and finally to make sure access to services is provided. Public health challenges that were once found only in certain countries are no longer limited to within those borders. Globalization has increased these challenges. Through globalization\, the public health arena has a significant impact on health administration challenges in the US and on the path that healthcare will take in the foreseeable future. \nModerator: George Roberts\, FACHE\nChief Executive Officer\nNortheast Texas Public Health District \nPanelists: \nW. Stephen Love\nPresident & CEO\nDallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council \nLisako McKyer\, PhD\, MPH\, FAAHB\nProfessor & Chair\, Dept. of Population and Community Health\nUNT Health \nMatt Richardson\, DrPH\, FACHE\nDirector\nDenton County Public Health \n\n\n  \nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers’ Bios: \nMr. Stephen Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration\, cooperation\, and advocacy on behalf of its 90 member hospitals. The Hospital Council also has approximately 100 Associate Members (business and industry)\, including prominent accounting\, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity in North Texas. He was the United Nations Association Award Winner in 2018 for Global Goals. He served as 2015 Chair for the Conference of Metropolitan and Regional Hospitals Association in the United States. He received the 2020 D CEO’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received the Dallas Medical Society’s Millard J. and Robert L. Health Award for a non-physician providing outstanding leadership to the community. He previously served on the Children at Risk Board for North Texas\, Southwest Region Board for the American Heart Association\, and the Chair for the March of Dimes Walk for Babies Campaign\, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Dallas\, and Cure Glaucoma Foundation Advisory Board. He serves on the Southwest Transplant Alliance for organ transplants; North Texas Eye Research Institute; the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors and received the 2024 Theodore P. Beasley Distinguished Leadership Award in 2024; the Board of Directors of Prism Health North Texas and the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He was the Chair for the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber for 2024-2025. Mr. Love has worked in healthcare management for over 50 years. He has demonstrated leadership in tax exempt\, investor-owned\, specialty and private hospitals in operations\, finance\, and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council\, Mr. Love was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 healthcare company that owned over 50 hospitals and managed approximately 200 facilities in the United States. \n  \nDr. Lisako McKyer was a non-traditional student\, earning a BA in Psychology from California State University Northridge\, where she was awarded a NIGMS-funded undergraduate research training grant under Dr. Maria Elena Zavala and Dr. Carrie Saetermoe. Next\, she pursued doctoral training in two programs at Indiana University; Clinical Science (Psychology 1995-1999 [incomplete])\, and Health Behavior (completed in 2005)\, where she also earned an MPH degree along the way. \nShe started her faculty career at Indiana University\, where she directed the annual statewide school-based ATOD survey at the Indiana Prevention Research Center. She moved to Texas A&M University in 2006\, where she held appointments in the College of Public Health\, the School of Medicine and the School of Education and Human Development. During her 16 years at Texas A&M\, she rose through the ranks to tenured full professor and served in various leadership positions. Prior to joining UNT Health in 2024\, she served as the Inaugural Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Inclusive Excellence at the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine \n  \nDr. Matt Richardson was appointed as the Director of Public Health for Denton County in the summer of 2014. He previously served as Director with the City of Amarillo and Potter/Randall Counties for 9 years. He has authored peer-reviewed publications\, testified to the Texas Legislature regarding public health issues\, and continues to advocate for public health practice and resources for Denton County and the state of Texas. Matt is currently the past president of the Texas Association of City and County Health Officials and was recently appointed as a board member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners. He has been a Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) accreditation site reviewer since 2013\, as both a public health practitioner and site review chair. He is an expert in accreditation efforts across many academic and practice environments—from national public health university programs to individual credentials and certifications. \nHe has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Abilene Christian University and both Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of North Texas. He is currently board-certified and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. \n  \nGeorge T. Roberts\, Jr.\, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Texas Public Health District (NET Health) since November 2006. Services provided by NET Health include Community Outreach\, Disease Surveillance\, Environmental Health\, Immunization\, Tuberculosis Control\, Public Health Emergency Preparedness\, Regional Laboratory\, Vital Statistics\, and WIC (Women\, Infants\, and Children) Program. NET Health primarily serves Tyler and Smith County but also provides some services in 21 counties in East Texas. The WIC Program serves a 20-county area and Public Health Preparedness serves a 7-county region. \nMr. Roberts has over 45 years of health care experience\, the majority of which was spent in hospital administration\, having previously served at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas\, Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler\, and Henderson Memorial Hospital in Henderson\, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from SMU in Dallas and a Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis\, Missouri. He is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE) and served as the East Texas ACHE Chapter President in 2023. He is a member of the Board of the Texas Health Institute\, Carter BloodCare\, the Piney Woods Regional Advisory Council\, Mosaic Counseling\, the Tyler Family Circle of Care and the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce. He recently completed his service to the American Board of Preventive Medicine where he served as the First Public Member of the Board. He is Past President of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Texas Association of City and County Health Officials (TACCHO)\, and the Past Chairman of the Texas Health Institute. Mr. Roberts is active in a number of church\, community\, and statewide efforts. Mr. Roberts has been married to his wife Leslie for 38 years\, and they have 2 children – Claire (32) and Travis (28). \n\n\n  \nRegister Here
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SUMMARY:Innovation and the Changing Face of Healthcare Delivery
