Join the Bree Collaborative and Michael Garrett, Principal, Total Health Management and Inclusive Benefits Practice at Mercer, on Wednesday January 13th from 12:00 – 1:30 to learn strategies we can all take to build diversity, equity and inclusion into the fabric of our organizations and systems. Explore how bringing visibility to the issues of structural racism and implicit bias is vital to improving business performance, the patient experience, and health disparities.
In this 90 minute conversation you will learn:
* Diversity, equity and inclusiveness (DEI) and health disparities overview
* Framing organizational and individual leadership on the DEI continuum
* Implementation strategies for achieving health equity
* Health equity resources
Speaker:
Michael Garrett, MS, CCM, CVE, Principal, Total Health Management and Inclusive Benefits Practice at Mercer. Michael has more than 30 years of experience in managed care, care/case management, utilization management and review, chronic condition management, health information technology, healthcare quality, and population health management services. His work at Mercer involves optimizing clinical management programs, selecting and implementing new benefit programs and digital health solutions, and accelerating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through benefits. He has served as an author, editor, and contributor on case/care management books as well as the author of numerous journal articles in the field of care/case management. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Gonzaga University and a Master of Science in clinical psychology from the University of Idaho. He is board certified in case management, patient advocacy, and vocational evaluation.
Questions? Contact Amy Etzel at aetzel@qualityhealth.org