The goal of the administrative track is to provide sessions that help participants develop a basic understanding of the administrative aspects of managing health centers and be exposed to innovative ways to strengthen health center leadership competencies. Target audiences for this track are C-STE leadership, emerging health center leaders, and health center board members. Topics address best practices to support leadership in grassroots advocacy efforts, innovations to health center operations, and strategic planning, among others.

The track is designed to support health centers and address quality improvement measures in the areas of clinical and dental services at health centers. Presenters are encouraged to submit innovative approaches to addressing patient-centered care, increasing quality improvement metrics, innovative approaches to chronic care management, best practices for increasing the utilization of dental services at FQHCs, and new models and procedures for dental care.

This track is designed to support health centers in identifying innovative ways to address capital development, financial sustainability, financial trends in health centers, and financial performance improvement. The presenters should present in this track issues that focus on addressing the overall financial viability of the health centers.

This track is designed to support social workers within health centers in achieving integration as a member of the integrated care team while showcasing new and innovative models from the field. Here presenters should submit presentations that will enhance social workers’ professional development and assist them in securing continuing education (CE) credit in the areas of ethics, mandated reporting and cultural diversity. Furthermore, in this track, presenters are encouraged to submit abstracts that demonstrate social workers as an integral part of a holistic care team in addition to evidence based best practices that improve patient outcome.

This track is designed to present best practices in value based care, including utilization of health information technology resources as well as expertise of organizations that have proven themselves successful in value based performance. Here presenters can showcase platforms and initiatives that demonstrate excellence in improving quality of care as well as lowering total cost of care.

Oral presentations are a one (1) hour presentation regarding the proposed topic. Oral sessions can involve multiple presenters giving separate talks that share common themes or topics. Each presenter is allotted an amount of time to speak (usually around 10-15 minutes) with some added time for a question-and-answer after each presentation.

Workshops are two (2) hour sessions regarding the proposed topic. Workshops provide an opportunity to exchange information or work on a common problem, project, or shared interest. They typically include presentations that allow adequate time for interaction and/or reflective discussion.

Roundtable presentations are one (1) hour presentations in panel format. Roundtable sessions feature a group of presenters who will make brief, informal remarks about a specific idea or topic. They allow for extensive discussion and audience participation. These sessions can take many forms, with presenters delivering prepared statements or diving straight into questions from the moderator or audience. Regardless of format, they’re designed to elicit an exchange of viewpoints among the experts on a topic.

Poster presentations are designed to showcase the innovative work your organization has conducted. Provide insight into best practices your organization has developed. “Innovation” is defined as an initiative/program that changes the healthcare setting and the way care is delivered to do ANY of the following for underserved populations: Enhance access to needed care and services Produce better results (whether health outcomes, patient experience, staff satisfaction, etc.) Lower total cost of care POSTER PRESENTATION GUIDELINES Poster materials should be displayed on a 5′ x 3′ poster board. Since a poster format is best when your material can easily be communicated visually, text should be limited to brief statements. Each presentation should make a unified, coherent statement. Materials, both textual and visual, should be of professional quality and be legible from a distance of four feet (4′) 5′ x 3′ poster board (landscape-oriented only) Posters should be professionally printed.