Name
L12 - This Little Light of Mine : Ignite Your Passion for Integrated Care Using the Firestarter Framework to Spark Change in Your System
Date & Time
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location Name
306B
Description

In this session, we will review the Firestarter Framework ( Davis, et al.) to explore our personal Integrated Care leadership journeys. The work of transforming healthcare systems toward integration is a long and winding path. Individual change agents or “Firestarters” are needed to take evidence- based research and models of care and apply them at their home health systems to create real and lasting change. Join us for this rich discussion and self reflection on how to take the CFHA “spark” home after the conference and fuel the flames of integration that ignite our passion for this work.

Speakers
Jennifer Thomas MD, FASAM, Medical Co- Director for Integrated Care, Collaborative Family Healthcare Association and Morris Hospital, Channahon, IL
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Medical, Sustainability, Team-based care, Workforce development
Session Type
Concurrent
Slideshow link
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Objective 1
Understand the Firestarter Framework as it relates to our individual Integrated Care Leadership Stories
Objective 2
Apply Change Management Theory to understand your health system’s Integrated Care developmental trajectory
Objective 3
Create an individual Action Plan with 3 SMART Goals to apply in your home health system to support your work as a Firestarter
Content Reference 1

Davis, Raoul Jr; Palokoff, Kathy; Eder, Paul; Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life, 2018

Content Reference 2

Theoretical Approach to Change: pressbooks.uwf.edu/nursingleadership/chapter/4-3-implementing-change/

Content Reference 3

A Brief History of SMART Goals, https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/smart-goals/brief-history-of-smart-goals.php

Content Reference 4

The Science of Success: How to Become a Firestarter, https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicalutz/2018/01/31/the-science-of-success-how-to-become-a-firestarter/

Content Reference 5

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. https://integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/