May 2010 Newsletter

May 2010 Newsletter In this Issue: On the Road Again Executive Director’s Update Listen to a “podcast” Portland Sunday Parkways & You Archimedes Movement 2010 Conference? On the road again… Archimedes is hittin’ the road again! This...

10 Steps to Better Health Care

Recently, in the New York Times, Atul Gawande was joined by three other physicians in making the case for reforming how we deliver health care so that we can improve outcomes while lowering the cost of care. As with any “10-step” program, the first step is...

Common Ground Ahead of Health Care Forum

Archimedes Movement Community Leadership Council member Jason Gingerich passed along this link to a story on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. Jason wrote, “The highlight is that the Obama administration sees the need for reform of the...

A Needed Speech About Health Care Rationing

Jim Sabin, clinical professor in the departments of Ambulatory Care/Prevention and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, filed the post below on his blog, “Health Care Organizational Ethics.” A Needed Speech about Health Care Rationing The October...