Boulder Community Health Sponsors CWA 2021 Health Care Theme
is supporting the 2021听兔子先生传媒文化作品 Conference on World Affairs through their sponsorship of this year's听health care theme.
The health theme explores the many factors that influence the quality and availability of health care in the United States;听ranging from patients, policy,听modern providers听and听the physicians of the future. Contributors to this year's health care discussions听include听Michael Jefferies,听Vice President and Chief Information Officer at听Boulder Community Health and听Ben Keidan,听Boulder Community Health听Chief Medical Officer.
鈥淏oulder Community Health is proud to sponsor the Conference on World Affairs and support this nationally recognized forum that brings experts from around the world to educate and inspire our community,鈥 said Dr. Robert Vissers, President/CEO of Boulder Community Health.听
鈥淏CH鈥檚 vision is partnering to create and care for the healthiest community in the nation.听We recognize the tremendously beneficial impact that CWA has on local life, invigorating our community intellectually and emotionally.听It鈥檚 the quintessential Boulder event.鈥
听 鈥 View the 2021 CWA Health Care听Sessions
听 9:00听- 10:15听a.m. MDT
Your Conscience and Health Care
- Jean Abbott,听Faculty, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, CU Anschutz Medical Campus
- Margaret Pabst Battin,听Distinguished Professor, Philosophy and Medical Ethics, University of Utah
- George Otieno, Critical Care RN; Storyteller
- Matthew Wynia,听Director, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, CU Anschutz Medical Campus
- Moderator: Ben Keidan,听Boulder Community Health听Chief Medical Officer
听 11:00 a.m. - 12:00听p.m. MDT
听 Health Care Theme
Technology and Medicine
- Sandra Gollnick,听Distinguished Professor of Tumor Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Michael Jefferies,听Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Boulder Community Health
- Josef F. Schmid III, NASA Flight Surgeon; Aquanaut; Air Force Major General
- Jacob Segil,听Senior Instructor at听Engineering Plus, Managing Director at Center for Translational Research,听Research Healthcare Scientist at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
- Po Chi Wu,听Adjunct Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
- Moderator: Lauren Daniels, CU Student and CWA Student Program Chair
听 2:00听- 3:00听p.m. MDT
听 听Health Care Theme
Can We Make Health Care Better and Cheaper?
We have the costliest system in the world with only average outcomes. Here are some solutions.
- Allison K. Hoffman,听Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Darrell G. Kirch, President Emeritus, Association of American Medical Colleges
- Trine Tsouderos,听Managing Editor, PwC Health Research Institute
- Moderator: ,听President of The Physician Executive's Coach, Inc.
About Boulder Community Health
is an independent,听nonprofit, integrated regional health system with facilities across Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Their mission is to provide their community with the highest value health care in an innovative, patient-centric environment. Their vision: Partnering to create and care for the healthiest community in the nation.
BCH is known across Colorado for听clinical excellence in heart care, neurosurgery, stroke care, orthopedics and cancer care. They take pride in听their tradition of being an early adopter of new technologies and medical techniques that improve care for their patients.