Bringing Health Care into the 21st Century
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The United States faces many challenges in terms of health care quality, affordability and access. The nation spends almost twice the percentage of its gross domestic product as many European countries on health care, but has outcomes that rank well below those of other developed nations. However, policy ideas and new technologies are emerging to improve innovation, data sharing, and analytics, thereby boosting cost containment and health care delivery and quality.
On May 9, the Governance Studies program at Brookings hosted a half-day conference focused on government reforms and technology-related solutions aimed at improving the U.S health care system. The third annual A. Alfred Taubman Forum on Public Policy convened leaders from academia, business and government to discuss concrete policy actions to improve performance in this policy area and specific actions to modernize the U.S. health care system for the 21st century.
Agenda
8:30 AM -- Welcome
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director - Governance Studies
Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation
Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies
8:35 AM -- Innovation in Health Care
Curt I. Civin, MD
Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Grant Verstandig
Founder & CEO
9:30 AM -- Sharing Data to Improve Quality and Save Money
Kevin Vigilante, MD
Senior Vice President
Daniel J. Wattendorf, Lt Col, USAF, MC
Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office
10:45 AM -- Using Analytics To Improve Decision-Making
Lynn Etheredge
Principal Consultant, Rapid Learning Health System Project
Richard Migliori, MD
Executive Vice President, Health Services, United Health Group
12:00 PM -- Lunch Discussion: Lessons From Around The World
Robert Jarrin
Senior Director, Government Affairs
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