Health Care is Broken: How do We Fix it?
Panelists:
Stuart Altman, PhD, Professor of National Health Policy at Heller Graduate School for Social Policy, Brandeis University
Dr. David Hunt, Chief Medical Officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ana M Malinow, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Past President of Physicians for a National Health Program
Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, Speaker, House of Delegates of the
American Medical Association
STATEMENT OF NEED: The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics faculty and partners at the Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health and Methodist Healthcare Ministries created a committee that identified a need for an annual series on ethics across the lifespan. A needs assessment survey was conducted on March 30, 2009 where respondents identified ethics topics they would like to learn more about through this series. Of those surveyed, 91 percent indicated that they would like to learn more about national health policy and financing, and 87 percent identified a need for more education regarding access to health care for underserved populations.
TARGET AUDIENCE: This program is open to the public and addresses the educational need of physicians, nurses, social workers, other healthcare providers and patients.
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:
- Discuss the shortcomings of America's Health Care System and the ethics of healthcare reform;
- Explain at least two proposals for increasing access to health care for Americans,
- Explore the alternative proposals for funding of Health care in America, including the positions of organized Medicine, i.e. the American Medical Association; and,
- Analyze the uses of Health Information Technology in improving the quality of care and reducing costs in health care.
Note: Continuing Education Credits avaliable for live presentation only.
CME ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS: UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢ for the evening session and 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢ for the afternoon workshops, for a total of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This session meets the Texas Medical Board criteria for formal Continuing Medical Education involving the study of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER (ANCC): The UT Health Science Center School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides up to 1.5 Nursing Contact hours for the evening session and 3.5 contact hours for the afternoon workshops.
CEU: The Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health is an approved provider of continuing education by the State of Texas for the following: LPC, LMFT, LSW, LCSW, LMSW and LCDC. This program offers up to 1.5 continuing education units for the evening session and 3.5 continuing education units for the afternoon workshops.
FACULTY DISCLOSURES: The following persons were involved in educational content decisions as either planners or presenters and have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose: Ruth Berggren, MD, Craig Klugman, PhD, Amanda Evrard, Judy McCarter, Rev. George Joehnk, Paul Parks, David Hunt, MD, Ana Malinow, MD, Jeremy Lazarus, MD, Melanie Stone, MPH, M.Ed., Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN, Julie Wisdom-Wild, BAAS, William H. Beer, MD.
Ken Shine, MD, has disclosed that he is a board member of United Health Group. Stuart Altman, PhD, has disclosed that he is a board member of Aveta, Emblem, Inspiris, Lincare and XL Health, as well as an advisor for Satori World Medical and Tufts Medical Center.
Pilar Oates has disclosed that she is the executive director of Methodist Healthcare Ministries, which is a funder of this activity. Fernando Guerra, MD, MPH, has disclosed that he is a board member of the Urban Institute, Southwest General Hospital, Children's Environmental Health Institute, Commission for a High Performing Health Care System-Commonwealth Fund, as well as a member of the Sanofi-Pasteur Vaccine Division Advisory Group and the Glaxo-Smith Kline-Vaccine Advisory Group. Dr. Guerra is a partner of VIVA Pediatrics and the principal investigator of multiple vaccine studies, including Merck, GSK, Sanofi and Novartis. Dr. Guerra has given several presentations on behalf of Sanofi-Pasteur and has been involved in scientific studies and trials of phase III Vaccines for MMR-II, HPV, Meningococcal and HAV.
The Frank Bryant, Jr., MD, Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics is supported in part by The International Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski and the Salinger-Forland Endowment, the Health Science Center Office of the President and the Office of the Dean of the School of Medicine.
