Health Affairs

Panel Discussion and Reception at the Global Health Council Conference Participants: John P. Howe, III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE Courtney Guthreau, Regional Director, The Americas, Project HOPE Jenny Xu, Program Officer, Shanghai, China, Project HOPE Kayt Erdahl, Program Specialist, Infectious Disease, Project HOPE Moderated by Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs; Chair, Board... Read the rest of this entry »

The idea of a health insurance exchange is broad enough to encompass many interpretations, and that can be both a good thing and a bad thing, Jon Kingsdale said Tuesday. He spoke at a Health Affairs briefing on implementing health reform, which was keynoted by Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health... Read the rest of this entry »

Having been blessed by the new health reform legislation, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a hot topic in the health policy world, as evidenced by the just-concluded and well-attended National Accountable Health Care Organization Summit (cosponsored by Health Affairs) in Washington, D.C. Health Affairs has published much of the research and thinking related to ACOs. For example,... Read the rest of this entry »

Many articles in the issue are authored by foundation staffers and/or funded by foundations. The June 2010 issue of Health Affairs was released today. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided support toward the issue, which has the theme “Moving Forward on Health Reform.” Inside, you will find the GrantWatch Outcomes column with content on health reform, global... Read the rest of this entry »

State and federal officials, insurers, and health care providers face thousands of important decisions in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, according to the June issue of Health Affairs. In this issue, some of the nation’s leading experts weigh in on the nuts and bolts of what’s needed to achieve the... Read the rest of this entry »

In a Narrative Matters essay in the May issue of Health Affairs, Jack Colwill, a physician, describes his brother-in-law John’s last months and eventual death.  Colwill, also a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri–Columbia, explains that the suffering... Read the rest of this entry »

This coming Tuesday, June 8, Health Affairs will release its June issue, which focuses on the challenges of implementing health reform, at a Washington D.C. briefing. The past few issues of the journal have also focused on topics crucial to reform’s success. The March issue of Health Affairs, released at a March 2 event in... Read the rest of this entry »

Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform, will keynote the Health Affairs briefing “Moving Forward On Health Reform.” The briefing will take place this Tuesday, June 8, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.  Implementing provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poses a huge challenge for the public and private... Read the rest of this entry »

Misconceptions and a lack of knowledge have caused many Americans with health insurance to be at odds with policy makers when it comes to embracing the tenets of evidence-based health care. These conclusions, documented by focus groups, interviews, and an online survey, are contained in a Web first article published yesterday in Health Affairs. Kristin Carman of the... Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some more examples of foundations’ efforts. This is just a sampling, not a comprehensive listing, of what foundations have been doing. Rhode Island Foundation and Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Announce Creation of Statewide Coalition for Primary Care Announced at a May 27, 2010, event, the new coalition, “which will coordinate efforts to improve access to... Read the rest of this entry »