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Thoughts leaders and panelists from around the nation and around the state came to the Oregon Health Summit 2008 to participate in important dialogue to help Oregon move forward on the reform continuum.
The speakers at the Oregon Health Summit 2008 had deep insights and significant industry expertise to share. For those who gave presentations, they are linked below.
Andrew Dyke, Ph.D., economist, ECONorthwest
The economic realities facing health care reform in Oregon
Bridging the Ideological Divide
Arnold Milstein, M.D., medical director, Pacific Business Group on Health, and chief physician, Mercer Health & Benefits
Cows and clinical efficiency breakthrough
Milstein PowerPoint
"Comparing Physicians on Efficiency"
"Health Information Technology is a Vehicle, Not a Destination"
Barney Speight, executive director, Oregon Health Fund Board
The framework SB 329 and the point of departure: What will be the intersection of public and private efforts?
Bruce Goldberg, M.D., director, Oregon Department of Human Services
Oregon and federal health policy: It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future
Faye Melius, R.N., M.S., Oregon Council of Associate Degree Programs, and chair of associate degree nursing programs at Linn Benton Community College
[Panel] Workforce development and labor shortages: How public and private partnerships are developing to create more medical training opportunities in Oregon
"Solutions to Oregon's Nursing Shortage"
"Oregon Center for Nursing"
Leanne Gassaway, director for state affairs, America’s Health Insurance Plans
Helen Flaherty Luce – former primary staff for Massachusetts reform legislation, and senior policy advisor for government relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Mark Wallace, M.D. – vice chair of Colorado’s 208 Commission, and president of the North Colorado Health Alliance
Brent Barnhart – senior counsel for government relations, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
[Panel] Reform Nation: The view from outside
Joe Quinn, senior director of state healthcare policy, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
[Keynote] Healthy Wal-Mart: Building public and private partnerships through expanded coverage for employees and increased access for customers in Oregon communities
Alisha Hopper, executive director, Central Oregon Health Collaborative
[Panel] Tough questions on universal coverage |