Bringing Health Care into the 21st Century

The Brookings Institution
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
8:30 AM to 1:00 PM
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2012/0509_health_care.aspx

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.

The third annual A. Alfred Taubman Forum on Public Policy will convene 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.

8:30 AM -- Welcome

Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director, Governance 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
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Grant Verstandig
Founder & CEO
Audax Health

9:30 AM -- Sharing Data to Improve Quality and Save Money

Lynn Etheredge
Principal Consultant, Rapid Learning Health System Project
The George Washington University

Daniel J. Wattendorf, Lt Col, USAF, MC
Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

10:45 AM -- Using Analytics To Improve Decision-Making

Richard Migliori, MD
Executive Vice President, Health Services, United Health Group
Chief Healthcare Officer, United Health Group Alliances

Kevin Vigilante, MD
Senior Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton

12:00 PM -- Lunch Discussion: Lessons From Around The World

William Haseltine
President
Access Health International

Robert Jarrin
Senior Director, Government Affairs
Qualcomm