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Fri, 2009-01-16 10:12 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this Working Group is to articulate and shape issues of health care reform as well as contemplate and make recommendations for more extensive critiques and proposals for health system transformation, as may be necessary or desirable beyond the scope of traditional health care reform.

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Health Inequalities

Mon, 2009-03-16 12:49 — admin

Third Report of Session 2008-09 Volume 1
House of Commons Health Committee
15 March 2009

Available online PDF [143p.] at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmhealth/286/286.pdf

Exploring the impact of primary health care research

Mon, 2009-03-09 11:59 — admin

Final Report Stage 2 Primary Health Care Research Impact project
- PHC RIS Research team
Libby Kalucy, Eleanor Jackson Bowers, Ellen McIntyre, Ann-Louise Hordacre, Richard Reed,
Australia: Primary Health Care Research & Information Service - February 2009

Available online as PDF file [54p.] at:
http://www.phcris.org.au/phplib/filedownload.php?file=/elib/lib/downloaded_files/publications/pdfs/phcris_pub_8108.pdf

Priority setting: what constitutes success?

Mon, 2009-03-09 11:57 — admin

Priority setting: what constitutes success?
A conceptual framework for successful priority setting

Shannon L Sibbald1,2*, Peter A. Singer3, Ross Upshur2,4, Douglas K Martin1,2
1 Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, Canada
3 The McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto, Canada
4Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada
BMC Health Services Research – March 9, 2009 -- 9:43 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-43

Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness

Mon, 2009-03-09 11:56 — admin

Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness:
Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary

Rapporteurs: Samantha Chao, Karen Anderson, and Lyla Hernandez
Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation;
Roundtable on Health Disparities; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine, 2009

Available online at; http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12502

Dean under consideration for surgeon general: report

Sat, 2009-03-07 04:54 — admin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vermont governor Howard Dean was under consideration by the Obama administration for U.S. surgeon general, CNN reported on Friday, but a source said he was not interested in the post.

Dean, a practicing physician before he entered politics, recently wrapped up a four-year term as Democratic Party chairman, has been a supporter of health reform.

CNN said he had privately made clear that he is interested in the job. But a source close to Dean told Reuters he was not.

HHS Issues Special Report on Health Reform and Launches New healthreform.gov Web Site

Fri, 2009-03-06 20:24 — admin

“…American People Say Health Care System is Broken, Highlight Need for Action This Year on Health Reform..”

March 5, 2009 Press release: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/03/20090305a.html

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report, Americans Speak on Health Reform: Report on Health Care Community Discussions. The report summarizes comments from Americans who hosted and participated in Health Care Community Discussions across the country and highlights the need for immediate action to reform health care.

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