TO BE RE-SCHEDULED: Addressing the Cost of Care: the Role of Academic Medical Centers in Leading Health Care Reform

Date: 

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Bornstein Family Amphitheater, 45 Francis Street, Boston, MA

Due to the severe winter weather and travel ban on 1/27/2015, this event is canceled but will be re-scheduled.

The Wiese Lecture in Medical Humanities
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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.

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