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Courageous Conversations. Innovative Events.
The annual Signature Series addresses challenging issues in health policy by convening cross-sector dialogue with experts in both policy and practice. Together, we critically examine and identify what’s at stake, as well as key areas of opportunity.
This year’s theme focuses on the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health care and health policy.
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COVID-19 has unique implications for child populations regarding physical health, mental development, and social well-being. Although evidence indicates that children are less susceptible to the more severe physical symptoms of COVID-19 that are reported in adults, emerging evidence points to new short- and long-term impacts that will affect children’s health long after the pandemic is […]
Download an overview of this event for easy sharing » Health care providers are facing prolonged financial pressure as COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S. Congress and the administration have pursued several actions to deliver aid to hospitals, health systems, and outpatient health care practices. The largest source of federal aid is the Provider […]
This panel explored the role of data sharing, interoperability, and health IT in tracking and stemming the spread of COVID-19. Panelists: Ravi Chawla, MBA, M.S., Vice President of Informatics, Independence Blue Cross Kenneth Mandl, M.D., MPH, Director of Computational Health Informatics, Boston Children’s Hospital Deven McGraw, J.D., MPH, LLM, Cofounder and Chief Regulatory Officer, Ciitizen […]
Event Description On July 14 2020, Chris P. Austin, M.D., director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) joined us for a conversation about leveraging data analytics to advance our understanding and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Austin and his team at the NIH recently launched the […]
Over the past 100 days of the pandemic, the U.S. health care delivery system was required to quickly incorporate more digital technologies in order to remotely care for patients and minimize their exposure to the novel coronavirus. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act earmarked $200 million in funding to assist health care providers in delivering connected care services in their homes […]
*This was a sponsored event. Speaker Jenny Bryant, MBA, serves as executive vice president of policy and research for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). PhRMA advocates for public policies that encourage the discovery of life-saving and life-enhancing new medicines for patients by biopharmaceutical research companies. Ms. Bryant leads PhRMA’s policy and research […]
Pandemic responses require efficient flow of materials (like vaccines, supplies, and equipment), information, and workforce across the entire system. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep gaps and flaws in the United States public health infrastructure and supply chain—leading to shortages and disruptions throughout all levels of care and prevention. In order to successfully stop the spread […]
Event Description This keynote discussion explored structural conditions that have lead to health disparities before COVID and during the current pandemic as well as policy levers to address these inequities. Speakers Rashawn Ray, Ph.D., M.A., David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution Licy Do Canto, Executive Vice President, Managing Director, BCW Public Affairs and Crisis (moderator) Biographies […]
Summit Overview Part I of the Alliance for Health Policy’s 2020 Signature Series focused on disruptors and transformers in health care. During this Summit, expert panelists explored the short and long-term impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its potential to significantly transform our health care system. The Signature Series events are traditionally held in-person […]
COVID-19 Webinar Series Overview The COVID-19 Webinar Series synthesizes the information in the headlines to provide cohesive insight into the status of the response and remaining gaps in the system that must be addressed to limit the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Session 20 – Tensions, Tradeoffs, and Takeaways: What’s at […]
COVID-19 Webinar Series Overview This COVID-19 Webinar Series synthesizes the information in the headlines to provide cohesive insight into the status of the response and remaining gaps in the system that must be addressed to limit the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Session 19 – Advancing Mental Health During the Pandemic […]