Pat Mitchell, co-host for the 2008 Mayo Clinic National Symposium for Health Care Reform, welcomes participants to the event.
Mitchell, a former president and chief executive officer of the Public Broadcasting Service, is president and chief executive officer of The Paley Center for Media. During her 30-year career as a journalist, producer and media executive, Mitchell’s [...]
Mayo Clinic President and CEO Denis Cortese, M.D., gave the opening address welcoming participants to the Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform, March 10, 2008 at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va. Dr. Cortese shared Mayo Clinic’s organizational commitment and vision.
Opening Address by Denis Cortese, M.D.
After the symposium participants voted on top priorities among the action items for the private sector and for government, Mayo Clinic CEO Denis Cortese, M.D., concluded the Mayo Clinic Symposium on Health Care Reform by reiterating the need for patient/customer focus.
He also highlighted how various reform proposals from business, advocacy organizations and federal legislators have [...]
Participants in the Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform broke into three groups this morning to identify actions the next president and Congress should take. Leaders of the breakouts presented the results immediately after lunch. Here’s the presentation:
Several health care blogs have linked to our Health Policy blog, with many showing particular interest in the Your Voice, New Vision findings presented yesterday. Among those linking here are:
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog
Ted Eytan, M.D.
Dr. Tom Linden’s Health Blog
Health Care Reform Now!
Dr. Mike Magee’s Health Commentary blog
Healthcare Reform 2008
Health Populi
The discussion in person [...]
On Monday afternoon, participants in the Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform gathered in groups by sector: Users of Care, Payers for Care and Providers of Care. Each group met for about three hours to identify potential action items for the private sector that would do the most to help realize the vision [...]
The following questions and comments were submitted during the Monday morning session on Cornerstones of a New Approach. Click the Read More link below to see the full list.
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Participants at the Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform submitted several questions for the representatives of the Clinton, McCain and Obama campaigns, far more than could be addressed in the limited time available for Q&A. The complete list of questions is below (click the Read More link to see them.) We will invite [...]
The goal of the Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform is to develop concrete action steps the private sector and the next president and Congress can take to fundamentally reform health care in America. During the breakout sessions this afternoon, the 400 participants divided into separate groups representing Users of Care, Purchasers of [...]
The luncheon program involved both a compelling video and a presentation of research findings from Harris Interactive. This session was all about the Patient perspective.
Here’s the video, which was compiled after a nine-city Your Voice, New Vision tour which sent a trailer to various sites across the country:
Here’s the presentation:
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