Effects of Exercise Training on Health Status in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

• July 1, 2009 – Kathryn E. Flynn, PhD., Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine spoke on the "Effects of Exercise Training on Health Status in Patients
  With Chronic Heart Failure" at 4 PM, 1345 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave., UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. View PowerPoint and video presentation.

Do Diabetes Quality of Care Indicators Predict Better Patient-Centered Outcomes in Primary Care?

• May 7, 2009 – Dr. James W. Mold, M.D., Director of the Oklahoma PBRN (OKPRN); recognized as one of the top PBRNS in the US.  Jim also serves on the IOM, and spoke on "Do Diabetes Quality of Care Indicators Predict Better Patient-Centered Outcomes in Primary Care?" at 3 PM, 1309 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave., UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. The Health Innovation Program and The Wisconsin Research & Education Network (WREN) sponsored his visit. View PowerPoint and video presentation (currently unavailable).
  

Accountable Care Organizations– a path forward to quality and savings

• February 19, 2009 – Dr. Elliott Fisher, Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine Dartmouth Medical School, spoke on "Accountable Care Organizations- a path forward to quality and savings" at 4 PM, 1309 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave., UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. HIP and the Department of Family Medicine sponsored his visit. View PowerPoint and video presentation.

Patterns of Trust in Healthcare Institutions: Implications for Health System Reform and Improvement

• January 28, 2009 – Dr. Claus Wendt, a Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, spoke on "Patterns of Trust in Healthcare Institutions: Implications for Health System Reform and Improvement" at 7:30 AM, 2158  Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave., UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. The Health Innovation Program and the LaFollette School of Public Affairs sponsored his visit.

Health Care Reform in America: Lessons Learned from the Oregon Health Plan

• October 1, 2008 – Dr. John Saultz, Oregon Health Sciences University, spoke on "Health care reform in America: Lessons learned from the Oregon Health Plan" at 4 PM, 1309 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave., UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. HIP and the Department of Family Medicine sponsored his visit. View PowerPoint and video presentation.

Crossing the Quality Chasm for Children

• May 28, 2008 – Dr. Rita Mangione-Smith, University of Washington spoke on "Crossing the Quality Chasm for Children." Her article on the quality of care for children in the United States is in the New England Journal of Medicine, 2007;357-1515-1523. HIP, the Department of Pediatrics and the Sonderegger Research Center at the UW School of Pharmacy jointly sposored her visit. View the PowerPoint and video presentation.

The NQF Efficiency Measurement Framework: Can it Help Heal the Schism between Public Health and Medicine?

• February 25, 2008 – Dr. Elliott Fisher, Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth College, presented at UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, School of Medicine and Public Health. HIP and the Department of Population Health Sciences sponsored his talk. View the video presentation >>

The End of Evidence-Based Medicine

• January 25, 2008 – Dr. Victor Montori, Mayo Clinic, presented a HIP seminar at the UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, School of Medicine and Public Health. View his Powerpoint slides and/or video presentation >>

Setting the Priorities for Population Health Research in Wisconsin

• November 30, 2007 – Dr. Maureen Smith, presented at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Biennial Conference in Waukesha, Wisconsin. View the Powerpoint slides >>

Walking Forward: Addressing Cancer Disparities with American Indians in Western, South Dakota

• November 14, 2007 – Dr. Daniel Petereit, John T. Vucurevich Cancer Care Institute
  Rapid City Regional Hospital, presented a seminar at the UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, School of Medicine and Public Health. HIP and the Center for Study of Cultural Diversity in Healthcare jointly sponsored his talk. View the video presentation >>

The New UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

• November 13, 2007 – Dr. Maureen Smith, presented at the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality Assembly, Madison, WI. View the Powerpoint slides >>

UW-Madison Academy Health Student Chapter Kickoff

• September 20, 2007 – UW-Madison Academy Health Student Chapter Kickoff meeting, 5:30 PM, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703. For further information, please contact Jenya Antonova Jenya_Antonova@chsra.wisc.edu.

Health Care and Policy: Leadership for a Change

• May 18, 2007 - David Durenberger, Chairman of the National Institute of Health Policy and former Senator from Minnesota, presented a HIP seminar at the Health Sciences Learning Center, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. He focused his remarks on the "Road to Value" speaking about pay-for-peformance and other strategies. View a video of Senator Durenberger's presentation >>

Translating Knowlege into Practice

• March 2, 2007 - Dr. Maureen Smith and Dr. Jeffrey Grossman moderated the session, Translating Knowlege into Practice at the Regulation and Governance of Healthcare: Alternative Practices, Theories and Visions Workshop, UW-Madison.

Spending Quality and the Paradox of Plenty

• February 26, 2007 - Dr. Elliott Fisher, Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth College, presented at UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, School of Medicine and Public Health. HIP and the Department of Population Health Sciences sponsored his talk. View the video presentation >>

Efficiency and Quality in Healthcare

• November 20, 2006 - Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine presented at UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center, School of Medicine and Public Health. The Department of Population Health Sciences, the Health Innovation Program, and the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program jointly sponsored Dr. Fineberg's visit and talk. You can view his Powerpoint slides and/or video presentation >>

Reducing Disparities in Healthcare

• October 18, 2006 - Dr. Maureen Smith presented at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health's Center for the Study of Cultural Diversity in Healthcare , Madison, WI.  View the presentation >>

• October 13, 2006 - Dr. Maureen Smith presented at the University of Wisconsin, Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center's 5th Annual Symposium, Advances In Multidisciplinary Cancer Care. This annual conference is designed to educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers about multidisciplinary treatment of specific cancers. View the presentation >>

Integrating Healthcare Research and Practice

• July 18, 2006 – Dr. Maureen Smith presented the Health Innovation Program at the Issues in Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Conference: Charting New Directions at the UW-Madison Health Sciences Learning Center. This annual conference, sponsored by the TEAM Program, provided attendees the opportunity to hear from leaders in multidisciplinary research.  View the presentation >>

Rethinking Healthcare: The Paradox of Plenty

• February 27, 2006 - Dr. Elliott Fisher, Professor of Medicine and of Community and Family Medicine, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth College, inaugurated the HIP seminar series, describing widespread variation in healthcare in Wisconsin and across the nation.  View the presentation >>