June 18, 2009 -
This June 11 event cosponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and Consumers Union features speakers Neera Tanden, senior policy advisor for the Department of Health and Human Services, Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund, Jim Guest, president and CEO of Consumers Union, Sara Collins, assistant vice president at The Commonwealth Fund, and three Americans coping with inadequate health insurance and high health care costs.
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June 4, 2009 -
What is actually meant by a health insurance exchange and how might it work? Watch this e-forum, with slides and audio, of a May 11, 2009 Commonwealth Fund/Alliance for Health Reform briefing featuring Nancy Turnbull, Harvard University; Richard Curtis, Institute for Health Policy Solutions; and Linda Blumberg, Urban Institute. Ed Howard of the Alliance for Health Reform and Cathy Schoen of The Commonwealth Fund moderated. Audio courtesy of KaiserNetwork.org.
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May 13, 2009 -
One of the proposals to expand coverage to the more than 45 million uninsured Americans is referred to as the "public plan option." This e-forum, with slides and audio from a April 27, 2009 Commonwealth Fund/Alliance for Health Reform Briefing, features Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund; Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans; John Holahan, Urban Institute; and Stuart Butler, The Heritage Foundation. Ed Howard of the Alliance moderated. Audio courtesy of KaiserNetwork.org.
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May 1, 2009 -
The latest webcast in the "Talking Health" series, presented by the Association of Health Care Journalists, The Commonwealth Fund, and the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, was streamed live on Friday, May 1, at 2:30 p.m., E.D.T. This episode featured two health policy experts: Cathy Schoen, senior vice president for research and evaluation at The Commonwealth Fund, and Bruce M. Bullen, chief operating officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Noam Levey, a reporter in the Washington Bureau of the Los Angeles Times, and Reed Abelson of The New York Times, provided his insights and suggestions for reporters covering what will be a major story in the coming months.
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April 17, 2009 -
Watch the highlights of the ministers' roundtable from The Commonwealth Fund's 2008 International Symposium, "Toward a High Performance Health Care System: Best Practices for Achieving Access to Care and Value for Money." Participants included Carolyn Clancy, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; The Rt. Honorable Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, England; The Honorable Ab Klink, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands; The Honorable Thomas Zeltner, Secretary of State for Health, Switzerland; Franz Knieps, Director-General of Health Care, the Federal Republic of Germany; Stephen McKernan, Director-General of Health, Ministry of Health, New Zealand; Laurent Degos, Chair, Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS)/French National Authority for Health; Karen Dodds, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada; and David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Australia.
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March 25, 2009 -
This State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Breakfast, held February 3, 2009, addressed state approaches to improving quality while cutting costs. Panelists were Trish Riley, Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, Maine; Philip W. Magistro, Director, IT, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform, Pennsylvania; and Aaron McKethan, Ph.D., Research Director, The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution. The event was sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund, the Georgia Health Policy Center, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives.
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March 19, 2009 -
This video is dedicated to the legacy of philanthropist Harvey Picker, who joined the $15 million assets of the James Picker Foundation with those of The Commonwealth Fund in 1986.
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January 21, 2009 -
This Fund-supported California Quality Collaborative video features 12 physicians who used a variety of techniques to improve their own quality of life and their patients' experiences.
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December 11, 2008 -
In 1918, Anna Harkness established a foundation "to do something for the welfare of mankind." Today, The Commonwealth Fund continues to carry out this mandate by supporting independent research and grant making to improve health practice and policy. Our mission is to promote a high performance health system.
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December 11, 2008 -
The Commonwealth Fund received its historic headquarters, "Harkness House," as a bequest in 1951. Designed by the architect James Gamble Rogers, the building was constructed as the residence of Edward and Mary Stillman Harkness between 1906 and 1908. Harkness House, at One East 75th Street in New York City, received landmark status in 1967.
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November 26, 2008 -
This "Talking Health" webcast, held Nov. 21, featured two experts who have been following the politics of health reform for a long time: Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund, and Sheila P. Burke, a lecturer in public policy at Harvard University. Two panelists, Julie Rovner, health policy correspondent for NPR, and Marilyn Werber Serafini, health care and welfare reporter for National Journal, gave suggestions for covering the story for the next year both nationally and locally. "Talking Health" is cosponsored by The Association of Health Care Journalists, The Commonwealth Fund, and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
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November 25, 2008 -
This Nov. 7 briefing sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund featured a panel of experts discussing health reform legislation in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is being watched closely for lessons that might guide national efforts to reduce the number of uninsured and underinsured nationally.
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October 24, 2008 -
On September 22, the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund sponsored a briefing to address the need for better care coordination, better insurance coverage for chronic care, and new incentives to develop medical homes. Panelists were: Robert Berenson, Urban Institute; Diane Rittenhouse, University of California San Francisco; and Duane Davis, Geisinger Health System. Melinda Abrams of Commonwealth and Ed Howard of the Alliance co-moderated. Watch an Fund E-Forum of the event, with synched slides, audio, and a transcript.
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August 21, 2008 -
In this July 17, 2008 briefing, members of the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System discuss the National Scorecard findings and ways to improve health care in the U.S. Speakers were: Karen Davis, Ph.D., President, The Commonwealth Fund; Cathy Schoen, M.S., Senior Vice President, Research and Evaluation, The Commonwealth Fund; Christine Cassel, M.D., President and CEO, American Board of Internal Medicine and Member, Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System; and Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Thanks to kaisernetwork.org for the audio and transcript.
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August 18, 2008 -
Watch presentations from this Commonwealth Fund-supported conference, held in partnership with the Massachusetts Data Consortium, the The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), and the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Find all sessions in the Multimedia Center.
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