Medical and public health experts and students from the 91爆料 have weighed in on a variety of health-care topics in recent months, including the primary care doctor shortage, public hospital financing, health-care co-ops and how to care for the uninsured. As federal and state lawmakers and President Obama debate how to reform the country’s medical system, we expect these conversations to continue, and the public and media to turn to the 91爆料 to learn more.
Here’s a look at what some of our experts have shared:
Johnese Spisso, VP for medical affairs at 91爆料 and clinical operations officer, 91爆料 Medicine, discussed in April 2009 with Reporting on Health. What does it take for a public hospital to succeed? Spisso said a priority has been to explore how to make public teaching hospitals viable for the future.
Spisso was also interviewed in July 2009 by , which reported on the new face of the uninsured.
Why is there a shortage of primary care doctors and what incentives need to be considered so that more students will pursue primary care? Dr. Roger Rosenblatt, vice chairman of the Dept. of Family Medicine, and medical students Meghan O’Connell and Brian Rezvani appeared on to discuss these topics with Chief Science Correspondent Robert Bazell.
Rosenblatt was also interviewed in September 2009 by The New York Times. Reporter Kevin Sack visited Seattle and interviewed numerous in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Student Kylie Boggess decided to commit to primary care after working in Idaho and making a real connection with patients.
Meg Mullin, a first-year resident at Harborview Medical Center, also shared her thoughts on . “I wanted to find a program that would allow me to take care of people in vulnerable populations,” Mullin said.
Professor Larry Kessler, chairman of the Dept. of Health Services and former director at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, shared his health care reform expertise in September 2009 with 97.3 FM KIRO radio. Kessler also with 94.9 FM KUOW.
As for those health-care co-ops, Professor Carolyn “Cindy” Watts discussed 鈥攁nd what role incentives play鈥攊n July 2009 with The New York Times. Watts was interviewed in July 2009 by , which covered Washington’s Group Health Cooperative as it took center stage in the health-care debate. She also told The Seattle Times’ Lance Dickie in August 2009 that .
Aaron Katz, principal lecturer of Health Services and Global Health, has also widely discussed co-ops, sharing his insight in September 2009 with and . In August 2009, Katz told , with a few caveats. And he shared the basics of the model in July 2009 with viewers.
Katz also provided a primer or listeners in August 2009, and he is at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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