Objectives

  • Attendees will participate in a process of healthcare resource allocation.
  • Attendees will recognize the most significant unmet healthcare needs in Utah.
  • Attendees will use their personal experience and information gained at the conference to think critically and constructively about healthcare reform proposals in Utah and the United States.

Agenda

8:00-8:30
Registration & Continental Breatkfast

8:30-9:00
Leslie Francis, PhD, JD
Welcome, Goals and Introduction

9:00-9:30
Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
Choosing Healthplans All Together: An Exercise in Setting Health Spending Priorities

9:30-11:00
Group Exercise

11:10-12:00
Group Reports and Discussion

12:00-12:10
Break

12:10-12:50
Lunch

12:50-1:20
Allan Ainsworth, PhD
Meeting the Challenge of Healthcare for the Homeless Individuals: Is a Two-Tiered System Ethical?

1:20-1:30
Break

1:30-2:15
Marjorie Ginsburg, MPH
If We Can't Have It All: Seeking Public Input on "Basic" Coverage

2:15-3:00
Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA
Public Deliberations about Health Spending Priorities

3:00-3:45
David Sundwall, MD
The Most Pressing Problems in Utah That Reform Must Address

3:45-4:00
Break

4:00-5:00
S. Goold, M. Ginsburg, D. Sundwall, A. Ainsworth & Conference Participants
Panel: Coming to a Consensus" Recommendations to the Utah Task Force on Health System Reform

5:00-5:10
Jay Jacobson, MD, Chief, Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
Summary and Conclusions

Medical Ethics

18th Annual Intermountain Medical Ethics Conference

Setting Priorities for Healthcare in Utah: What Choices Are We Ready To Make?

Friday, October 3, 2008
Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Building
 
Featuring The CHAT Exercise: Choosing Health Plans All Together, Designed by Marion Danis, MD, Multilogue, Inc., & Dr. Susan Dorr Goold.

Getting to the Conference:

- Take the University TRAX Line to the University Medical Center at 10 Mario Capecchi Drive (North Medical Drive).  See Trax Map for routes. 
- Park in the Health Sciences Parking Terrace (HSCPT), and receive an all-day validation stamp at the conclusion of the conference.  See Campus Map for location. 
- Park at the University Guesthouse Parking Lot.  See Campus Map for location. 

Online Registration with Credit Card Payment

Online Registration only-- without credit card payment

Guest Speakers:

Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy Director, Medical School Bioethics Program Co-Director, Ethics in Public Life Initiative, University of Michigan

Allan Ainsworth, PhD, Director Paula Atkinson 4th Street Clinic

Marjorie Ginsburg, MPH, Executive Director, Sacramento Healthcare Decisions

David Sundwall, MD, Executive Director of the Utah Dept of Health

Accreditation: The University of Utah School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: The University of Utah School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ADA:  The University of Utah complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act by providing qualified individuals with disabilities access to University programs, services and activities. 

A request for accommodation can be made by calling (801) 408-1135.  Reasonable prior notice is required.