National Health Policy Conference - New Session Added
February 6-7, 2006, Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
A new session on Rebuilding the Gulf Health Care System - Post Katrina has been added to the 2006 NHPC. Diane Rowland of the Kaiser Family Foundation will moderate an expert discussion on rebuilding Louisiana's health care system with Fred Cerise, Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals, and Don Smithburg, Louisiana State University Health Care Services.
Join AcademyHealth and Health Affairs to hear leading experts from the
Administration, academia, Congress, and the health industry provide in-depth analyses of critical health care challenges confronting policymakers. Among the topics to be addressed are: the Administration’s 2006 health policy agenda, health savings accounts, private sector perspectives on responsibility for America’s health care, MMA implementation, preventing and managing chronic conditions in children, reducing disparities, and patient safety.
Participants include federal and state policymakers, policy researchers and analysts, health industry executives, clinical decision makers, research funders, and health services researchers.
For more information and to register, visit:
www.academyhealth.org/conferences/nhpc.htm
Minicourses: Health Policy Tools and Techniques
February 8, 2006 - Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
Interested in using research for decision-making in health care? Attend the AcademyHealth minicourses to learn the necessary tools and techniques. Designed for health policy professionals of all levels, these three-hour courses give participants the tools they need to reach their own informed policy decisions.
Program Evaluation for Non-Researchers
How to Communicate with Decision Makers: Using Technical Information to Inform Health Policy
Visit www.academyhealth.org/nhpc/minicourses/index.htm for more information and to register. Note: Registration for the NHPC is not required to register for the minicourses.
Health in Foreign Policy Forum: Migration and the Global Shortage of Health Care Professionals
Advancing U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy
February 8, 2006 - Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
Join leading health workforce experts, employers, and policymakers for an in-depth look at the causes, consequences, and possible U.S. policy responses to the global shortage of health professionals.
With an expected nurse shortage of 800,000 and physician shortage of 200,000 in the United States by 2020, hospitals are increasingly looking abroad to resolve staffing needs. Currently, 22 percent of physicians and 12 percent of nurses are foreign born, and these numbers are on the rise. Wealthy and poor countries alike are concerned that active recruitment by U.S. hospitals will further exacerbate their health workforce shortages. The paradox is that thousands of qualified medical and nursing school applicants are turned away each year in the United States.
Morning presentations will address the magnitude and the causes of workforce shortages in the United States, as well as the range of solutions currently being considered, including international recruitment. This will be followed by an analysis of shortages and potential solutions in developing nations.
Susan Dentzer of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will facilitate an afternoon debate among major institutional stakeholders in the United States, including medical and nurse associations, academic institutions, hospitals, recruiters, States, HRSA, the Senate Subcomittee on Immigration, the State Department, and the World Bank. Participants will discuss alternative strategies for building health workforce capacity in this country and abroad.
Visit www.academyhealth.org/nhpc/foreignpolicy/index.htm to view the complete agenda and to register. Note: Registration for the NHPC is not required to register for the Forum.
Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care 2006 Policy Seminar
February 8, 2006 - Embassy Suites, Washington D.C. Convention Center
Join key policymakers and researchers for dialogue about important issues in long-term care delivery and financing. Judy Feder, Ph.D., professor and dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, will share her thoughts on the field's most urgent policy issues. In addition, Randall Brown, Ph.D., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., will discuss consumer-directed initiatives in long-term care financing and delivery, and the implications of this approach for state and federal long-term care policy. Their presentations will be followed by a panel discussion among long-term care practitioners and policymakers.
This seminar, sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund's Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care
Visit www.academyhealth.org/ltc/2006/index.htm for more information and to register. Note: Registration for the NHPC is not required to register for the "Building Bridges Policy" Seminar.
State Health Research and Policy Interest Group 2006 Policy Breakfast
Tuesday, February 7
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast will be served.
The meeting is sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund.
The State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Policy Breakfast offers participants an opportunity to improve skills in providing research to state health decision makers. The program focuses on how researchers and policymakers interact at different times during the policymaking process.
To generate a high level of discussion and participation during the meeting, a background paper will be made available to participants prior to the meeting. The paper will outline the chronological framework describing the phases during which research is used by policymakers.
There is no fee for this program but registration is required. To register, please send an email to shrp@academyhealth.org and provide for each attendee: name, address, phone, and email.
Registration for the National Health Policy Conference is not required for this event.
2006 Annual Research Meeting (ARM)
Presentation Opportunities Available
The following AcademyHealth Interest Groups have issued a call for abstracts. For details, please visit:
Child Health
Health Workforce
State Health Research and Policy
Public Health Systems Research
Check Out the ARM Agenda
About half of the program has been identified and posted on the Web. The remaining sessions will be formed through the Call for Abstracts peer review process. Check out the agenda-at-a-glace, session schedule, and sessions listed by theme.
