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        • About Ko Awatea – We are proud of the difference we are making in transforming health systems in Counties Manukau, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific.

        • How Ko Awatea came to be
        • Our people – Ko Awatea activities are structured across four units, which together employ over 130 internal faculty and draw on a host of external expertise.

        • Executive team
        • Available positions
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    • Education
        • Ko Awatea LEARN – Ko Awatea LEARN is a DHB focused, eLearning and education community with a wide range of programmes, courses, and forums available.

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        • Programmes – We offer a wide range of stimulating workshops covering a spread of diverse topics to support you with your development.

        • New programmes
            • Improvement Advisor – Leading and Managing Improvement
              12 April 2017
            • Monitoring and Evaluation Basics
              19 February 2017
        • WebEx sessions – Healthcare Improvement Scotland is a quality improvement organisation, established to advance improvement in healthcare.

        • Upcoming sessions
        • Grand Rounds
        • NETP Intake
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    • Improvement
        • World Health Colab – A collaborative, interactive atlas of system improvement activities designed to collect international knowledge and experience.

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        • Community Organising – Meeting the expanding demands on the health system requires CM Health to shift from reactive care to proactive health promotion.

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        • Campaigns – Ko Awatea operates a wide range of campaigns targeted to local, national and international groups across the Asia-Pacific Region.

          • Mana Taurite – Equity in Health
          • Manaaki Hauora
          • Early Learning
          • Safety in Practice
          • Improving Together
          • Now We’re Talking
          • Youth Health Quality Improvement
        • Completed campaigns – These are some of the longest running campaigns that have reached successful outcomes for Ko Awatea and all those involved.

          • 20,000 Days
          • Beyond 20,000 Days
          • Target CLAB Zero
          • Challenge the Cake
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    • Engagement
        • News – See the latest updates from around Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau and the Asia-Pacific.

          • Latest news
              • Longer, healthier lives for our kids
                21 November 2017
              • Relationship-based healthcare: Let’s listen to patients and families
                20 November 2017
        • Expert Views – Hear opinions of those contributing to Ko Awatea.

          • Latest views
              • Success factors for improvement projects in primary care
                18 January 2018
              • Nine things to check before you publish
                1 December 2017
        • The Medicine Stories Project – Read and submit stories from a medical perspective.

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    • Ko Awatea Centre
        • Our centre – Learn about the centre and book your event here.

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          • Book a Room
          • Room sizes
          • Equipment
          • Conditions of Use
        • Events – Take a look at some of the events we hold at Ko Awatea

          • Our Staff
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    • Resources
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        • population-medicine
        • creating culture
        • Ko Awatea Publications – View our full list of resources

        • Innovation and Improvement Clearinghouse
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    • Home
    • About
        • Picture1
        • About Ko Awatea – We are proud of the difference we are making in transforming health systems in Counties Manukau, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific.

        • How Ko Awatea came to be
        • Our people – Ko Awatea activities are structured across four units, which together employ over 130 internal faculty and draw on a host of external expertise.

        • Executive team
        • Available positions
      • Close
    • Education
        • Ko Awatea LEARN – Ko Awatea LEARN is a DHB focused, eLearning and education community with a wide range of programmes, courses, and forums available.

        • cmdhb-frontpage
        • Programmes – We offer a wide range of stimulating workshops covering a spread of diverse topics to support you with your development.

        • New programmes
            • Improvement Advisor – Leading and Managing Improvement
              12 April 2017
            • Monitoring and Evaluation Basics
              19 February 2017
        • WebEx sessions – Healthcare Improvement Scotland is a quality improvement organisation, established to advance improvement in healthcare.

        • Upcoming sessions
        • Grand Rounds
        • NETP Intake
      • Close
    • Improvement
        • World Health Colab – A collaborative, interactive atlas of system improvement activities designed to collect international knowledge and experience.

        • map
        • Community Organising – Meeting the expanding demands on the health system requires CM Health to shift from reactive care to proactive health promotion.

          • htj2
        • Campaigns – Ko Awatea operates a wide range of campaigns targeted to local, national and international groups across the Asia-Pacific Region.

          • Mana Taurite – Equity in Health
          • Manaaki Hauora
          • Early Learning
          • Safety in Practice
          • Improving Together
          • Now We’re Talking
          • Youth Health Quality Improvement
        • Completed campaigns – These are some of the longest running campaigns that have reached successful outcomes for Ko Awatea and all those involved.

          • 20,000 Days
          • Beyond 20,000 Days
          • Target CLAB Zero
          • Challenge the Cake
      • Close
    • Engagement
        • News – See the latest updates from around Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau and the Asia-Pacific.

          • Latest news
              • Longer, healthier lives for our kids
                21 November 2017
              • Relationship-based healthcare: Let’s listen to patients and families
                20 November 2017
        • Expert Views – Hear opinions of those contributing to Ko Awatea.

          • Latest views
              • Success factors for improvement projects in primary care
                18 January 2018
              • Nine things to check before you publish
                1 December 2017
        • The Medicine Stories Project – Read and submit stories from a medical perspective.

        • medicineStories2
      • Close
    • Ko Awatea Centre
        • Our centre – Learn about the centre and book your event here.

          • Find & Contact Us
          • Book a Room
          • Room sizes
          • Equipment
          • Conditions of Use
        • Events – Take a look at some of the events we hold at Ko Awatea

          • Our Staff
      • Close
    • Resources
        • creating-systems
        • population-medicine
        • creating culture
        • Ko Awatea Publications – View our full list of resources

        • Innovation and Improvement Clearinghouse
      • Close
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Joe McCannon, Billions Institute, United States

Joe McCannon is co-founder and CEO of the Billions Institute. He was previously an Obama Administration appointee, serving as Senior Advisor at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Before that, he was Vice President and faculty on large-scale improvement at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), leading the organisation’s major domestic initiative to improve patient safety, the 100,000 Lives Campaign, and starting its work in Africa. He has supported large-scale transformation in several nations, including Canada, Denmark, England, Japan and South Africa, and consulted on the topic of a number of organisations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organisation. He has also served on committees of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the National Academies. He is a graduate of Harvard University and was a Reuters Fellow at Stanford University.

Visit the Billions Institute website: http://www.billionsinstitute.com/
Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-mccannon
Follow Joe on Twitter: @cjmccannon

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