Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by ffortin
In opening remarks at the Massachusetts Medical Society’s eighth annual State of the State of Health Care Leadership Forum on Oct. 18, 2007, MMS President Dale Magee, MD, provides an overview of the status of the sectors of the Massachusetts health care system Listen to the podcast (Length 18:04) (This will open your computer’s default [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by ffortin
Robert Blendon, Sc.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health, shares the the results of surveys about the public’s opinions of the Massachusetts health care reform law. Excerpted from remarks delivered at the Massachusetts Medical Society’s 2007 State of the State of Health Care Leadership Forum. Listen to the podcast (Length 10:35) (This will open [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by ffortin
Stephen Schroeder, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, discusses the possible effectiveness of various health care cost-containment strategies in the United States. Excerpted from remarks delivered at the Massachusetts Medical Society’s 2007 State of the State of Health Care Leadership Forum. Listen to the podcast (Length 10:32) (This will open your computer’s default [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by ffortin
Maggie Mahar, Ph.D., author of "Money-Driven Medicine," contrasts the consumer-driven model of health care with the patient-centered model, and concludes that patient-centered health care is more likely to provide better quality better patient experience, and perhaps even control costs more effectively. Excerpted from remarks delivered at the Massachusetts Medical Society’s 2007 State of the State [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by ffortin
Michael Gusmano, Ph.D., of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, discusses the impact of health insurance status and ethnicity on health care access, and their implications for the cost of health care. Gusmano compares access and clinical outcomes in New York City, London and Paris. Excerpted from remarks delivered at the Massachusetts [...]
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