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Welcome to the National
Institute of Health Policy
The National Institute
of Health Policy (NIHP) is a program of the University of St.
Thomas designed to influence changes in state and national
health policy. From 1998 to 2008 it was financed by 38 health
care organizations in the Upper Midwest region. NIHP produced
policy specific forums and seminars which attracted national
speakers and produced significant white papers and reports.
Currently the university
is seeking to develop a new funding base to continue and grow
the institute. The founder, Senator Dave Durenberger, will
continue to be active with the program.
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Commentary
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June 17, 2009
OBAMA MOVES TO D-DAY ON HEALTH
POLICY REFORM
Having spent time in Normandy commemorating the 65th anniversary of
D-Day, President Obama returned to launch what appears
to be a White House offensive to bring health policy reform legislation
out of two committees in the Senate and three in the House. Matt
Bai in
New York Times Magazine
informs us that the first senators elected president and vice
president in nearly 50 years have deliberately allowed the legislation
to develop in the Congress with minimal prodding.
Continue reading
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Commentaries, please click
here.
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delivery of the Chairman's Commentary, please click
here.
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FIRST NATIONAL SUMMIT
For Leaders in Catholic Healthcare and Higher Education
October 26-28, 2008
The
College of St. Catherine in St. Paul and its President Sister
Andrea Lee hosted 200 leaders from Catholic health systems and
Catholic higher education to discuss collaboration on achieving
national healthcare improvement goals. Especially in health
professions and in leadership development. The summit was made
possible by a gift from the John and Susan Morrison Family
Foundation. I was honored to be invited to address the role of
Catholic leaders in changing the role of health policy in health
care delivery and education.
Because we were convening October
26-28, 2008 I took the occasion to remind the invited guests
that the Presidential election had more than usual significance
this year. That we had faced similar times and similar
challenges to leadership in 1980 and responded, but not for long
enough nor well enough. That progress in health system and
health policy reform has been stymied in the last 15 years by a
breakdown in bi-partisanship and that leaders of all sides in
the 1993-94 national reform debate were committed to helping the
next President and Congress to get it right for a change.
We then engaged in a discussion
around six relational themes: Doctor-Patient Relationship;
Hospital-Doctor Relationships; Community Benefit; Role of
Government and Insurance; Role of Employers/Purchasers; and Role
of Education.
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FORUM CLUB of Southwest Florida
March 6, 2009
I served in the Senate with
four presidents each of unique distinction. I will begin by
quoting former President Bill Clinton who said recently of the
challenges we face as a nation: “No one who has ever bet against
the United States of America in the 230 years of our history,
has ever won.”
I am optimistic about this
country and its people and its future. We are going through the
most difficult period of time you and I have ever experienced.
It is important to us to believe that this is a time that had to
come.
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Health Policy
Reform
Upcoming Events
Lunch and Lecture with
Dr. Guy Clifton and Sen. Durenberger
11:45 – 1:00, February 12
College of St. Benedict
Collegeville, MN
Click here for more information regarding Dave Durenberger’s
Spring Residency at the Eugene J. McCarthy Center
To register for the luncheon, contact Stacy at
spenk@csbsju.edu
Dr. Guy Clifton, author of “Flatlined:
Resuscitating American Medicine”
4:30, February 12, 2009
Health Care University of St. Thomas MBA
Minneapolis, MN
Arguing that a lack of coordinated care and quality medical practice
benchmarks result in high levels of redundancy and ineffectiveness.
Dr. Clifton proposes that the key to reducing health care costs,
improving quality, and financially protecting the uninsured, is to
reduce wastefulness – and offers a solution for achieving success.
For more information
click here
Clayton Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Prescription”
8:30 – 4:00, March 5, 2009
Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, MN
Drawing from his latest book, Christensen will spend the day looking
through the lens of “disruptive innovation” to view how the
industries that comprise our health care system have evolved and
emerged as very different organizations over the last few years.
Register online for this event at
www.mastersforum.com
High Performance Health Care Blog
Dan McLaughlin, Director,
Center for Health & Medical Affairs
Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas
The goal of the
High Performance Health Care blog
is to support those individuals and organizations that seek to
consistently improve the performance of the American health care
system. The target audience is progressive health care
leaders, clinicians, policymakers and academics.
http://blog.stthomas.edu/hphc/
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