Category: 21st National Conference
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21st National Conference on Primary Health Care Access – First Conference Day (April 12, 2010)
The program for the first day and links to associated webpages relating to the first day’s activities: The 21st National Conference will begin with assigned breakfast groups at Dondero’s Restaurant at the Grand Hyatt Kaua’i (which will be open only for conference registrants). The assigned breakfast question for Monday will be posted in the first…
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21st National Conference Roundtables: Strategic Non-profit Sector Initiatives Promoting Primary Health Care Access in California
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…
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21st National Conference Roundtables: An Overview of Consequences of Strategic Interventions in the State of California
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…
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21st National Conference Roundtables: Mission-Oriented Innovations in Teaching Physicians – The Residency-Based Patient Centered Medical Home, Medicaid HMO and Federally Qualified Health Center
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 delivery”. Over…
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The 21st National Conference's "Consequences" Theme: Strategic Interventions in the State of Michigan
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…
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21st National Conference Focus on Nation's Public Health System: What Happens Now?
During this millenium, the disasters related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and epidemics of SARS and H1N1 influenza brought the nation’s public health infrastructure into the evening news front stories. The health reform legislation before Congress addresses some national needs, but remains silent on others. Richard Clover, MD, Dean of the University of Louisville’s School…
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Josh Freeman, Perry Pugno, Enrique Fernandez to Lead Off 21st National Conference on Primary Health Care Access With "What Just Happened?" Roundtable
Even as the United States Senate debates health care reform legislation, two Fellows of the Coastal Research Group’s National Consortium on Community-Based Medical Education, joined by a former official of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, are preparing the lead-off roundtable discussion for the 21st National…