• Conference on Clinical Cancer Research 
  September 14, 2009
  The 2009 Conference on Clinical Cancer Research brought together distinguished members of the cancer community for in-depth discussions of critical issues at the intersection of clinical research and policy. The event featured presentations by National Cancer Institute Director John Niederhuber and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, as well as panel discussions focusing on optimal data collection for clinical trials, development and approval of targeted therapies, and development of combination therapies targeting multiple pathways. Read More »
  
  
• Getting to a High-Value Health Care System: Developing the Infrastructure for Meaningful Quality Measurement and Reporting 
  July 30, 2009
  Valid, timely, consistent, and widely available information about the quality and cost of health care is a key component of many health care reform proposals that have strong, bipartisan support. A July 30 forum on Capitol Hill focused on how better quality and cost measures can be implemented nationally, and what it will take to design and build the necessary infrastructure to support better, more timely performance measurement. Read More »
  
  
• How Do They Do That? Low-Cost, High-Quality Health Care in America
  July 21, 2009
  Engelberg Center Director Mark McClellan — alongside health care improvement experts Drs. Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher, and Atul Gawande — brought together teams from 10 high-performing regions to explore the factors that underlie the mechanisms for delivering health care in their communities and to discuss ways to implement such health care in the rest of the country.
  
  
• Aligning Health IT and Health Reform: Achieving an Information-Driven Health Care System
  July 15, 2009
  Health IT is a critical foundation of successful health care reform that can help the nation achieve cost and quality goals through delivery system innovation. A July 15 forum with The Markle Foundation, the Center for American Progress and the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform discussed strategies for aligning health IT investments and health reform efforts as they took a close look at implications and opportunities for implementation. Read More »
  
  
• Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research
  June 9, 2009
  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 invested $1.1 billion in federal initiatives to begin the important and necessary work of comparative effectiveness research (CER), a key building block in health care reform. A June 9 forum co-hosted with The Hamilton Project addressed many of the key questions surrounding CER, and featured remarks from Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag. Read More »
  
  
• The Economic Impact of Health Care Reform
  June 2, 2009
  On June 2, Christina Romer, chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, joined Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform director Mark McClellan, Harvard economist David Cutler and former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin to discuss the economic case for health care reform and its potential impact on the U.S. economy. Read More »
  
  
• Health IT and Health Reform: Linking Incentives to Drive Accountability and Value
  May 20, 2009
  Health information technology (IT) holds considerable promise for improving how health care is delivered in the United States, but much of that promise remains unfulfilled. However, as the Obama administration looks to reform health care, encouraging signs point to the potential for health IT to play a significant role in changing the current system. A May 20 forum, in cooperation with the Markle Foundation, addressed strategies for coordinating recently enacted health IT incentives with other promising approaches to improving health care delivery. Read More »
  
  
• The Path Forward for Academic Medical Centers: Innovation, Economics and Better Health
  April 27, 2009
  Academic medical centers (AMCs) have long been integral parts to developing innovative treatments and assuring access to care for Americans who need the most help. As health care reform gains momentum, many AMCs are seeking to become leaders in biomedical science as well as innovators in health care reform. At the same time, increasing technological, financial and other pressures suggest AMCs may not be sustainable in their traditional missions and policy reforms are needed. Read More »
  
  
• Reforming Provider Payment: Moving Toward Accountability for Quality and Value
  March 11, 2009
  As Congress, the administration, the private sector, and other stakeholders attempt to address the major challenges in our health system, there is a strong need to consider specific, practical approaches to reform that can achieve a higher-value health care system. One such concept is the Brookings-Dartmouth proposal for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) in provider payment. Read More »
  
  
• Creating a Long-Term Care Quality Alliance: A Town Hall Meeting
  December 17, 2008
  Numerous organizations have expressed interest in establishing a Long-Term Care Quality Alliance in an effort to achieve sustainable, high-value, and person-focused long-term care in the United States. Based on an initial meeting and subsequent discussions with a wide range of stakeholders, there is consensus that the Alliance should focus on implementing or speeding efforts to improve quality in long-term care and related areas at the person level, regardless of setting.  Read More »
  
  
• FDA Sentinel Initiative: Structure, Function, and Growth
  December 16, 2008
   A day-long public workshop on FDA's Sentinel Initiative was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on December 16, 2008. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration and the eHealth Initiative Foundation and convened by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. Read More »
  
  
• Advancing the Adoption of Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Value in Health Care
  November 24, 2008
  Increasing the adoption of health information technology (IT) has the potential to not only improve quality of care, but also change the way health care is delivered. What's more, the use of value cases could drive practical, relevant use of health IT on a faster track, ultimately helping improve the quality of health care. Read More »
  
  
• Real Health Care Reform in 2009: Getting to Better Quality, Higher Value, and Sustainable Coverage
  November 17, 2008
  Mark McClellan, director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings, brought experts and policymakers together to discuss the prospects for reforming our nation’s health care system.  Senator Max Baucus, D-Mt., gave opening remarks and four discussion panels followed, tackling the issues of quality and value, policy reforms, public views of health care reform, and political prospects and priorities for reform. Read More »
  
  
• State Health Reform Series: Developing a National Framework for Supporting Delivery System Reform at the State Level
  October 08, 2008
  The Engelberg Center and the National Academy for State Health Policy hosted a forum to identify how more robust state-national partnerships can accelerate and improve state and regional health reform efforts while informing national policy. Read More »
  
  
• Conference on Clinical Cancer Research
  September 26, 2008
  Consensus among stakeholders is needed to find solutions to critical questions regarding the future of clinical cancer research. Throughout this day-long conference, panelists sought to address this challenge, discussing pressing scientific and regulatory challenges and opportunities for progress in innovations in cancer therapy. Read More »
  
  
• Briefing on Long-Term Care Reform
  July 11, 2008
  The Engelberg Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on Long-Term Care Reform that focused on opportunities to improve quality of care and address the fiscal challenges of long-term care in the United States. Distinguished panelists included Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Susan Collins, Representative Jim McCrery, Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag, former Senator Bob Kerrey, former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Read More »
  
  
• Forum on Drug Safety and Post-Market Evidence
  June 13, 2008
  The Engelberg Center hosted a public forum on prescription drug safety that included a brief overview of current Food and Drug Administration activity as well as progress to date on a host of technical, legal, and communications-related challenges identified in the course of the center's ongoing collaborative work in this area. Read More »
  
  
• Reforming Health Care: Improving Quality, Controlling Costs, Expanding Coverage
  May 22, 2008
  In the midst of this presidential primary season, Brookings and the Cleveland Clinic co-hosted an Opportunity 08 forum on reforming health care. Panelists at this event provided voters an in-depth policy discussion on the challenges—and possible solutions—that will confront our next president. Read More »
  

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