Health Innovation Program (HIP) Seminar Series

Date		Presentation
07/01/2009		Effects of Exercise Training on Health Status in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure K. Flynn View description Kathryn Flynn, PhD, speaks about her recent research as part of the HF-ACTION, an international, multi-center, randomized controlled trial designed to test the long-term saftery and efficacy of aerobic exercise training in medically stable outpatients with left ventricular dysfunction and NYHA class II to IV heart failure (JAMA. 2009; 301(14):1451-1459).
02/19/2009		Accountable Care Organizations - A Path Forward to Quality and Savings E. Fisher
10/01/2008		Healthcare Reform in America: Lessons Learned from the Oregon Health Plan J. Saultz
05/28/2008		Perspective on the Quality Chasm for Children R. Mangione-Smith View description Rita Mangione-Smith's recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine has been described as a “clarion call for action” around sobering findings about the quality of care delivered to our nation’s children. In short, the right services appear to be carried out less than half the time across preventive, acute and chronic care. In this talk, Mangione-Smith discusses these findings and their implications for children’s healthcare.
02/25/2008		The NQF Efficiency Measurement Framework: Can it Help Heal the Schism Between Public Health and Medicine? E. Fisher
01/25/2008		The End of Evidence-Based Medicine V. Montori View description Victor Montori, MD, discusses, The End of Evidence Based Medicine.
11/14/2007		Walking Forward: Addressing Cancer Health Disparities with American Indians in South Dakota D. Petereit View description Walking Forward is a Rapid City Regional Hospital and University of Wisconsin project addressing cancer disparities for American Indians in Western, South Dakota. This presentation gives the five-year results and future directions.
05/18/2007		Health Care and Policy: Leadership for a Change D. Durenberger View description David Durenberger, JD, Senior Health Policy Fellow at the University of St. Thomas and chair of the National Institute of Health Policy (NIHP), speaks on "Health Care and Policy: Leadership for a Change" at the Health Sciences Learning Center on May 18, 2007.
02/26/2007		Spending Quality and the Paradox of Plenty E. Fisher View description Dr. Fisher is a professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School. He is also Director of Health Policy Research at Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. He spoke on Spending Quality and the Paradox of Plenty at the Health Sciences Learning Center on Febrary 26, 2007.
11/20/2006		Efficiency and Quality in Health Care H. Fineberg View description Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD, president of the Institute of Medicine, presented a seminar on value and quality in healthcare on November 20, 2006, at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus. The Department of Population Health Sciences, the Health Innovation Program, and the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program jointly sponsored this visit.