Today the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) held a conference entitled, "Physician Disempowerment: A Transatlantic Malaise."
The opening keynote was Francois Sarkozy, MD (yes, the brother of the other Sarkozy). Among his provocative comments was the thought that, when it comes to health care "as a right" we need to distinguish "equality from equity." Further, Dr. Sarkozy discussed the attempts by the French government to reform healthcare by via decreased centralization. At a time when many here in the US are calling for precisely the reverse, it certainly calls into question the prevailing "SiCKO" mentality of healthcare reform.
Dr. Sarkozy also presented a videotaped interview with the French Minister of Health, Madame Roselyne Bachelot, who spoke on the need for more cooperation between the public and private sectors as well as progams to better empower physicians to deliver the care best care to their patients based on their best medical judgment.
Mais oui!
Swiss physician, Dr. Alphonse Crespo spoke of the "pencil" strike that brought the Swiss healthcare authorities to their knees. Young physicians and many general practitioners, protesting the healthcare policies of the government, continued to see patients -- but refused to fill out the requisite paperwork. Talk about cruel and inhuman punishment.
Jacob Arfwedson, CMPI's Paris bureau chief, in a discussin of healthcare technology assessment asked the question, "Is evidence-based medicine at odds with evidence-based policy?" Hmm.
And much more from the likes of Brian Lee Crowley (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies), Scott Gottlieb (AEI), Michael Weber (CMPI), Harvey Bale (immediate past Director-General of IFPMA), Marc Siegel (CMPI), Gary Applebaum (CMPI), and others.
We will shortly post the complete video proceedings of this event. Watch this space for further details.
The opening keynote was Francois Sarkozy, MD (yes, the brother of the other Sarkozy). Among his provocative comments was the thought that, when it comes to health care "as a right" we need to distinguish "equality from equity." Further, Dr. Sarkozy discussed the attempts by the French government to reform healthcare by via decreased centralization. At a time when many here in the US are calling for precisely the reverse, it certainly calls into question the prevailing "SiCKO" mentality of healthcare reform.
Dr. Sarkozy also presented a videotaped interview with the French Minister of Health, Madame Roselyne Bachelot, who spoke on the need for more cooperation between the public and private sectors as well as progams to better empower physicians to deliver the care best care to their patients based on their best medical judgment.
Mais oui!
Swiss physician, Dr. Alphonse Crespo spoke of the "pencil" strike that brought the Swiss healthcare authorities to their knees. Young physicians and many general practitioners, protesting the healthcare policies of the government, continued to see patients -- but refused to fill out the requisite paperwork. Talk about cruel and inhuman punishment.
Jacob Arfwedson, CMPI's Paris bureau chief, in a discussin of healthcare technology assessment asked the question, "Is evidence-based medicine at odds with evidence-based policy?" Hmm.
And much more from the likes of Brian Lee Crowley (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies), Scott Gottlieb (AEI), Michael Weber (CMPI), Harvey Bale (immediate past Director-General of IFPMA), Marc Siegel (CMPI), Gary Applebaum (CMPI), and others.
We will shortly post the complete video proceedings of this event. Watch this space for further details.
