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January
Global Health Leadership Forum: University of California, Berkeley
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Dates: 10-16 January 2010
Venue: UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Website: http://ahlf.berkeley.edu/
An innovative program for senior health executives focusing on health policy and management issues of global importance. The program takes place in two intensive 1-week sessions in Berkeley and Barcelona. Participants will develop a project mentored by expert faculty advisors during the six month interim between projects.
The sixth edition of the Global Health Leadership Forum is a joint initiative of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics together with the UPF Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES).
The Approach
The demands of day-to-day work don’t leave me– a senior health executive– time to deepen my understanding of the most salient issues affecting the future of the field.
I need to stay on top of the latest news and market trends and find out about the latest developments in Health Policy and Healthcare Systems. I need to get a clear idea of what the future holds for healthcare, both in my country and internationally.
During two intensive weeks spent surrounded by some of the world’s foremost healthcare experts, I will study the latest news and major advances in healthcare and gain the knowledge crucial to staying at the cutting edge of industry.
Immersed in a dynamic learning environment, I will share experiences, swap stories, and evaluate case studies with fellow healthcare executives in order to face the future in the best possible way. During the six-month interim between sessions, I will tackle a real issue affecting my company or profession under the guidance of an expert faculty member.
Core Benefits
- Fast track update of latest news; tips on identifying market risks and opportunities
- Insights on the present and future of healthcare in the current global environment
- Find practical solutions to Health Policy issues that have been converging internationally and evaluate their associated risks and opportunities
- Share experiences with other leaders in the health care sector around the world
- Enhance strategic leadership skills
Participant Profile
- Senior health executives, health ministers
- Senior policy leaders, legislators and regulators
- Senior executives of organizations (e.g. World Bank, OECD, PAHO)
- Senior executives of enterprises (e.g. insurance, pharmaceutical, health care delivery, care management)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS:
- Public/private health insurance combinations
- Strategies for health systems change
- Innovations in payer and health delivery connections
- Governance
- Information therapy for consumers
- Pharmaceutical innovation, pricing, and regulation
- Managing insurance and delivery performance
- Implications of technology changes on health care
- Field trips to innovative hospital, primary care centers and Kaiser Permanente
REAL WORLD CASE
Participants will tackle a real issue affecting their company or profession over the six month interim between sessions. Advised by expert faculty, participants will find viable solutions to the issue addressed and steps to implement them.
SELECTED BERKELEY SPEAKERS:
Sir Richard Feachem, UCSF, 1st Dir. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Peter Berman, Harvard University and World Bank; Arnie Milstein, Mercer and Pacific Business Group on Health; high level officials from Kaiser Permanente; and expert faculty from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephen M. Shortell (UC Berkeley), Andreu Mas Colell (Barcelona GSE), Richard M. Scheffler (UC Berkeley), Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas (UPF).
Faculty advisors:
Ivan Planas (UPF), Jim Rice (Cambridge University and Integrated Health Strategies), and Alex Preker (World Bank)
CONTACT
UC Berkeley
Meg Kellogg, Program Director
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Tel: +1 (510) 642 1631
http://ghlf.berkeley.edu/
Barcelona GSE
Carmen Estévez, Program Coordinator
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Email: carmen.estevez@barcelonagse.eu
Tel: +34 (93) 542 12 43
http://www.barcelonagse.eu/
January 10, 2010: Short Course
Call for Nominations: Global Health Leadership Forum 2010
Location: Berkeley, California, US and Barcelona, Spain
Dates: January 10-16, 2010 and June 27-July 3, 2010
An innovative program for senior health executives focusing on the most pressing health policy and management issues. A joint program from theUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, the UPF Center for Research in Health and Economics and the Barcelona GraduateSchool of Economics
Applications
Currently being reviewed for January and June 2010 sessions. Apply online!
Program description:
The Global Health Leadership Forum is a unique certificate program for senior health care leaders focusing on key health policy and management issues. Participants grapple in a practical manner with the issues and options that have been converging internationally, learning approaches that have been proved to work and current innovations.
Participants will benefit from the GHLF’s small, interactive workshop atmosphere which encourages interaction between speakers and participants. Each of the two six-day sessions - session one in Berkeley and the follow-up session in Barcelona 6 months later - is filled with important topics presented by world-renown faculty & expert speakers, field trips, receptions, and festive dinners. The registration cost of the program covers daily breakfast, lunch, breaks, most dinners, course materials, & hotel accomodations. For more detailed information, please visit our website: http://ghlf.berkeley.edu
The alumni network from the past six years has over 180 leaders from 43 countries. These represent senior health leaders of nations, global organizations and senior executives of enterprises such as insurance, pharmaceutical, and health care delivery.
Sample topics:
- Workshops on leadership, evidence-based management, and health system ethics
- Effective policy implementation and strategies for health systems change
- Achieving public and private health insurance mix
- Innovations in payer and health delivery connections
- Effective managed care techniques
- Using cost-effectiveness analysis to define “best coverage and delivery buys”
- Technology changes and future health care predictions
- Field trip to Kaiser Permanente including their IT and care management systems
- Health care integration
- Managing medical groups
- Pharma innovation, pricing, and regulation
- Governance
- Learnings in Health Systems reform
- UK experience with NICE (National Institute of Clinical Effectiveness).
