Public Lectures
November 13, 2009
U.S. Influenza Vaccine Policy
 U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and School of Public Health Professor Michael T. Osterholm discussed U.S. flu vaccine policy in light of widespread shortages of the seasonal influenza vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine.
They were joined by:
Rob Fulton, Director
Saint Paul - Ramsey
County Department of Public Health
Lucinda Jesson, J.D.,
Hamline University School of Law
Listen to the discussion in its entirety
September 10, 2009
H1N1: Lessons from the Southern Hemisphere and Minnesota's Preparedness
September 9, 2009
The National Children's Study Speakers' Series: All in the Family
Fetal Effects of Maternal Overweight and Obesity
Pat Fontaine, MD, MS
September 9, 2009
Watch the presentation
April 21, 2009
Forgotten No More!
International Human Rights Advocacy for Persons with Mental Disabilities and the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Eric Rosenthal, J.D., Executive Director, Mental Disability Rights International.
http://www.mdri.org
Listen to Part 1
Listen to Part 2
Watch Forgotten People
April 13, 2009
Geographical, Organizational, and Individual Variations in Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Quality in Medicare
 Presented April 2, 2009 by Alan Zaslavsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Care Policy (Statistics)
Department of Health Care Policy
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Abstract
Data from the Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS(R)) surveys provide insight into healthcare quality as seen from the perspective of the patient's experiences with care. With about two million completed surveys over the past 10 years, the Medicare CAHPS surveys can be analyzed to assess sources of variation in beneficiary experiences.
This talk summarized findings about:
(1) identifying conceptual domains of experiences through multilevel factor analysis,
(2) relative contributions of geographical and organizational factors to various experiences with care,
(3) geographical associations between experiences in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare, (4) associations of CAHPS-assessed quality with local utilization patterns.
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April 1, 2009
Causality in Health Sciences
March 26, 2009
National Children’s Study Speakers’ Series: Childhood Asthma
February 16, 2009
Darfur - Responding to a Public Health Disaster
Presented February 11, 2009 by: Ashis Brahma, M.D.
Listen to Brahma's presentation
Cosponsors: Program in Human Rights and Health, Center for Holocuast and Genocide Studies, Student International Health Committee
February 3, 2009
January 26, 2009
The Impact of Public Reporting on Post-Acute Care
 Presented by Rachel M. Werner, M.D., Ph.D.
Dec. 4, 2008
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Abstract
Evidence supporting the use of public reporting of quality information to improve health care quality is mixed. While public reporting may improve reported quality, its effect on quality of care more broadly is uncertain.
This study tests whether public reporting in the setting of nursing homes resulted in improvement of both reported and overall quality of post-acute care. Data is from the nursing home Minimum Data Set and inpatient Medicare claims over 1999 to 2005. The research team examined changes in post-acute care quality in U.S. nursing homes in response to the initiation of public reporting on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website, Nursing Home Compare. The research team used small nursing homes that were not subject to public reporting as a contemporaneous control and also control for the changing case mix of patient in nursing homes.
Post-acute care quality was measured using three publicly reported clinical quality measures and 30-day potentially preventable rehospitalization rates, an unreported measure of quality. Reported quality of post-acute care improved after the initiation of public reporting. However, rates of potentially preventable rehospitalization did not significantly improve and, in some cases, worsened.
Rachel M. Werner, M.D., Ph.D. is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Core Investigator with the VA HSR&D Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP).
Werner is a general internist and health economist whose research seeks to understand the role of quality improvement initiatives on provider behavior, the organization and financing of health care, racial disparities, and overall health care quality. Her work has recognized that public reporting of quality information may worsen racial disparities and she has been recognized through numerous awards including the Dissertation Award from AcademyHealth and the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.
November 24, 2008
Simulations and Exercises for Educational Effectiveness (U-SEEE)
The School of Public Health has received a major grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the new Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers (PERRCs) initiative.
One of only seven centers nationally, this interdisciplinary five-year grant involves collaboration across the Academic Health Center, with Minnesota Department of Health, and with the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The focus of U-SEEE's research is enhancing the usefulness and effectiveness of emergency response training, thereby improving individual and system performance in public health emergencies.
Listen to a presentation about the kickoff of this grant
November 19, 2008
Genocide, 'Ethnic Cleansing' & Cloaks of Invisibility
Presented by Gregory Stanton, Ph.D., executive director of Genocide Watch, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Listen to Stanton's address
Has the terminology of "ethnic cleansing" made more difficult identifying mass killings as genocidal? Why do certain mass killings receive mass attention while others continue over long periods without registering in media or public consciousness? Gregory Stanton will elucidate these issues reflecting also on research concerning the semantics of mass killing.
Resources
September 25, 2008
Norling keynotes James A. Hamilton Lecture
 “Challenges and Opportunities in the Evolution from Episodic Healthcare to Community Health Improvement," by Rick Norling (M.H.A. '75, CEO of Premier, Inc.)
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008
Listen to Norling's keynote.
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The University of Minnesota’s Program in Healthcare Administration and the MHA Alumni Association/Foundation sponsored the 3rd event in the James A. Hamilton Lecture Series.
June 12, 2008
Supporting Low-income Fathers: Working Towards Healthy Families and Strong Communities
The Greatest Untapped Natural Resource: Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Father Involvement
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Michael Osterholm, John R. Finnegan, Sanne Magnan, and Dan O'Laughlin discuss H1N1. September 10, 2009.
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