Waves of Change: Developing Physician Leadership in our Practices, Communities, and Nation
Our friends from the National Physicians Alliance (see prior postings) have passed on an invitation to their 5th annual meeting to be held March 13-15, 2010 in Long Beach, Califonia. For information and registration, please click on this link. To give readers of the Portal a sense of what some physician activists are up to, we are reprinting some of the conference schedule:
Leadership Development: Developing Skills to Lead as the Landscape of Health Care Changes
From national health care reform to community advocacy to clinical practice, physician leadership and engagement has never been more vital to the health of the nation. Recent successful examples have also demonstrated the benefits of physician leadership, advocacy, and engagement with community partners. This track will provide resources for communication, management and advocacy skills, civic engagement, community collaboration, and other tools that physicians can apply in a variety of settings. Community members are welcome to join and learn more about physician engagement. Session to include:
Advancing Health Care Through Civic Engagement
Kim Alexander, President, California Voter Foundation Carmela Castellano-Garcia, President CEO, California Primary Care Association Marc Wetherhorn, National Advocacy Director, National Association of Community Health Centers
Messaging, Media & Communications
Bob Crittenden, MD, MPH , Executive Director, The Herndon Alliance
Effectively Engaging with Your State Legislatures & Its Members
Progressive States Network – Speaker TBA
Educating State Legislators, Advancing Health Care Reform: Tools Physicians Can Use to Engage & Inform State Legislators About Federal HC Reforms
Progressive States Network – Speaker TBA
Models for Physician Leadership and Community Engagement
Bill Jordan, MD, MPH, NY Action Network – National Physicians Alliance
Aaron Fox, MD, MPH, NY Action Network – National Physicians Alliance
Issues on the Horizon: 2010 & 2012 Elections
Kim Alexander, President, California Voter Foundation
Serena Kirk, Senior Policy Advocate, California Primary Care Association
Practice Innovations: Practicing Medicine in a Changing World
What will the practice of medicine look like in ten years? How will reform change the way the average physician will practice medicine? This will be an instructive and interactive track will address these complex questions and many others by focusing on the following three areas: 1) Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), 2) Practice structure and financing, and 3) Information and Communications Technology. Sessions to include:
Evidence-based Medicine & Clinical Guidelines
Colin Kopes-Kerr, MD, JD, MPH, The Permanente Medical Group
Healthcare Planning and Strategy
Kevin Fickenscher, MD, CPE, FACPE, FAAFP, Perot Systems
Approaches in Chronic Disease Management
Susan Snyder, MD
High Quality Care for Disadvantaged Populations
L. Gordon Moore, MD
National Health Policy: Avenues for Involvement in Advocacy to Enhance our Country’s Health
With the potential passing of federal health care reform legislation a “wave of change” will alter the landscape of public health and healthcare in America. The National Health Policy Track aims to educate and mobilize physicians on the healthcare reform debate of 2009 and future directions for reform. Sessions to include:
Reforms that Reduce Costs Without Reducing Quality of Care
Thomas Rice, PhD, Professor, Department of Health Services; Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel
UCLA School of Public Health
Political Solutions to the Obesity Epidemic
Deborah Cohen, MD, MPH, Senior Natural Scientist, Rand Corporation
Outcomes of Health Care Reform: Review of the Policy Debate
Josh Derr, Manager, Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center
Health Care Reform: Impact on Women
National Women’s Law Center – Lisa Codispoti, Senior Counsel
Federal Health Care Reform: How Physicians Can Help Their States Access Upcoming Opportunities & Resources
Progressive States Network – Speaker TBA
Global Health: Workforce Issues in an Ever-Evolving Global Health Landscape
The world has never been smaller, nor have global issues of health been more of a concern for physicians and advocates alike. With health care workers migrating to the Unites States for better opportunities, a shortage in these critical areas ensues. What can physicians do to ensure that we are thinking globally in our efforts to improve the health of our patient, our community and our world? Sessions to include:
The Global Workforce Crisis-Is US the Problem or Solution?
Richard Scheffler, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Kate Tulenko, MD, MPH, Deputy Director at Capacity Plus/ IntraHealth
Health Policy Specialist at World Bank
International Health Workforce Issues
Amy Hagopian, MHA, PhD, Health Alliance International, University of Washington
In the Wake of the Storm: On the Ground in Haiti
Susan Partovi, MD, Professor UCLA School of Medicine
Director Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles
Trade and Health: The Impact of Health Worker Migration
Michelle Forzley, JD, MPH
Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Physicians Role in Advocating Peace
Bob Dodge, MD, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
California Health Policy: Experiences & Experiments in State Policy and its Nationwide Influence
California has long been at the forefront of the ever-changing face of healthcare. Its struggles are often those of other states around the country, and the innovations and experiments in health care delivery have offered guidance to the rest of the nation, whether in success or in failure. With the ongoing budget crisis in the state and the potential impact of impending national health legislation, adding to other internal debates about border health, malpractice, medical marijuana, and disaster preparedness, now as ever, California will be watched by the nation. In the California health track we hope to stimulate learning, debate and exchange of ideas around these and other issues relevant to patients, providers, and policy-makers. Sessions to include:
Issues facing Community Health Clinics and the Underserved & Minority Populations
Michael R. Cousineau, PhD, Director Community Health and Family Medicine University of Southern California Castulo de la Rocha, JD, President & CEO AltaMed Medical Services
A ‘Reformed Single Payer’ in the Current Reform Era
E. Richard Brown, PhD, Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Professor, UCLA School of Public Health, Principal Investigator, CHIS
Border States and the Uninsured: Immigration Issues for Health Care Reform
Michael Rodríguez, MD, MPH, Sr. Researcher, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Professor, UCLA Department of Family Medicine
Krysten Sinema, MSW, Arizona State Legislator
Progressive States Network – Speaker TBA
Addressing Disparities Through Health Reform
National Women’s Law Center
Healthcare Crisis in a Bankrupt State: Can California Still Lead?
Herb Schultz, MPP, Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Governor
Sara Rogers, Health Legislative Advisor to Senator Mark Leno
Coordinating Across State Lines: Opportunities Presented by Health Care Reform
Progressive States Network – Speaker TBA
posted by Matt Anderson, MD
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