Addressing the Cost of Care: the Role of Academic Medical Centers in Leading Health Care Reform

Date: 

Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Anesthesia Conference Room, 45 Francis Street, Boston, MA

The Wiese Lecture in Medical Humanities

Kindly RSVP for this event. Lunch will be served beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Guest speaker:
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP
President Emeritus & Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Care Improvement
Lecturer, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health and on the staffs of Boston's Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Recognized as a leading authority on health care quality and improvement, Dr. Berwick is a former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a member of the IOM's Global Health Board, and he has served on President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.

Directions to the Anesthesia Conference Room: Enter through the sliding doors at the 45 Francis Street entrance, go straight through the lobby. You will be on the 2nd floor. Take a left onto the 2nd floor hallway called “the Pike”. Continue straight until you see the Mary Horrigan Connors elevators on your right. Take these elevators to level L1. When you exit the elevators, look directly to your left. There will be a set of double doors with a sign for the Anesthesia Department. Enter through these double doors and continue straight until you reach a wall. Make a left and the room will be straight ahead.

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