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Ministers' Queries and Reactions - The 2007 Commonwealth Fund International Symposium on Health Care Policy

November 20, 2007 - Watch the health ministers' queries and reactions to the 2007 International Health Policy Survey of Patients in Seven Countries. Play »


Ministers' Policy Roundtable - The 2007 Commonwealth Fund International Symposium on Health Care Policy

November 20, 2007 - Watch a video of the Ministers' Policy Roundtable, "Top Priorities for Achieving a High Performance Health Care System," from the 2007 International Symposium on Health Care Policy, as well as the formal letter signing of the "Action on Patient Safety: High 5's Project." Play »


Part D: What Now, What Next? An Alliance for Health Reform/Commonwealth Fund Briefing E-Forum

November 5, 2007 - The Commonwealth Fund and the Alliance for Health Reform sponsored this November 5, 2007 briefing on issues such as reaching all eligible people, whether beneficiaries fill prescriptions when in the "doughnut hole," and more. Panelists were: Tracey McCutcheon, deputy director of the Medicare Drug Benefit Group at CMS; Stuart Guterman, senior program director for The Commonwealth Fund's Program on Medicare's Future; Laura Summer, senior research scholar at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute; and John Rother, policy and strategy director for the AARP. Ed Howard of the Alliance moderated. Play »


Commentary on Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing Health Care Quality and Safety

July 30, 2007 - Anthony Shih, M.D., assistant vice president for the Fund's Program on Quality Improvement and Efficiency, discusses the results of the latest Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey. Play »


AcademyHealth's State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting

July 12, 2007 - Panel I: Using Various Data Sets and Methodological Strategies to Understand the Impact of Coverage Policies
Panel II: Evaluating Health Care Reforms and the Policymaking Process
Panel III: State Scorecard on Health System Performance Play »


Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance

June 22, 2007 - Watch a Commonwealth Fund E-Forum--with synched audio, slides, and a transcript--from a June 15, 2007 Commonwealth Fund/Alliance for Health Reform briefing on the Commission on a High Performance Health System's State Scorecard. Play »


Sara Collins: An Overview on The Program on the Future of Health Insurance

June 11, 2007 - Sara Collins, Ph.D., assistant vice president for Program on the Future of Health Insurance, reviews the program's goals and activities, including an upcoming report on the role of employers in the health system. Play »


Transforming Well-Child Care: A Panel Discussion

May 10, 2007 - Watch highlights of a panel discussion held during the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality workshop, "Transforming Well-Child Care for the 21st Century." Participants included: Scott Gee, M.D., Kaiser Permanente–N. California; Ruby Kadota, M.D., Chief of Pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente–Colorado; David Bergman, M.D., Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Board Member, NICHQ. Play »


Steve Schoenbaum, M.D., M.P.H., on the Commission for a High Performance Health System

April 30, 2007 - Steve C. Schoenbaum, M.D., M.P.H., executive vice president of programs and executive director of the Commission on a High Performance Health System, describes the Commission's next steps. Play »


Anne Gauthier on the Commission on a High Performance Health System

April 30, 2007 - Senior policy director Anne Gauthier, M.S., provides an overview of the Commission on a High Performance Health System's accomplishments and goals. Play »


Anne Beal, M.D., M.P.H., on the Quality of Care for Underserved Populations Program

April 30, 2007 - Senior program officer Anne C. Beal, M.D., M.P.H., provides an update on how The Commonwealth Fund's underserved program is working toward improved care for vulnerable populations. Play »


Health Coverage Revisited: A Fund/Alliance for Health Reform Briefing

March 28, 2007 - A Fund E-forum offering synched slides and audio from the March 19, 2007 briefing "Health Coverage Revisited: An E-Forum on Exploring Options for Expansion." Play »


Hospital Improvement: New Research and Commentary

March 27, 2007 - A new Commonwealth Fund E-Forum features synched audio and slides from presentations by the lead authors of two new Fund reports on hospital improvement, as well as an introduction by Tony Shih, M.D., M.P.H., the Fund's senior program officer for quality improvement and efficiency, and two expert commentaries. Play »


SCHIP and Beyond: Improving Health Care

March 20, 2007 - Watch a Fund E-Forum, featuring audio and slides from the March 12th Comonwealth Fund/Alliance for Health Reform Briefing on SCHIP. Play »


State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Policy Breakfast on SCHIP

March 1, 2007 - Watch presentations from the Feb. 13 State Health Research and Policy Interest Group 2007 Policy Breakfast on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and AcademyHealth. Play »