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21st National Conference on Primary Health Care Access – Third Conference Day (April 14, 2010)
The third conference day and links to presentation descriptions: For a discussion on the presentation on Michigan, see: The 21st National Conference’s “Consequences” Theme: Strategic Interventions in the State of Michigan. For a discussion of the Rodos Lecture and other Named Lectures, see: Doctors James Puffer, Macaran Baird, Neal Palafox to Present Named Lectures at 21st National Conference in [...]
Continue reading...21st National Conference on Primary Health Care Access – Fourth Conference Day (April 15, 2010)
1. April 2010
The fourth conference day and links to presentation descriptions: The Student Doctor Network is found at www.studentdoctor.net. For a discussion of the Stephens Lecture and other Named Lectures, see: Doctors James Puffer, Macaran Baird, Neal Palafox to Present Named Lectures at 21st National Conference in Kaua’i. For a discussion of Thursday’s roundtable on strategic interventions, see: 21st National Conference Roundtables: Strategic [...]
Continue reading...National Conference Plenary Presentation on the Contributions of Caribbean Medical Schools to Meeting the Nation’s Primary Care Needs
29. March 2010
The concluding session of the first National Conference day is a plenary discussion – the first on the subject after 20 years of conferences – on the contributions of the Caribbean medical schools to the nation’s physician supply, particularly that of Ross University. Three of the Ross faculty, each with distinguished careers in primary health [...]
Continue reading...21st National Conference Roundtables: Strategic Non-profit Sector Initiatives Promoting Primary Health Care Access in California
4. March 2010
The non-profit sector enjoys exemption from income and many other taxes, in exchange for providing public benefits. Most non-profit hospitals are involved in their communities in various ways. Some become extensively involved in providing services to their community’s safety net by increasing primary health care access for indigent and low income persons. In a period in [...]
Continue reading...21st National Conference Roundtables: An Overview of Consequences of Strategic Interventions in the State of California
4. March 2010
At the 21st National Conference (See 21st National Conference on Primary Health Care Access April 12-15, 2010 in Kaua’i) , plenary sessions will be devoted to strategic interventions in various states. Special attention will be paid to the state of California, whose fiscal shortfalls are greater than almost anyplace in the world. The woes of the most [...]
Continue reading...21st National Conference Roundtables: Mission-Oriented Innovations in Teaching Physicians – The Residency-Based Patient Centered Medical Home, Medicaid HMO and Federally Qualified Health Center
3. March 2010
Jamie Osborn, MD The Twenty-first National Conference on Primary Health Care Access will feature initiatives in several states, including a series of roundtables relating to the State of California. (See: 21st National Conference on Primary Health Care Access April 12-15, 2010 in Kaua’i.) One of these will explore “mission-oriented” residency linkages with innovative models of “health care [...]
Continue reading...The 21st National Conference’s “Consequences” Theme: Strategic Interventions in the State of Michigan
6. February 2010
The National Conference’s extended sessions on the primary care workforce will include case studies of several states. Two states hard hit by the current recession are Michigan and California. A presentation led by Doctor Daniel Webster will detail Michigan State University’s interventions in Michigan’s geographical areas of high need to improve the primary care physician [...]
Continue reading...The Consequences of Strategic Intervention: Providing Health Care for Rural America
29. January 2010
The National Conference will continue its examination of regional strategic interventions, in which medical school departments partner with communities and agencies to increase the primary care workforce and the availability of health care for rural America. Even if NO health care reform proposal passes in the near future, it is still a public policy issue that has [...]
Continue reading...Dr Troy’s “Thought Provocateur” Session on Advancing Family Medicine through Geriatrics and Long Term Care
29. January 2010
[At the Twentieth National Conference, a new feature, "The Thought Provocateur" session, was instituted to focus on particular ideas of relevance to the general issues of primary health care access. This year Warwick Troy, Ph.D., a National Consortium fellow, proposes a revisiting of the subjects of geriatric medicine and long term care.] Dr Troy’s presentation will [...]
Continue reading...Doctors James Puffer, Macaran Baird, Neal Palafox to Present Named Lectures at 21st National Conference in Kaua’i
24. January 2010
As part of the “Consequences of Strategic Interventions” sub-theme of the Twenty-First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access, two named lectures will address specific strategic interventions that have been in place for four decades. Consequences of Strategic Intervention: Creating a Board for the Periodic Recertification of Family Physicians The Twentieth G. Gayle Stephens Lecture will be [...]
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2. April 2010
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