National Policy Symposium: Overall Priorities

Participants stress the urgency of payment reform ROCHESTER, Minn. — In a sustained effort to seek consensus-driven, patient-centered priorities that would build a high-value health care system, the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center hosted a symposium Dec. 5–7 entitled “Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care,” which featured patients, providers, payers, and national policy experts. [...]

National Symposium Panel Discussion: Critical Issues in Future Phases of Health Care Reform

The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center and Health Affairs hosted a national symposium Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care December 5-7, 2010. The fourth panel discussion focused on critical issues in future phases of health care reform. Moderator: Joanne Silberner, University of Washington and National Public Radio contributor Panelists: Helen Darling, President, National Business Group [...]

National Symposium Panel Discussion: Achieving the Vision: The Patient Perspective

The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center and Health Affairs hosted a national symposium Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care December 5-7, 2010. The third panel discussion focused on the patient perspective in regards to high-value health care policy. Moderator: Tim Johnson, MD, ABC News Panelists: Melissa Ortega Paul Llanes Carol Allred (president of WomenHeart) Kathi [...]

National Symposium Panel Discussion: Achieving Value in Health Care Delivery

The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center and Health Affairs hosted a national symposium Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care December 5-7, 2010. The second panel discussion focused on achieving value in health care delivery. Moderator: Susan Dentzer, Heath Affairs Panelists: Mike Critelli, Dossia Don Fisher, Ph.D., American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Randall Krakauer, M.D., [...]

National Symposium Panel Discussion: Ensuring that Patient-Centered Health Care Delivery Thrives

The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center and Health Affairs hosted a national symposium Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care December 5-7, 2010. The first panel discussion focused on ensuring that patient-centered health care delivery thrives. Moderator: Tim Johnson, M.D., Chief Medical Editor, ABC News Panelists: James Rohack, M.D., Immediate Past President, American Medical Association [...]

Updated Speaker List: 2010 Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Symposium

Help shape health care of the future – register now to attend the 2010 Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center Symposium “Achieving the Vision: Advancing High-Value Health Care,” December 5-7, 2010, in Bethesda, Maryland. Co-hosted by Health Affairs. The purpose of the symposium is to: Identify and prioritize the most critical issues in the next one [...]

Mayo Clinic Launches Shared Decision Making National Resource Center

Mayo Clinic recently launched a new strategic initiative focused on patient-centered care and effective patient interactions with their health care providers: the Shared Decision Making National Resource Center.  There are many situations where the practice of evidence-based medicine requires patients and clinicians to work together to determine a clear path for treatment or management of [...]

Come Together on Patient-Centered Reform

In his State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to continue to push forward and find a way to come together on health care reform. If we don’t act now, health care costs will continue to rise and more Americans will not have access to affordable, quality health care. The urgency for the [...]