A JAMA Theme Issue Media Briefing
The National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
10 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Program:
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Howard Bauchner, M.D., Editor in Chief, JAMA
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States
Hamilton Moses III, M.D., Alerion Institute, North Garden, Va., and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Going to the Moon in Health Care – Medicine’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Critical Issues in U.S. Health Care – Health Care on the Edge
Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 p.m.
Reliable and Sustainable Comprehensive Care for Frail Elderly People
Joanne Lynn, M.D., M.A., M.S., Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness, Altarum Institute, Washington, D.C.
11:45 a.m. – noon
Closing Comments
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