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Obesity is a major and growing public health concern, affecting more than two in five U.S. adults. Addressing this chronic disease requires coordinated efforts from healthcare professionals and policymakers; quality measurement plays a vital role in those efforts.
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for "Measuring What Matters: Improving Obesity Management and Outcomes," an informative webinar about how quality measurement can drive improvements in obesity management and patient outcomes.
Register to Attend
For flexibility and convenience, this session is presented twice. Select the date that works best for you!
Thursday, June 26 | Tuesday, July 8 |
Meeting Objectives
- Highlight the need for effective quality measures addressing obesity
- Share strategies for implementing obesity-related quality measures
- Examine current barriers to obesity care
- Discuss recommendations for next steps for developing an obesity quality measure
Presenter Organizations
STOP Obesity Alliance
The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance comprises a diverse group of individual, government, advocacy, business, and health organizations dedicated to reversing the obesity epidemic in the United States. Drawing on the strengths of the collaborative, the Alliance conducts research, makes policy recommendations, and develops hands-on tools for providers, advocates, consumers, and policymakers.
https://stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/
Obesity Action Coalition
OAC is an organization that works toward helping individuals along their journey toward better health through education, advocacy, awareness and support. Its core focuses are to raise awareness and improve access to the prevention and treatment of obesity, provide science-based education on obesity and its treatments, fight to eliminate weight bias and discrimination, elevate the conversation of weight and its impact on health and offer a community of support for the individual affected.
https://www.obesityaction.org/
π£ Spread the word!
Share this message with your network and help advance efforts to tackle this pervasive chronic disease.
Questions? Contact: MMSsupport@battelle.org
Location The Measures Management System (MMS) noreply@battelle.org America/New_York publicObesity is a major and growing public health concern, affecting more than two in five U.S. adults. Addressing this chronic disease requires coordinated efforts from healthcare professionals and policymakers; quality measurement plays a vital role in those efforts.
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for "Measuring What Matters: Improving Obesity Management and Outcomes," an informative webinar about how quality measurement can drive improvements in obesity management and patient outcomes.
Register to Attend
For flexibility and convenience, this session is presented twice. Select the date that works best for you!
Thursday, June 26 | Tuesday, July 8 |
Meeting Objectives
- Highlight the need for effective quality measures addressing obesity
- Share strategies for implementing obesity-related quality measures
- Examine current barriers to obesity care
- Discuss recommendations for next steps for developing an obesity quality measure
Presenter Organizations
STOP Obesity Alliance
The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance comprises a diverse group of individual, government, advocacy, business, and health organizations dedicated to reversing the obesity epidemic in the United States. Drawing on the strengths of the collaborative, the Alliance conducts research, makes policy recommendations, and develops hands-on tools for providers, advocates, consumers, and policymakers.
https://stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/
Obesity Action Coalition
OAC is an organization that works toward helping individuals along their journey toward better health through education, advocacy, awareness and support. Its core focuses are to raise awareness and improve access to the prevention and treatment of obesity, provide science-based education on obesity and its treatments, fight to eliminate weight bias and discrimination, elevate the conversation of weight and its impact on health and offer a community of support for the individual affected.
https://www.obesityaction.org/
π£ Spread the word!
Share this message with your network and help advance efforts to tackle this pervasive chronic disease.
Questions? Contact: MMSsupport@battelle.org
Location The Measures Management System (MMS) noreply@battelle.org America/New_York public