Webinar
Feb 10, 2022, 12 noon EST
Building Healthier Communities: The Power of Technology to Facilitate Community Investment
In recognizing the important role that the social determinants play in health outcomes, the U.S. has shifted increasing attention over the past decade toward screening for social needs, referring to appropriate social service providers, and paying for community-based services that address the social determinants of health.
For community-based organizations to take advantage of the momentum in this space, new technologies are needed to maximize investment in community services, while minimizing the complexity, extra burden, and medicalization of community services.
This webinar will cover the challenges and opportunities of integrating sectors and focus on how technology can play a critical role in increasingly bringing together funding streams to sustainably fund the services needed to improve community health and well-being.
This webinar is offered in partnership with SPARK 2021 sponsor, Unite Us. Learn more about Unite Us online.
Takeaways:
Momentum around the U.S. increasingly realizing the importance of funding community-based organizations for their ability to improve the social determinants of health
New models of funding and the testing of sustainable solutions
How technology can facilitate the braiding and blending of funding to create more efficient, sustainable funding for community-based organizations
Who Should Participate:
This webinar is appropriate for executives and directors of community-based organizations, funders, and other organizations interested in trends in funding community-based services and innovations that can make funding streams more sustainable and efficient.
Presenter
Melissa Sherry, PhD, MPH
Vice President, Social Care Integration
Unite Us
Dr. Melissa Sherry is the vice president of social care integration at Unite Us, and adjunct faculty in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Division of General Internal Medicine. In her role at Unite Us, Dr. Sherry works to design payments technology and services to increase funding for social care and community capacity building, and leads research and evaluation efforts to measure the value of social care investments. She previously served as the director of population health innovation and transformation at Johns Hopkins HealthCare, where she implemented population health management strategies focused on addressing the social determinants of health. Sherry specializes in translating evidence into meaningful and actionable strategies to drive value for healthcare entities and for communities, with a focus on long-term sustainability. Sherry has spent her career working on population health management and public health strengthening initiatives both domestically and internationally, including work in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. Sherry has worked with organizations such as the World Health Organization, Jhpiego, and Johns Hopkins International on initiatives to strengthen health care systems and improve population health, and has authored manuscripts and book chapters on topics related to strengthening population health through community engagement, cross sector partnerships and creating evidence for action. Sherry holds a master’s in public health with a focus on health systems, a certificate in global health, and a doctorate from the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Sherry also holds bachelor’s degrees from The Ohio State University.