Getting to the Core Issues

Part 2 of 3

In this series, Lori DiPrete Brown, a leader in Global Health Education and Outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, compares the US Health Care System to other healthcare systems around the world.

Lori shares lessons learned from her experiences working in global health for international agencies, such as the Pan Health Organization, World Health Organization, and the US Peace Corps in countries, including those with poorer and lower-income populations, that can be applied to the US health care system to improve quality, accessibility and affordability.

Part 1 of 3

In this series, Lori DiPrete Brown, a leader in Global Health Education and Outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, compares the US Health Care System to other healthcare systems around the world.

Lori shares lessons learned from her experiences working in global health for international agencies, such as the Pan Health Organization, World Health Organization, and the US Peace Corps in countries, including those with poorer and lower-income populations, that can be applied to the US health care system to improve quality, accessibility and affordability.

Dr. Leiber, founder and Medical Director of New Generations Orthopedics and former personal physician to President Bush, discusses how stem cell therapy is transforming treatment for orthopedic injuries, arthritis and other degenerative conditions with better outcomes, less risk, and at a reduced cost.

Michael Fine, MD, Health Policy Advisor to Mayor James Diossa of Central Falls, RI; Senior Population Health and Clinical Services Officer, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care; and former Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, introduces his New Book “Health Care Revolt. How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy-All at the Same Time”. Dr Fine provides a unique look into an innovative new approach to healthcare delivery that will provide access to healthcare for all.

Dr. Robert C. Smith, a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Michigan State University and author of several textbooks used to train Medical Students throughout the USA and aboard, discusses the current state of mental health care in the USA. Discover how the ancient mind-body split approach to medicine has influenced how mental health care is provided and how a new evidence-based integrated model will revolutionize the delivery of mental health care to improve quality and accessibility.