Health Affairs Briefing: Advancing Global Health Policy

TweetPlease join us on Monday, September 8, when Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will host a briefing to discuss our September 2014 thematic issue, “Advancing Global Health Policy.”  In an expansion of last year’s theme, “The ‘Triple Aim’ Goes Global,” we explore how developing and industrialized countries around the world are confronting challenges and learning from each other on three aims: cost, quality, and population health. A highlight of the event will be a discussion of international health policy—led by Weil—featuring former CMS and FDA administrator and current Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Mark McClellan and Lord Ara Darzi, surgeon, scholar, and former UK Health Minister. Additional panels will look at how countries are transforming chronic care, lowering costs, and redesigning delivery systems. WHEN:  Monday, September 8, 2014 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. WHERE:  National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC, 13th Floor REGISTER NOW! Follow Live Tweets from the briefing @HA_Events, and join in the conversation with #HA_GlobalHealth. Among the confirmed speakers are: Bianca M. Buurman, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Amsterdam Medical Centre, on Transitional Care Interventions Prevent Hospital Readmissions For Adults With Chronic Illnesses Iain Cockburn, Richard C. Shipley Professor in Management, School of Management, Boston University, on The Hidd...
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