Latest Past Events
Public Meeting 11: The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, the Policy Agenda
The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes An Institute of Medicine Workshop Series Sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Workshop #3: The Policy Agenda September 9-10, 2009 A Learning Healthcare System Activity IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine The Policy Agenda is the final meeting in the Roundtable's three-part workshop series, The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes. The […]
Public Meeting 10: The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, Strategies that Work
Strategies that Work is the second meeting in the Roundtable's three-part workshop series, The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes. Based on the incongruency of health costs and health outcomes in the United States, the series is exploring how U.S. per capita health spending might be lowered by 10% within 10 years. The meeting […]
Public Meeting 9: The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, Understanding the Targets
Health costs in the United States this year will be about $2.5 trillion; nearly 17% of the economy. It is well known that the United States spends far more on health care than any other nation, 50% more than the 2nd highest spender and about twice as high as the average for other developed countries. […]