The Fifth Annual Breast Health Summit

描述（由申请人提供）：德克萨斯州乳腺健康合作组织将于2009年10月29日至30日在德克萨斯州休斯顿的联合之路举办第五届年度德克萨斯州乳腺健康峰会（峰会）。首脑会议的目标是通过合作利用保健资源，改善获得乳房保健的机会，特别是低收入、无保险和保险不足的妇女。首脑会议将重点讨论国家目前面临的困难的乳房保健问题。保健提供者、乳腺癌幸存者和社区的慈善成员出席、参与并为需要获得乳房保健的无保险妇女解决问题。

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY APPLICANT): The Breast Health Collaborative of Texas is sponsoring The Fifth Annual Breast Health Summit of Texas (the Summit) on October 29-30, 2009 at the United Way in Houston, Texas. The goal of the Summit is to improve access to breast health care, particularly for low-income, uninsured and underinsured women by leveraging health resources through collaboration. The Summit will focus on the difficult breast health issues currently facing the State. Healthcare providers, breast cancer survivors and philanthropic members of the community attend, participate and address solutions for uninsured women in need of access to breast healthcare. Results from past conferences include launching a web-based interactive breast health portal, expanding the Komen service area and attracting new funding, and celebrating and increase in Breast and Cervical Cancer Services (BCCS) services in Texas. The objectives for the 2009 Summit series will be. 1. Measurably expand membership in the Breast Health Collaborative of Texas by 30% with representation from all Health Services Regions in Texas in the future. 2. Increase access to breast health services for medically underserved populations 3. Survey, access and discuss patient navigation models in use throughout the state. 4. Survey, access discuss attract measurably increasing levels of funding to the Breast health Collaborative of Texas BHCT) partner agencies by providing an overview of breast health care funding availability. While there is an increasing amount of collaboration being seen on the healthcare landscape in Houston, conferences specifically focusing on creating access to breast health care for the uninsured are virtually nonexistent. In partial answer to this lack of an annual venue for breast health professionals dealing with issues of access, disparities and expanding capacity.