Sunday, November 8, 2009
Dr. Doug Kamerow Tells NPR Why Prevention is "Crucial" to Health Reform
0 comments Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 5:57 AMDr. Douglas Kamerow, a preventive medicine specialist and former assistant surgeon general, tells NPR that effective preventive care, like effective treatments, is a crucial part of a reformed health care system. Kamerow, who last year helped Partnership for Prevention prepare a series of policy papers on prevention and health reform, adds that debating whether prevention saves money is asking the wrong question.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Prevention Matters Podcast, Show #13 - Modernizing Medicare
0 comments Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 3:47 PM
In this podcast, we talk with Dr. Douglas Kamerow, Chief Scientist for Health, Social and Economics Research at RTI International. Doug, who’s also a professor of clinical family medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, was part of a group of national prevention experts who prepared policy papers for Partnership for Prevention on how to incorporate disease prevention and health promotion into the health reform legislation being developed by Congress. In one of those papers, he offered an analysis of how we can modernize Medicare’s prevention policies. With the health reform debate about to reach full throttle, we discuss those recommendations. To listen to this podcast, click on the media player below; if you dont' see a media player below, click here.
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