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Professor Janus was invited to present and moderate at the German spine congress on December 10, 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany, on “What an optimized, multistage, and interdisciplinary care concept should look like that entails best results for the patient?”

Leading medical experts, such as Dres. Fleege (Frankfurt) and Ringe (Aachen), as well as Ms. Bühn (Witten-Herdecke) who presented results of the most recent orthopedic report, elaborated on the impact of the upcoming hospital legislation and its impact on quality management/measurement, best-practice exchange and implementation, as well as standardization and integration.

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The Center for Healthcare Management was invited to support a PCORI-sponsored workshop on “Transforming the healthcare of women with disabilities” by the Cerebral Palsy Foundation on December 5 and 6, 2015 in Washington D.C.

Professors Brown, Janus, and Roye applied the Center’s moderation technique to facilitate discussions around the healthcare of women with disabilities. They were supported by experts Joseph Dutkowsky, Rachel Byrne, and Tracy Picker of the cerebral palsy foundation who served as table hosts, leading discussions around gynecological, reproductive, and breast care. Another topic revolved around adolescent health.

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Prof. Janus was invited to speak at the Canada 2020 Healthcare Summit: Creating a Sustainable Healthcare System for Canada on December 1, 2015 at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier.

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Walter Kopp, President of Medical Management Services, San Anselmo, CA, and advisory board member of the Center for Healthcare Management, and Professor Janus, Director of the Center for Healthcare Management jointly key-noted the Bosch Foundation’s PORT conference.

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As the leaves are turning we have been busy welcoming new members to the Center for Healthcare Management. The first round of new organizational membership agreements is now closed. However, you may indicate your interest to become a member for the second round by the end of December 2015. I welcome the opportunity to chat with you in more detail about how a potential package best fits your organizational needs.

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It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Bruce M. Fried of Dentons US LLP (and former head of HCFA (now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)) Washington D.C., USA as advisory board member of the Center for Healthcare Management.

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Please save the date for our 5th Forum, to be held on June 8-10, 2016 at the Capital Residence of the Robert-Bosch-Foundation in Berlin, on “Learning from each other – scaling ideas up to the next level”. For the first time, we will invite thought leaders from industries other than healthcare to join the dialogue in order to move beyond conceptualization to action. Crossing boundaries to include various perspectives and different takes on how to change cultures and behaviors when being faced with common strategic and operational challenges will be at the core of our 5th Forum. For more information, please see an overview of topics in the draft agenda. We are proud to welcome Health Affairs as our content sponsor already for the second time and the editor-in-chief, Alan Weil, in person at our 5th Forum!

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This talk is related to the Brocher Foundation Alumni Meeting 2015, held at the Brocher Foundation from June 17 until June 19, 2015 (www.brocher.ch).

Beyond Bismarck and Obama – What is system innovation from a two-country perspective?
By Katharina Janus

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Many thanks for all comments we received on our last Health Affairs post: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/05/18/notes-from-the-4th-forum-on-health-policy-and-management-in-berlin-germany/ – we were flattered that the information shared by the participants of the 4th Forum in Berlin triggered widespread discussion. Therefore, we would like to share what we have learned from you and how we will respond better to your needs in the future.

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This post is part of a series of several posts related to the 4th European Forum on Health Policy and Management: Innovation & Implementation, to be held in Berlin, Germany on January 29 and 30, 2015. For more information or to request your personal invitation contact info@centerforhealthcaremanagement.org or follow @HCMatColumbia.

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