Conversations on Health Care® focuses this week on the future of nursing in advancing health. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala about the Institute of Medicine’s report in light of national health reform.
This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Senator Tom Daschle about the Obama administration’s goals for health care, the public’s response to healthcare reform and the likely path forward to implementation. Senator Daschle’s new book is called Getting it Done: How Obama and Congress Finally Broke the Stalemate to Make Way for Healthcare Reform.
Conversations on Health Care® focuses this week on promoting and transforming primary care. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer, president of Primary Care Progress, a grassroots organization founded at Harvard Medical School that’s working to engage clinicians, trainees and students in their local primary healthcare communities.
Conversations on Health Care® focuses this week on patient safety. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Rosemary Gibson, nationally known for her work in patient safety, communications and healthcare quality. Her latest book, The Treatment Trap, focuses on the overuse of medical care and what can be done to reduce it.
Conversations on Health Care® focuses this week on the leadership and the work of the California Healthcare Foundation. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with the Foundation’s president, Dr. Mark Smith, about how the organization has helped drive innovation and reform to improve health care for all Californians.
Conversations on Health Care® focuses this week on the Shape Up Somerville program. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Mayor Joseph Curtatone about how this innovative, local program has transformed the town of Somerville, Massachusetts into a healthy place to live, and how it’s now serving as a national model to fight childhood obesity on all fronts.