Health Care Forum at SDSMT Saturday

This just came across the wire:

Community Forum on Health Care

You are invited to join us in a community forum about the future of primary medical care in South Dakota

We will be responding to a request from Senator Tom Daschle, President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary, for specific suggestions on health care reform

Sponsored by

The Black Hills Medical Society

and

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Saturday January 10, 2009
1:00 - 4:00 P.M.

New Classroom Building – Didier Education Center
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 East St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD



Discussion on Five Areas of Concern and a Search for Solutions

1. Access to Primary Care: How do we determine who pays, who plays, and who is left out?

2. Public Health: How do we include everyone into the primary care system and generate enough primary care providers?

3. Patient Responsibility: How do we encourage seat belts, bicycle helmets, healthy diets, and exercise, as well as adherence to prescribed medical regimes for patients of all ages? How do we address end of life issues?

4. Prevention: How do we ensure all Americans are not only properly immunized and have annual check-ups, but live and work in healthier schools, worksites, and communities?

5. Unfunded Mandates: How can the medical community comply with unfunded and underfunded mandates, including electronic record keeping?

Kevin Weiland, MD, president of the Black Hills Medical Society, will be the moderator.

The public is invited to participate.

Results of the discussion will be forwarded to president-elect Barack Obama and his nominee as secretary of the department of health and human services, former United States Senator Tom Daschle.