Southcoast to host forum on future of quality care on November 16

Southcoast teams up with the Partnership for Healthcare Excellence and AARP Massachusetts to host free public panel discussion

WHAT:

Southcoast Hospitals, the Partnership for Healthcare Excellence and AARP Massachusetts will sponsor an event to highlight efforts underway to improve the quality of health care in Massachusetts.

Hosted by Southcoast Hospitals Group, the event will discuss the challenges faced by patients and health care providers, including variations in quality health care and efforts underway to improve safety and quality.

WHEN:

Monday, November 16
6 to 7 p.m.

WHO:

The panel will include:

• Linda Fitzgerald, State President, AARP Massachusetts.
• Linda Kenney, Executive Director, MITSS (Medically Induced Trauma Support Services).
• Marilyn Kramer, Executive Director, Partnership for Healthcare Excellence.
• E.J. McMahon, MD, MBA, FCAP, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Southcoast Hospitals Group.

WHERE:

McBratney Amphitheatre
St. Luke's Hospital
101 Page Street, New Bedford, Mass.

RSVP:

info@ partnershipforhealthcare.org or 617-399-8368

About The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence

The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence is the first statewide effort of its kind to focus specifically on patients — helping them to play a greater role in improving the quality of their health care. The Partnership is a broad-based coalition with participants from every segment of the health care community. Its members include consumer associations, disease and advocacy organizations, doctors, nurses, insurers, business groups, labor, public health advocates and other health care leaders. For more information, including a complete listing of members of the Leadership Council, please visit www.partnershipforhealthcare.org.

About AARP

AARP is a non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+ Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with over 34.5 million readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's 40 million members and Americans 50+; AARP Segunda Juventud, the only bilingual U.S. publication dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.