UW Dept of Health Services Policy Seminar Series:

Seminars for 2006

Though primarily intended for UW faculty and staff, all are welcome to the policy seminar series. The series often features discussions in a Point/Counterpoint format. The full list of seminar titles, topics, and speakers is available here.

--November 15, 2006--
"Another '94? Post-election analysis and implications for health policy in the 110th Congress"

Diana Birkett, MPH, MPA
Director of Federal Relations, Group Health Cooperative
Former David Winston Policy Fellow
Former staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee
UW MPH / MPA alumna

--October 4, 2006--
"Preemptive Public Policy for Genomics"

Rick J. Carlson, JD
Clinical Professor, Policy Programs, Dept of Health Services
Affiliate Professor, Dept of Pharmacy
Senior Advisor, Resource Center for Health Policy

Background reading: Rick J. Carlson, "Preemptive Public Policy for Genomics," October 2006. (Abstract) (Full text)

--March 15, 2006--
"A report on the CMS study of severity of illness, quality, patient satisfaction, and community benefits in physician-owned specialty hospitals compared to competing community hospitals"

Elisabeth Dowling Root, MA, Analyst, Research Triangle Institute
Bill Dowling, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Dept of Health Services
Cindy Watts, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Resource Center for Health Policy
Slides

Background reading: Greenwald et al, "Specialty Versus Community Hospitals: Referrals, Quality, and Community Benefits", Health Affairs, Jan/Feb 2006.

--February 15, 2006--
"Public Financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the Legacy of Ryan White [Report of the Institute of Medicine's Committee of Public Financing and Delivery of HIV Care, 2005]"

Will Welton, DrPH, MHA, Senior Lecturer and MHA Program Director, Dept of Health Services
The Report's abstract is available for free; the entire Report is available for purchase by the IOM. Please click here for more information.

--January 4, 2006--
"To Improve Access to Primary Care Services, Should the VA Open New Clinics or Contract with Community Providers?"

Chuan-fen Liu, PhD, MPH, Research Assistant Professor, Dept of Health Services