Health Care Reform and Primary Care – The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center

Speakers:

H. Jack Geiger, MD, MSc

Medical Professor Emeritus, Community Health and Social Medicine, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, The City College of New York

Sara Rosenbaum, JD

Hirsh Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University

Session Goals:

Dr. Geiger will discuss his recent co-authored New England Journal of Medicine article (N Engl J Med 2010; published at www.nejm.org on Apr 28, 2010 see link to issue) exploring health care reform and the extensive role that Community Health Centers (CHCs) will play in reform.

Sponsor:

RCHN Community Health Foundation