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThis panel has been approved for 1.50 ACHE Virtual Interactive Education Credits.\n\n\n\nGiven the extensive changes in healthcare delivery and the technological landscape overall\, there is a necessity to take stock of where the healthcare community stands on change and innovation\, specifically regarding the use of technology. The demand for higher quality healthcare at a lower cost creates an imminent need for change and innovation in healthcare delivery. Healthcare has already seen innovations in the tools used to deliver care\, including pharmacy products\, medical devices\, information technology\, and biotechnology products. This innovation has changed and continues to change the way healthcare is delivered. This panel will discuss how health systems are using innovation in technology to improve the value of the healthcare they deliver. Examples may include using technology to improve connectivity\, patient flow\, provider efficiency\, and/or quality measurement. \nModerator: Quyet V. Tran\, RPh\, MBA\, FACHE\nRegional DOP\nPrime Healthcare \nPanelists: \nDr. Xiaoxu Kang\nFounder & CEO\nKangarooHealth \nDavid Larsen\, DO\, MBA\, FACHE\nInstitute Chair of Primary Care for CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic\nDirector of Physician Practice Operations & Medical Director of Clinical Informatics \nSteve Miff\, PhD\nPresident and CEO\nParkland Center for Clinical Innovation \n\n\n  \nRegister Here\n  \n\n\nSpeakers’ Bios: \nDr. Xiaoxu Kang is the Founder and CEO of KangarooHealth\, a company transforming healthcare access and quality through innovative technology. After earning her PhD at Johns Hopkins Medicine\, she spent over 15 years at the forefront of healthcare innovation and commercialization\, combining scientific rigor with entrepreneurial drive. \nAs a two-time startup founder\, Dr. Kang has navigated the challenges of translating research into real-world impact\, earning 20+ industry awards\, publishing 16 peer-reviewed scientific articles\, and securing four patents along the way. Her vision is clear: to leverage technology to make healthcare more connected\, accessible\, and effective for all. \nAt KangarooHealth\, she is building a world-class team dedicated to powering the healthcare of tomorrow—one innovation\, one patient\, and one partnership at a time. \n  \nDr. David Larsen serves as the Institute Chair of Primary Care for CHRISTUS Trinity clinic\, Director of Physician Practice Operations\, and as a Medical Director of Clinical Informatics. He joined CHRISTUS in 2019 as a family medicine physician and has since held a range of clinical and leadership roles\, including Medical Director of Clinical Informatics\, Lead Physician\, and Medical Director of Bluebonnet Point Wellness. His work has been recognized with the CHRISTUS Health Patient’s Choice Award and the CHRISTUS Health Rising Star Award. \nDr. Larsen earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Midwestern University. He holds an Executive MBA in Healthcare Management from The University of Texas at Tyler and a Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and currently serves on the board of the East Texas Chapter. \n  \nDr. Steve Miff is the President and CEO of Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI)\, a leading\, non-profit\, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing organization affiliated with Parkland Health\, one of the country’s largest and most progressive safety-net hospitals. Spurred by his passion to use next-generation analytics and technology to help serve the most vulnerable and underserved residents\, Steve and his team focus on leveraging technology\, data science\, and clinical expertise to obtain unique social-determinants-of-health data and incorporate those holistic\, personal insights into point-of-care interventions. Steve was the recipient of the 2020 Dallas Business Journal Most Inspiring Leader award and the winner of the 2021 DCEO and Dallas Innovates healthcare awards. Since 2020\, Steve was been named for five consecutive years to the Dallas 500 Most Influential Leaders Awards and in 2023\, Steve was named the Tech Titans emerging company CEO of the year. In 2025\, Steve received the prestigious Dallas County Medical Society Champion of Science and Medicine award. Under his leadership\, PCCI was named one of the 2019 Dallas Best Tech Startups by the Tech Tribune\, the award recipient for the 2022 Corporate Citizenship Award\, and the recipient of the national Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative award by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. \nSteve earned his PhD and MS degrees in biomedical engineering and a BA in economics from Northwestern University. He has been an adjunct professor of biomedical engineering for more than five years and has authored more than 100 thought leadership\, white papers\, and peer-reviewed publications. He is also the co-author of the 2020 Building Connected Communities of Care book released by HIMSS publishing and Amazon. Steve and PCCI’s work have been featured in Time Magazine\, NEJM\, IHI\, HealthLeaders\, NPR\, CBS\, NBC\, Stat News\, and many other leading news and scientific venues. Steve is the lead inventor on the PCCI’s most recent United States Patent for AI driven proximity index system and methods (US 12\,087\,449 B2). \nBefore joining the nonprofit world\, Steve served as the General Manager of Sg2\, a national advanced analytics and consulting business serving over 1\,200 leading healthcare systems\, and as the Senior Vice President of clinical analytics\, population health\, and performance management at VHA (Vizient Inc.). He has also performed in various roles at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago\, the National Institute of Standards and Technology\, and St. Agnes Hospital System. \nSteve has served on the Senior Board of Examiners for the Baldrige National Quality Program\, on the Executive Quest for Quality Prize Board Committee for the American Hospital Association\, and as an editor and reviewer for the NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. He currently participates on multiple other associations and boards\, including Health Evolution\, Healthcare Executive Forum CEO\, and the Northwestern University Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board. Steve serves on the National Academy of Medicine AI Adoption and Code of Conduct committee and on the advisory board for the Health AI Partnership. \nSteve is a first generation American born in Romanian. He is a data and technology geek\, an avid sports enthusiast\, world traveler\, and a self-taught sous-chef and mixologist. \n  \nQuyet Tran\, RPh\, MBA\, FACHE is a Regional Director of Pharmacy for Prime Healthcare. Since that time the hospital system has seen consistent decrease in pharmaceutical spend. Additionally\, Tran lead the transition to a new pharmaceutical wholesale distributor for over 100 outpatient clinics and ambulatory surgery centers. He is passionate about finding new and innovative strategies to reduce cost and increase revenues. \nPrior to his arrival at Prime Healthcare Services\, Tran held pharmacy leadership positions within several hospital systems. Tran also worked for many years with Cardinal Health in various roles including operations\, sales\, and business development. \nTran holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Louisiana\, Monroe. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Purdue University. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. \n\n\n  \nRegister Here
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