Category: General Conference Context – Proceedings and Transcripts

Explore the historic insights on U.S. healthcare reform, Medicare, and Medicaid’s unintended consequences from a 1998 primary health care access conference.

The following paper by Darryl Leong, MD, MPH, then the Dorchester County Health Department, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Eugenie Lewis, MHSA, LCSW is the second of an occasional series of e-publications on subject matter of the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access. Dr Leong’s seminal work, dating from 1995, but…

The following paper by Mark E. Clasen, MD, Ph.D., Mary L. Budzak, MD, Carla M. Clasen, MPH, BSN, and Willian N. Tindall, Ph.D. launches an occasional series of e-publications on the subject matter of the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access: ABSTRACT The authors assessed that the economic impact of closing a family medicine…

We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the Oregon Health Sciences University Department of Family Medicine (John Saultz, Chair) for the transcription and editing of this section of the Proceedings of the Twenty-Second National Conference:   Mark E. Clasen, MD, Ph.D., Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, Moderator: We’ll move to another aspect of the future of…

[The Question and Answer session of the first plenary session of the Twenty-Second National Conference on Primary Health Care Access included the question that if a part of PPACA (such as the health insurance mandate) is declared unconstitutional, whether the entire act would be set aside. Because of the relevance of Judge Roger Vinson’s January…

We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program of Lansing, Michigan for the transcription and editing of this section of the Proceedings of the Twenty-Second National Conference: Dr Mark Clasen, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (moderator): Thank you, David. Following the family physician from Utah is Dean Richard…

We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program of Lansing, Michigan for the transcription and editing of this section of the Proceedings of the Twenty-Second National Conference: Dr Mark Clasen, Wright State University: Thank you Rick (Flinders). The Awarding of Plaques for Newly Inducted Senior Fellows in the…

The following timeline was presented as part of the First Plenary Roundtable at the Twenty-First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access. It was developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians and is reprinted, courtesy of the AAFP and its Director Of Education, Perry A. Pugno, MD, MPH. Non-substantive stylistic modifications have been made.…

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…

 Charles Odegaard, Ph.D., was a Fellow of the Coastal Research Group’s National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access, a former president of the University of Washington, and a member of the Millis Commission that was instrumental in the reform of postgraduate physician education in primary health care. The following personal history is based on Mr.…

The following consensus statement was developed over the course of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access. Elements of the document will be considered at the Twenty-First National Conference, which will be held 15 years after this document’s development. THE SEVENTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACCESS Williamsburg Lodge…

This archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the fifth plenary session of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Presbyterian Community Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Whittier, California):   Donald Weaver, MD; Director, National Health Service…

This archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the fifth plenary session of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Presbyterian Community Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Whittier, California):     David Kindig, MD, University of Wisconsin: Well,…

This archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the fifth plenary session of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Presbyterian Community Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Whittier, California): John Midtling, MD, MS, Moderator: The session this afternoon…

This archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the fourth plenary session of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the San Joaquin General Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Stockton and French Camp, California):   Sandral Hullett MD,…

This archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the third and fourth plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the San Joaquin General Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Stockton and French Camp, California): Hector Flores,…

This archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the fourth plenary session of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the San Joaquin General Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Stockton and French Camp, California):   John Midtling, MD,…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the third and fourth plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the San Joaquin General Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Stockton and French Camp, California): Greg Nycz,…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the third and fourth plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the San Joaquin General Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Stockton and French Camp, California): John E. Midtling, M.D.,…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the third and fourth plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20 and 21, 1990) is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the San Joaquin General Hospital Department of Family Medicine (Stockton and French Camp, California):    …

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the introductory remarks and the first two plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20, 1990) was made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Lansing.   Dr Werdegar: On behalf…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the introductory remarks and the first two plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20, 1990) was made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Lansing.   John Arradondo, MD; Director…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the introductory remarks and the first two plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20, 1990) was made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Lansing.   William H. Burnett, Office…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the introductory remarks and the first two plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20, 1990) was made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Lansing.   David Werdeger, Director of…

The archiving and publishing of the  proceedings of the introductory remarks and the first two plenary sessions of the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (April 20, 1990) was made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Lansing.   Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH;…