Board Meeting Minutes, October 23, 2018

Participants:  Geri Baumblatt, Dave DeBronkart, Peter Elias, John Grohol, Matthew Holt, Janice McCallum, Jan Oldenburg, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Sue Woods Minutes from September 25, 2018 meeting approved. Conference redux – Board reactions/assessment of process and results, and initial suggestion of path forward for 2019 Joe Ternullo kicked off the discussion with comment about the all around positive response he received from numerous attendees and via the conference evaluation survey. He believes that getting on HIMSS registration site early was helpful and that the event raised awareness of the goals of S4PM. Janice McCallum commented that the patient stories are fantastic for engaging the audience, but wants to connect these stories to actions that a range of patients and caregivers can take. Jan Oldenburg reinforced Janice’s comment about how the themes of the conference translate to action. What is future vision? Not to take away from how great the day was and how well it turned out, but for next year, we should focus on sessions that help people make sense of things from an actionable point of view.  Beyond what they can do for S4PM; what they can do on their own. Geri Baumblatt commented that it is obvious that people liked connecting, meeting like-minded people. But how do we grow the next generation. How can people get involved in S4PM and participatory medicine? In a larger sense, where are we going/building on the community? Danny Sands observed that t...
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