A caricature of how philanthropy stimulated social change in “the good old days,” derisively called Philanthropy 1.0, describes the process this way: first, private funding helped successfully develop an innovation; the innovation then gained recognition; and finally the government rushed in to adopt it and take it to scale. (If…
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In Part I of this post, I shared a little about the eighth annual Hartford Interdisciplinary Communications Conference, which brings together emerging academic experts in gerontological nursing, medicine, and social work to help improve their ability to communicate about their work. After hearing “Gamblin’ Man” performed by David Honeyboy Edwards…
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On July 28, I attended a special forum, hosted by the Campaign for Better Care, called Building Better Care: Improving the System for Delivering Health Care to Older Adults and Their Families. It took place at the National Press Club, in Washington, DC, and was also accessible via Webcast…
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“I’m a gamblin’ man, I gamble everywhere I go.” -Sung by David Honeyboy Edwards (pictured left) during a guest performance at the 2010 Hartford Interdisciplinary Scholars Communications Conference. If I were a gambling man, I would readily place a bet on the future success of the junior faculty and fellows…
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David Reuben, MD, a longtime Hartford grantee, is chief of Geriatrics at UCLA and directs the Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine there. In July, Dr. Reuben became the Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). He spoke with Health AGEnda about recruiting geriatricians, teaching teamwork, new…
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What will it take to ensure that all physicians are competent to care for their large and growing numbers of older patients? Despite being only 13 percent of the population, older adults (those over 65) are big users of health care. For example, they make up 35 percent of…
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I’m pretty sure that this is true only late at night when people are telling scary stories around the campfire. But the Hartford Foundation does seem to have a doppelganger in (or to be a doppelganger of) The Leyden Academy for Vitality and Ageing in the Netherlands. Their mission, translated…
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Congratulations to Don Berwick, MD, MPP, founding President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), on his recent appointment as the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Berwick has dedicated his professional life to the promotion of quality and safety in health…
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or ACA as we insiders call it for short) has some very aggressive timelines. Among them is the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI) to be up and running by January 2011. One of the top priorities of many health…
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I was shocked to learn that Bob Butler passed away on July 4th. Although I have been a gerontologist for about 25 years, I never imagined that Dr. Butler could or would die. Bob has been a presence in my life since I read Why Survive? Growing Old in…
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