Tosteson Lectures

“The Future of Quality under Value-Based Purchasing”
Karen Davis, PhD
President, The Commonwealth Fund
February 17th, 2012, 12:30-1:30 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Rm 209

“A New Era for Health Care and Public Health in America”
Christie Hager, JD, MPH
Regional Director, Dept of Health and Human Services
February 7th, 2012, 12:30-1:30 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center,260 Longwood Avenue, Rm 309

“Medicaid Policy for Homeless Populations”
Jim O’Connell, MD
Founder, President-Boston Health Care for the Homeless
November 1st, 2011, 6:00-7:00 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue

“Insurance Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”
Sherry Glied, PhD
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Dept of Health & Human Services
October 17th, 2011, 12:45-1:45 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue

“Implementation and the Future of ‘Meaningful Use’ in Health Information Technology”
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for President Barack Obama, 2009-2011
September 6th, 2011, 12:45-1:45 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Rm. 250

“The Governor’s New Health Reform Bill”
A Discussion with Governor Deval Patrick and Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, MD
Office of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts
May 11th 2011, 5-6:30 pm: Armenise Building, D Amphitheater, 200 Longwood Avenue

“An Insider’s Look at Health Reform: Leadership Principles to Take Home”(video)
Senator Bill Frist, MD
Former Senate Majority Leader, 2003-2007
April 29th, 2011, 12:45 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Walter Amphitheater

“Real Health Care Reform and the Role of Accountable Care” (video)
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution
April 21th, 2011, 6:00 pm: Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Avenue, Room 209

“Health Care Reform: What It Means for Physicians”
Michael Chernew, PhD
Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
May 14, 2010

“Towards a High Performance Health System”
Karen Davis, PhD
President, The Commonwealth Fund
October 9, 2009

“Current Issues in Finance and Delivery” (video)
James Mongan, MD
President and CEO, Partners HealthCare
February 12, 2009
Interview with James Mongan, MD (PDF)

“Institute for Healthcare Improvement”
Donald Berwick, MD
President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
March 25, 2008

“Science, Marketing and Prescribing Decisions: Who’s Doing What to Whom?”
Jerry Avorn, MD
Chief, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
November 3, 2007

“Devising a Presidential Health Policy”
David Blumenthal MD, MPP; Stuart Altman PhD, MD
Health Advisers to Barack Obama
October 11, 2007

“Managing Change in Healthcare”
Ellen Zane
President and CEO, Tufts-New England Medical Center
April 5, 2007

“Value Based Purchasing and Pay for Performance”
John W. Rowe, MD. Executive Chair, Aetna

“Improving Health Care: The Employer View“
Robert Galvin, MD
Director of Global Health, GE