You are invited to the free panel discussion “Standing in the Gap: Mitigating the Primary Healthcare Shortage in Southern California,” an event on Monday, April 16, at 6 p.m. featuring experts in healthcare delivery, education and policy who will address how their organizations are working to mitigate the local primary healthcare shortage and consider ways to build upon each other’s work.
Meet and join the dialogue with the panel of experts:
• Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president of Loma Linda University Health
• Eileen Fry-Bowers, PhD, JD, RN, CPNP-PC, associate professor at University of San Diego
• Tyler Jung, MD, chief medical officer for Molina Healthcare of California
• Jennifer Sayles, MD, MPH, chief medical officer of Inland Empire Health Plan
The free event will take place at SAC Health System, located at Loma Linda University Health – San Bernardino. To RSVP or inquire about continuing education credit, please email jsaunders@llu.edu. Refreshments will be served.
The event is co-sponsored by SAC Health System and LLU School of Nursing.
The School of Nursing is in year three of a $2.05 million HRSA grant to prepare nurse practitioners to work in medically underserved areassuch as many parts of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Nurse practitioners are one type of healthcare professionals that can help fill the local primary care gap, along with physician assistants and medical doctors.