2007 APHA Medical Care Section Program

This year's Medical Care Section Program at the APHA Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-7, 2007, consists of 37 sessions organized by the Medical Care Section and covers such topics as:  universal access to health insurance; legislative changes to reform the FDA; congressional updates on hot-button issues; methods to rein in health care costs; payment reform as a bridge between health care and population health; new national surveys (HCAHPS) and data warehouses (CMS chronic condition); social dimensions of disease burden across the lifespan; quality improvement and outcomes of care; ethnic and racial disparities; and the history and politics of regulating harm.  In addition, the Section is co-sponsoring approximately 20 other sessions that includes topics such as effective interventions for immigrants and refugees, trade policy, implications of alcohol use and dependence, tobacco policy, long-term care and national health care.
 
The link to the sessions organized and sponsored by the Medical Care Section is:

http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/program_764.htm

 
The link to the Medical Care Section business meetings and social events is: http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/nt_764.html

By Kathy Virgo