CHERE Contributes to the International Health Care Policy Arena

Professor Jane Hall will attend her seventh annual International Symposium on Health Care Policy late in October 2004.  Titled “Primary Health Care: Spotlight on Innovation and Reform”, this year’s meeting will focus on improving health care from the patient's perspective, challenges in moving toward a patient-driven health care delivery system, and innovative approaches to addressing these challenges.

Established in 1998, the annual symposium on health care policy invites leading policymakers and researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.  This year’s symposium will also benefit from health policy leaders from Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. 

The event aims to provide a forum for U.S. policymakers to gain an insight into international approaches to the critical health care issues. It is also instrumental in promoting innovative health policy thinking and high-level policy exchanges among industrialized countries, and in building a network of international health policy experts.

This year’s symposium will bring together 55 leading policy thinkers including selected policy researchers and senior government officials who will present commissioned papers that highlight examples of how health care systems are changing organisational culture and primary care delivery models, using financial incentives, implementing electronic medial records, re-designing models of care of chronically ill patents and employing no-fault malpractice systems to improve quality and care of access.  Presenters will highlight innovative policies, incentive structures, and health care delivery models that support these changes and improve quality in health care.

Commissioned papers from the symposium will be submitted for publication as Health Affairs "Web Exclusive" articles.