OHSU health forum: Health Reform in Oregon April 7, 2010

Healthcare Management Grand Rounds: Health Reform in Oregon--How We Can Lead the Nation

This free seminar is sponsored by the OHSU Division of Management.

Registration is required:

http://cpd.ogi.edu/courseSpecific.asp?pam=2578

In 2009 the Oregon Legislature passed into law far-reaching health reform that is intended to significantly extend access to healthcare, improve quality, and control costs (the "Triple Aim"). An important part of that legislation was the creation of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), an agency that will oversee virtually all aspects of health and healthcare in Oregon. According to the OHA web site, the OHA "will transform the state's system to make quality health care accessible and affordable for every Oregonian. The ultimate aim of the OHA is to ensure access to health care while making changes that will stem rising costs, improve quality and promote good health."

The job of leading that transformation will belong to Dr. Bruce Goldberg, the first director of the Oregon Health Authority. Dr. Goldberg is currently Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services and will take over as Director of OHA when it is launched in July 2011.

In this talk Dr. Goldberg will speak about current national and state efforts at health reform. He will outline Oregon's blueprint for health reform and discuss how we can make health reform work here in Oregon.

Speaker Bio

Bruce Goldberg M.D., is the designated director of the newly created Oregon Health Authority. He is a family medicine physician who has devoted his professional career to improving the organization, delivery and financing of public health services. He has been Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services since November 2005, a position he says he was drawn to because of the opportunity it provides for making a positive difference in the lives of so many people.

During his time with DHS he has led efforts to improve children's access to health care and reduce hunger and food insecurity among Oregonians, has been instrumental in developing plans for revamping the state's mental health system and constructing two new state psychiatric hospitals, and has promoted education and prevention as the most effective means of protecting and improving the health of Oregonians.

Dr. Goldberg's experience also includes serving as head of the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research, Medical Director for CareOregon, Health Officer for Columbia County in Oregon, and Director of Community Health Services in Zuni, New Mexico. He also was a faculty member at Oregon Health and Science University for more than 15 years. Dr. Goldberg has published widely and has served on numerous regional and national advisory boards and committees. He currently is chairman of the American Public Human Services Association's National Policy Council.

He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 from the Oregon Public Health Association, the OHSU School of Medicine's 2000 Faculty Humanism Award, and in 1994 was named a U.S. Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellow. Dr. Goldberg is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed his family medicine training at Duke University.

He and his wife, also a physician, are the proud parents of two daughters, one in college and one in high school. In his spare time he plays the harmonica in a rhythm and blues band and roots for the New York Yankees.

Logistics and How to Register

The Healthcare Management Grand Rounds is held on the OHSU Marquam Hill campus (main campus) in the auditorium (room 144) of the School of Nursing Building. See campus map and driving directions to Marquam Hill. Parking is free after 5:00pm in any of the 1-Diamond and 2-Diamond lots. The closest parking lot is on SW Gaines Road across from the School of Nursing. If you park in this lot, you will enter the School of Nursing building on the top floor and will need to take the elevator or stairs to the first floor.

Location: OHSU Marquam Hill Campus, School of Nursing, Auditorium, Room 144

Official Website: http://cpd.ogi.edu/courseSpecific.asp?pam=2578