What's New with HCFO - 11/17/2006  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
 Non-Profit Hospital Community Benefits Under Review
 Grantee Spotlight - Richard A. Rettig, Ph.D.
 Spotlight on Grantee Publication
 New HCFO Grant Awarded
 New HCFO-SCI Issue Brief
 New HCFO Findings Brief
 This Month in the News
 New NCHS Data on Long-term Care Available for Researchers
 NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship
 National Health Policy Conference (NHPC)
 2007 Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

National Health Policy Conference (NHPC)

National Health Policy Conference (NHPC)
February 12-13, 2007, Capital Hilton,
Washington, DC
http://www.academyhealth.org/nhpc/index.htm

Workforce Takes Center Stage at NHPC

Attend the National Health Policy Conference February 12-13, at the Capital Hilton, Washington, DC and join leading health policy experts as they examine the issues associated with strengthening the health care workforce.

The workforce plenary session will provide insight from experts such as administration officials, senior congressional staff, state officials, executives from the health care industry, and political commentators while two breakout meetings will tackle the topic in greater depth. The following sessions and meetings will be offered:

* Macro Views on Strengthening the Health Care Workforce (Plenary session)
* The U.S. Physician Workforce: Beyond the Numbers
* RN Rx: A Prescription for the National Nursing Workforce Crisis

Don’t miss all this and more http://www.academyhealth.org/nhpc/index.htm from leading experts in the field including:

* Ann Bokelman, Southside Regional Medical Center
* Colleen Conway-Welch, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
* Richard Cooper, University of Pennsylvania
* David Goodman, Dartmouth College
* Chuck Kilo, Greenfield Health
* Bruce Morrison, Former Member of U.S. Congress
* Fitzhugh Mullan, The George Washington University 
* Kevin Sexton, Holy Cross Health

In addition to workforce issues, the 2007 National Health Policy Conference will feature three additional topic tracks:
* Addressing Coverage Issues and Evolving Strategies
* Driving Quality Improvement
* Advancing Public Health

Registration is now open!