Healthcare systems all over the U.S.—indeed, throughout most of the world—are struggling to reorient from healthcare alone to the production of health itself, including closing gaps in health equity.
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPPDartmouth Health’s CEO and president, Joanne M. Conroy, MD, will be joined by Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the next “Connect with the CEO” on Thursday, November 16, at noon. Conroy and Berwick will discuss health equity, barriers to access in rural healthcare, and the challenging political determinants of health.
Berwick was appointed to lead CMS during President Barack Obama’s administration. Berwick is currently a lecturer in healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, and is president emeritus and a senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. A pediatrician by training, Berwick is internationally recognized as a leading authority on healthcare quality and improvement. He served two terms on the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Governing Council, was a member of the IOM’s Global Health Board, and served on President Bill Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II knighted Berwick in 2005 in recognition of his work with the British National Health Service.
Berwick joins Conroy for “Connect with the CEO” on National Rural Health Day. As the leader of one of the most rural academic medical systems in the United States, Conroy shares a passion with Berwick for improving health equity in America’s most rural communities.
“Healthcare systems all over the U.S.—indeed, throughout most of the world—are struggling to reorient from healthcare alone to the production of health itself, including closing gaps in health equity,” Berwick said. “Dartmouth Health is uniquely situated, by history, geography and capability, to show how that can be done. I am pleased to be able to join my many friends at Dartmouth Health for this important exploration.”
The segment will premiere on the Dartmouth Health YouTube channel at 12 pm on November 16.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.