Washington Health Legislative Conference:

2008 Conference - Background Materials

 

Morning Plenaries:
--"The Amazing Noncollapsing U.S. Health Care System -- Is Reform Finally at Hand?"
--William D. Ruckelshaus Center

Morning Break-out 1: Health Insurance for Small Business: Can It Be Affordable?
--Background information coming soon.

Morning Break-out 2: The Media and Consumer-Centered Technologies: Tools for Engaging Consumers and Influencing Health Care Reform
--Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC)

Morning Break-out 3: Provider Performance Measurement in the Trenches
--Background information coming soon.

Morning Break-out 4: Medical Homes: Back to the Future?
--Background information coming soon.

Afternoon Plenaries
--Stephen Colbert Accepts Healthiest State in the Nation Challenge
--Washington Kids Count
--Wing-It Presents The Election Show

Afternoon Break-out 1: Integrating Patient Values with Health Care Decision Making
--"Washington Becomes First State to Endorse Shared Medical Decision Making." Business Wire. May 2, 2007.

Afternoon Break-out 2: Educating Policymakers about Education and Health: A Progress Report

Afternoon Break-out 3: State Budget and Fiscal Conditions
--Office of Financial Management

Afternoon Break-out 4: Reach Out and Touch Someone: Enrolling Children in Medicaid