The Fifth Annual Breast Health Summit

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯州乳房健康协作会将于2009年10月29-30日在德克萨斯州休斯敦的联合之路主办第五届德克萨斯州乳房健康年度峰会(The Summit)。首脑会议的目标是通过协作利用卫生资源，改善获得乳房保健的机会，特别是低收入、未参保和参保不足的妇女。峰会将集中讨论国家目前面临的棘手的乳房健康问题。医疗保健提供者、乳腺癌幸存者和社区的慈善人士参加、参与并为需要获得乳房保健的未参保妇女提供解决方案。 过去会议的成果包括推出一个基于网络的互动乳房健康门户网站，扩大Komen服务领域并吸引新的资金，以及庆祝和增加德克萨斯州的乳腺癌和子宫颈癌服务(BCCS)服务。 2009年首脑会议系列会议的目标将是。 1.得克萨斯州乳房健康协作组的成员人数将大幅增加30%，未来将有来自德克萨斯州所有卫生服务区的代表。 2.增加医疗服务不足人群获得乳房保健服务的机会 3.调查、访问和讨论全州正在使用的患者导航模式。 4.调查，访问讨论通过提供乳房保健资金可获得性的概述，吸引向德克萨斯州乳房健康合作(BHCT)伙伴机构提供明显增加的资金水平。 虽然在休斯顿的医疗保健领域出现了越来越多的合作，但专门关注为没有保险的人创造获得乳房保健的机会的会议几乎不存在。为了部分解决这一问题，乳房保健专业人员缺乏一个处理机会、差距和扩大能力问题的年度场所。

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.