Upcoming Events

April 13, 2012

Healthcare Policy and Research:

Can We Speak the Same Language?

Health Policy Symposium

8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. (with optional informal sessions 2 – 4 p.m.)
University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex (NCRC)

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How can researchers, policy-makers, and practice leaders work together more effectively to effect real world change? This one-day symposium will bring together prominent state and national policy-makers, health services researchers, and funders to explore and share ideas for bridging the gap between healthcare research and healthcare policy.

The symposium will include plenary sessions, a reactor panel, a closing keynote address, and a facilitated dialogue over lunch. The symposium will be followed by optional informal sessions from 2:00–4:00 p.m.

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor VA Center for Clinical Management Research.

Who should attend?

  • Health service researchers
  • Policy and practice leaders: payers, providers, purchasers, funders, and community groups
  • State and federal legislative and administrative policy makers

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Past Events

December 2, 2010

Patient Centered Medical Home

Obstacles and Opportunities

Health Care Symposium

Patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a comprehensive approach to primary care designed to improve patient health, strengthen the primary care system, and better manage health care costs. At this symposium, a panel of experts discusses national efforts to adopt the model, the experience of the nation’s largest PCMH implementation (led by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan), the role of PCMH in health reform, and new research into PCMH barriers and accelerators that can be applied by practitioners and policy makers alike. Featured speakers: Diane Rittenhouse, Jeff Alexander, Jean Malouin, David Share, Marianne Udow-Phillips, and Chris Wise.

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October 29, 2010

Adapting to Change

Health Care Safety Net Services and Health Care Reform

Health Care Symposium

The health care safety net will continue to be a vital component of the overall health care system as the environment changes under health reform. This symposium shares research on the viability of the safety net and highlights opportunities and challenges for safety net providers under health care reform. Safety net providers and support organizations learn about successful delivery models and tools that can help them optimize resources and adapt to a changing environment. Researchers, policy makers, and others attending the symposium in person or online can identify more opportunities — through policy options, research, or funding, for example — to ensure access to care for vulnerable populations who may be newly insured or remain uninsured under health care reform.

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June 4, 2009

Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQI)

A Strategy That Works For Improving Health Care Quality & Cost

Health Care Quality Symposium

Can quality improvement and cost savings go hand in hand? Michigan physicians and hospitals, working together in Collaborative Quality Initiatives sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network (BCBSM/BCN), are achieving outstanding results in both. Learn how these groundbreaking initiatives are saving health care dollars and improving health care quality for the entire state. Leaders from BCBSM and the University of Michigan Health System share results and describe the model behind these powerful collaborations.

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May 9, 2008

Atul Gawande

Free Public Lecture

Harvard surgeon Atul Gawande, M.D., is nationally known for his writing in the New Yorker, New York Times and Slate.com and his books on health care quality, patient safety, and the culture of medicine. His most recent book, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, is a New York Times bestseller and one of Amazon.com's ten best books of 2007.

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May 2, 2008

Covering the Uninsured

Who has the will and who has the way?

Panel Discussion on the Uninsured

CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips convenes a panel of experts to explore the problem of America's 47 million uninsured. Panelists Catherine McLaughlin, Professor of Health Management & Policy and director of the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, U-M School of Public Health; Kevin Seitz, executive vice president of Health Care Value Enhancement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; and Ellen Rabinowitz, executive director of the Washtenaw Health Plan share their views and join Udow-Phillips to respond to audience questions. Tracy Davis of the Ann Arbor News moderates.

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