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Emerging Issues
My Health Is Your Business: Making Healthcare Work in North Carolina

2005 Emerging Issues Forum Agenda
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Monday February 7

8:00 - 8:35 Welcome
James B. Hunt Jr. Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues
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James Oblinger Chancellor, N.C. State University
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Luke Bierman Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
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8:35 - 9:20 A 21st Century Intelligent Health System
Newt Gingrich Founder, Center for Health Transformation; Author, Saving Lives Saving Money; former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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9:20 - 9:50 States as Healthcare Laboratories
Jon Oberlander Associate Professor of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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9:50 - 10:00 Break

10:00 -10:50 Curing with Competition
Michael Porter (via video conference) Author forthcoming book Fixing Competition in US Healthcare; and Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
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10:50--11:05 Prescription 1
Increasing Access
Chuck Willson Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, East Carolina University, President; and N.C. Medical Society
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11:05 - 11:50 Healing Healthcare from Washington
John Breaux Former U.S. Senator, Louisiana
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12:00 - 1:10 Lunch
Peter Peterson Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Chairman and Co-founder, Blackstone Group; President, Concord Coalition
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1:20 - 1:35 Prescription 2
Increasing Efficiency
William Atkinson, President and CEO, WakeMed Health and Hospitals
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1:35-2:00 North Carolina's Healthy Bottom Line
John Allison CEO and Chair, BB&T Corporation
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2:00 - 2:15 Prescription 3
Increasing Quality
Beverly E. Perdue Lieutenant Governor, North Carolina
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2:15 - 2:30 Break

2:30-3:45 Working Group Sessions

  • Efficiency (Room 6)
    Hill Burton 2: Information Technology in Hospitals
    A Single Public Healthcare Portal for Children
  • Access (Room 8)
    Expanding Public Health Insurance Among Children
    Purchasing Alliance for Small Business
    Expanding Public Insurance Coverage to Low-Income Working Parents
  • Quality (Room 4)
    North Carolina Best Care
    Childhood Obesity

3:45-4:20 A View From the Governor's Office
Michael Easley Governor, North Carolina
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4:20-5:00 A Healthy Bottom Line
Steven S. Reinemund Chair and CEO, Pepsi Company
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5:00-5:15 Closing

Tuesday, February 8

8:15 - 8:30 Welcome
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8:30 - 9:00 From D.C. to N.C.
Mel Watt U.S. Representative, North Carolina; Chair, Congressional Black Caucus
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9:00 - 9:40 Tennessee Cares
Phil Bredesen Governor, Tennessee
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9:40 - 10:10 Other Ways, Other Worlds
Elizabeth Docteur Deputy Head, Health Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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10:10- 10:25 Break

10:25 - 11:00 Healthcare for All Americans
Ron Pollack Executive Director, Families USA
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11:00 - 12:30 What's Best for North Carolina?
A Roundtable Discussion
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James Goodmon, (Moderator) President and CEO, Capital Broadcasting Company
Bob Greczyn, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
William Roper, CEO, University of North Carolina Healthcare; Dean, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Pam Silberman, Vice President, North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Chris Viehbacher, President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline
Keith Crisco, CEO, Asheboro Elastics
Carmen Hooker Odom, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

12:40 - 1:50 Lunch
Tommy Thompson Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
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2:00 - 3:15 Innovations Panels

Fit For Life (Main conference hall, Room 1)
Active Living By Design, Mark Dessauer and David Bonk
Natural Learning Initiative, Robin Moore and Nilda Cosco

Making Medicine Work Better (Room 4)
Senior PHARMAssist, Gina Upchurch, The Asheville Project, John Miall

Bringing NC's Healthcare Communities Online (Room 8a)
North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA), Holt Anderson Provider Link, David Gardner

Rural Access, Telehealth and Regional Universities (Room 8b)
Eastern North Carolina University Telemedicine Center, Dr. Peter Kragel, Scott C. Simmons and Gloria Lamb Jones Appalachian State University, Dr. Stan Aeschleman, Dr. Lorin Baumhover and Richard Sparks

Community to the Rescue (Room 6)
Project Access, Alan McKenzie and Bob Burgin First Health Carolina, Lisa Hartsock and Ken Lewis

People at Risk (Room 3)
North Carolina Prevention Partners, Meg Molloy Asheville-Buncombe County Institute for Parity Achievement, Mr. Jim Geter

3:15 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 4:30 Making Healthcare Work: A Plan for Action
Michael Sparer Professor of Health Policy, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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4:30 - 5:00 Call to Action
James B. Hunt Jr. Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues
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