Selected speakers:
Sir Richard Feachem, First Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Malcolm Potts, Chair of Bixby Center for Population Health and Sustainability, UC Berkeley; Ian Morrison, health care futurist; Peter Berman from Harvard University and the World Bank; Arnie Milstein, Thought Leader, Mercer and Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health; Philip Musgrove, Deputy Editor for Global Health, Health Affairs and former principal economist for Latin America, World Bank; Josep Figueras, Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and WHO health policy head; Rafael Bengoa, Director of Health, Basque Country; Ron Akehurst, founder of UK’s NICE; selected faculty from UC Berkeley, and several other European Universities.
Faculty directors:
Richard M. Scheffler, Dean Stephen M. Shortell (UCB), Andreu Mas-Colell (Barcelona GSE), Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas, and Vicente Ortun (UPF CRESBarcelona); FACULTY ADVISORS: Alex Preker (The World Bank), James Rice (Cambridge and Integrated Health Strategies), and GHLF Program Director, Meg A. Kellogg, UC Berkeley.
Contact ghlf with questions: ghlf@berkeley.edu or see website: http://ghlf.berkeley.edu
January
Methods for the analysis of categorical dependent variables: University Of York
Location: York, UK
Dates: 11th-12th January 2010
Presented by Prof. Bill Greene Stern School of Business, New York University
Hosted by the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), Centre for Health Economics and Department of Economics and Related Studies University of York, 11th-12th January 2010
A two-day course focusing on the use of categorical dependent variables with wide applicability to research in health economics. The course will be delivered by Professor Bill Greene, a world-renowned expert in micro-econometrics and the analysis of categorical variables.
The course is aimed at PhD students and researchers or policy makers working in applied health economics. It will introduce participants to for categorical dependent variables with a focus on established and recently developed techniques. The course will cover continuous choice models, binary choice, and models for ordered and unordered choice. Appropriate terminology and formal methodology for estimating these models will be presented together with extensions to cover panel data, partialeffects and recent developments in the field. The focus will be on introducing the fundamental principles and terminology encountered in the literature.
The aims of the course are to introduce research professionals to the main techniques used in the analysis of individual choice. By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Appreciate different approaches to modelling individual choice
- Select appropriate methods for empirical estimation
- Develop an understanding of methods for estimation and inference
- Interpret results from analyses
Course content
The course will cover topics relevant to the analysis of health and health care data.
More information and a registration form can be found here.
January 11, 2010: Short Course
January
Health Economics of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Interventions: The European School of Health Economics
Location: Nice (Cannes), France
Dates: January 17-21, February 7-12 and March 7-12, 2010
The next international training program of The European School of Health Economics will take place in Nice (Cannes), France on January17-21, February 7-12 and March 7-12, 2010.
The program has been running since 1996 and covers:
- The international health care environment
- Theory and methods of economic evaluation of health care programs
- Developments in health economic research
Course director:
Gisela Kobelt, European Health Economics SAS
Course advisors:
Tony Culyer, University of York
Martin Buxton, Brunel University, London
Bengt Joensson, Stockholm School of Economics
Gerard de Pouvourville, Essec, Paris
Frans Rutten, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Matthias von der Schulenburg, University of Hanover
International faculty:
- Academic health economists
- Regulators and government representatives
- Specialists from the pharmaceutical/diagnostic/medical device industries
The course provides participants with an understanding of health economics and
in-depth knowledge of the methods of economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals and
medical interventions. The program is designed for the needs of professionals in
the pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics industry involved in the
development of reimbursement dossiers and follow-up studies, as well as for
government agencies and other organisations involved in health care decisions.
Participation is limited to approximately 24.
Registration
On line http://www.he-europe.com (European School of Health Economics)
Fax +33 493 605 930
Information
Tel +33 608 075 390 or info@he-europe.com
January
Economic Evaluations and Economic Evidence in Healthcare: Finding Information to Inform Technology Assessments and Economic Models
Location: University of York, York, UK
Date: 20 January 2010
Health economics information is a key element in much health services research and particularly in health technology assessments. Identifying economic evidence to inform such research can involve searches in a range of databases and using a variety of strategies. This study day will include a ‘jargon buster’ session on the basics of health economics and economic models. It will also feature presentations about key economics information resources including NHS EED, Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED) and the CEA Registry, and explorations of options for searching to identify data for economic models. There will be opportunities for hands-on practice.
The study day presenters will be Matthew Taylor, Julie Glanville, Pauline Howarth and Nigel Thompson.
Matthew Taylor is a Senior Health Economics Consultant at York Health Economics Consortium with a Ph.D. in health outcomes research, who specialises in pharmacoeconomic modelling. Julie Glanville is Project Director - Information Services at York Health Economics Consortium and has published widely on searching for evidence and was until recently the manager of the NHS EED database. Pauline Howarth works for the publishers Wiley-Blackwell who publish HEED. Pauline is the Managing Editor of HEED and Nigel is an experienced Wiley trainer.
By the end of the training day, participants will have:
- An awareness of the basic concepts of health economics and economic models;
- An understanding of the content and approaches of selected key health economics resources;
- An awareness of the search options available to access these resources;
- Experience of searching the resources.
Who should attend?
This study day would be of interest to information professionals and researchers seeking more insight into the sources of health economics information and its uses.
For further details: http://php.york.ac.uk/inst/yhec/?q=content/finding-info
Julie Glanville
Project Director - Information Services
York Health Economics Consortium Ltd
University of York
Market Square
Vanbrugh Way
Heslington
YORK YO10 5NH
Tel: 01904 434832 (Direct) 433620 (General)
Fax: 01904 433628
email: jmg1@york.ac.uk
website: http://www.yhec.co.uk