“A Time for Change: Restructuring America’s Health Care Delivery System”

An International Health Care Conference

BALCONY is a sponsor of the international health care conference “A Time for Change: Restructuring America’s Health Care Delivery System” May 11-12 in New York City.

Designed for health care practitioners, management and labor leaders, researchers and policymakers, the event is being organized by Cornell University’s ILR School.

“This conference comes at a critical phase of President Obama’s health care reform initiatives. It provides an opportunity to examine delivery system changes that will increase patient care, reduce costs and increase the integration of care,” said Peter Lazes, director of ILR’s Health Care Transformation Project.

Fifteen panels of health care experts from across the nation and Europe will frame conference discussion around three areas:

* Creating integrated delivery systems
* Engaging the work force
* Using technology to improve patient care.

Keynote speakers are Dr. David Skorton, cardiologist and president of Cornell University, and Dr. Jay Crosson of Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Crosson is vice chairman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and former executive director of the Permanente Federation.

Conference presenters include Dr. Rainu Kaushal associate professor of pediatrics, medicine and public health, and chief of the Division of Quality and Medical Informatics at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Dr. Julianne Imperato-McGinley, program director of the CTSC at Weill Cornell, and professor of medicine.

Additional speakers include: John August (Kaiser Permanente- Coalition of Unions), Christine Bamford (NHS Whales), Amy Edmundson (Harvard), Suzanne Gordon (Author), John Kenagy (Author), Rob Mechanic (MIT), Steve Spear(MIT) and Paul Starr (Princeton) and union and management leaders and researchers from the United States and Europe.

Presenting hospitals include:

* Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA)
* Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio)
* Fairview Hospital (Minneapolis, Minn.)
* Hospital of the Future Project (Dublin, Ireland)
* Kaiser Permanente (United States)
* Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn)
* Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx)
* NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College (New York City)
* New York City Health and Hospital Corporation
* Skaraborg Hospital Group (Gothenburg, Sweden)
* Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center (Costa Masnaga, Italy)

The conference will be held at The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 11 and 12.

For more information or to register online, go to http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/healthCare/. Registration is $295 through March 31 and $350 after March 31.

The conference, co-sponsored by Cornell’s Clinical & Translational Science Center and BALCONY (Business and Labor Coalition of New York), is supported by grants from the Cornell ILR School’s Pierce Memorial Fund, Cornell University’s Institute for the Social Sciences, Cornell University Cooperative Extension New York City and Weill Cornell Medical College.

Click here to link to the conference website for more info and registration: Conference

Click here to see the conference flyer: FLYER