Event Information

Title: Healthcare Reform: Challenges in the Rational Distribution of Resources

Date, Time & Location: April 11th, 2012, 12-1pm, Pacific University Health Professions Campus HPC2, Room 175 (190 SE 8th Ave. Hillsboro, OR 97123)

Presenter: Dr. Charles M. Kilo, MD, MPH
Dr. Charles Kilo is the Chief Medical Officer in Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). His responsibilities include performance improvement, clinical risk management, infection prevention and control, regulatory and medical affairs, and clinical informatics. Dr. Kilo works regularly with the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians and others on issues of healthcare performance improvement and health system reform.

Presentation Topic:
According the Dr. Kilo, misaligned payment system, lack of geographic responsibility and accountability, competition for paying patients, exuberance about new technology, poor role definition, and lack of leadership are forces that drive up costs while driving down quality. He will discuss rational distribution of resources as a key problem in the US health care.

Please join us for a live seminar at the Health Professions Campus HPC2, Room 175 (190 SE 8th Ave. Hillsboro, OR 97123).

If you are unable to attend, you can still participate online. Please fill out the form to the right for an invitation if you are interested in participating in the webinar.

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