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From Ideas to Impact: How Healthcare Movements Create Lasting Change

Our time together is 90 minutes.  The first hour is designated for the event, and the remaining 30 minutes are for Networking Conversations.  You can join us for the event, networking, or both.  Your choice!

Event Description

From eliminating mercury in medical devices to bringing integrative medicine into the mainstream to mobilizing patients as partners in transforming care, healthcare has seen real transformation before. How did these movements take root, grow, and succeed against the odds, and what can today's changemakers learn from them?

Join the Healthcare Reinvention Collaborative for a lively, story-rich discussion with leaders who've helped drive systemic change. We'll explore the lessons, strategies, and human connections that make a movement unstoppable.

What to Expect

  • Insights from movement leaders

  • Real-world stories about:

    • Building trust and uniting diverse voices across patients, clinicians, and communities

    • Creating robust partnerships with bold healthcare organizations

    • Turning grassroots activism into lasting systemic change

    • Mobilizing global communities around shared vision and values

  •  Actionable takeaways for anyone seeking to:

    • Transform an organization or influence policy

    • Spark broader shifts in healthcare culture and practice

    • Build coalitions that bridge traditional healthcare silos

    • Create movements that center human connection and dignity

  •  An interactive format where participants are included in the conversation by asking questions and sharing their own experiences

  • Recording available on YouTube and the HRC community platform afterward to revisit key moments and share with others

 Why This Matters

  • We may feel locked in a broken system, but that is a mindset we need to break. When people unite around a shared vision—whether eliminating toxic substances, integrating holistic approaches, or putting patients at the center—real change in healthcare is possible.

  • Big shifts happen when relationships, trust, and shared purpose drive the work. From grassroots environmental health campaigns to patient-led care transformation, lasting change requires authentic human connection.

  • Understanding the "how" of past movements can accelerate today's efforts for reform. These leaders will share practical strategies for educating and equipping care activists, building sustainable organizations, and influencing policy.

  • Collaboration across disciplines and sectors is key to addressing root causes, not just symptoms. Whether it's environmental toxins, fragmented care models, or dehumanizing healthcare cultures, systems-level problems require movement-building solutions

 

Join us to connect with changemakers, learn what's worked before, and discover how we can apply those lessons to the movements shaping healthcare's future—where careful and kind care becomes the ultimate measure of success for everyone.

 

What are Networking Conversations?

  • Participants are sent into breakout rooms of two to three, randomly selected by Zoom.

  • Seven minutes allow for brief introductions.  It is up to you to exchange contact information and follow up if you wish for a more extended conversation.

  • The group returns and is quickly sent into breakout rooms again.

  • This continues until our time is up.

Speaker Bios

Jamie Harvie co-founded Healthcare Without Harm and led the global campaign that eliminated mercury from thermometers and medical devices worldwide. He pioneered sustainable food systems in healthcare and has spent decades proving that environmental health and human health are inseparable.

Scott Shannon, MD is an integrative psychiatrist who helped transform mental healthcare by bridging traditional medicine with holistic approaches. He founded the Wholeness Center, the largest integrative mental health center in the US, and currently leads breakthrough research in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Sheila Moroney serves as Executive Director of The Patient Revolution, building what she calls "a cathedral for care"—a global movement that may take generations to complete but represents essential work for transforming healthcare. She brings the honest perspective of someone in the trenches of movement building today.

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