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    Patient Empowerment and Medical Device Innovation

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Division Director Kathryn Capanna joined patient advocates and health care providers to discuss the FDA’s patient-centered policies and health c…

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    Digital Divide and Health Care

    Nicol Turner Lee, director for the center of Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, and Beth Mathews-Bradshaw, vice president of patient engagement and research at the Alliance …

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    FDA Commissioner on Patient Empowerment and Digital Health Care

    Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf discussed digital health care and patient empowerment at the National Health Council’s (NHC’s) Science of Patient Engagement…

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    Prescription Drug Safety

    Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach talked about efforts to balance drug safety, risk, benefit, and access in the prescription drug approval process. He also r…

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    Medicare Discount Drug Cards

    Panelists spoke about the Medicare discount drug plan. The plan was met with criticisms about its benefits and complexity. The panelists also answered questions from the audience.

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    Patient-Based Organizations in Medical Research

    Mr. Varmus talked about the importance of research at the National Institutes of Health and proposed that greater interaction between the scientific community and patient advocacy groups wou…

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    The FDA: Its Mission for the New Millennium

    Jane Henney outlined the priorities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the immediate future. She said that the top priority was passage of the FDA Modernization Act, followed by e…

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    Priorities and Challenges for Disease Control

    Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, spoke to the National Health Council about the priorities and challenges for his agency. He cited national and international…

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    Medicare and Medicaid after Balanced Budget

    Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration, talked about the future of Medicare and Medicaid. She focused her remarks on the impact last year’s balance…

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    Health Research Funding and Priorities

    Harold Varmus, director of the National institute of Health, spoke about the funding and priorities for the National Institutes of Health. He outlined how the organization could continue to …

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    Future of Health Care Legislation

    Senator Paul Wellstone, D-Minnesota, spoke about the future of health care reform, focusing on prospects for it in the 104th Congress. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience.

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    U.S. Child Health and Education Concerns

    The event ,U.S. Child Health and Education Concerns, sponsored by National Health Council in Washington, DC Judy Woodruff & Surgeon General Koop spoke to medical personnel on the relationsh…

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    Health System Reform by the Year 2000?

    Senator Kennedy addressed the current problems of the health care system, and the major federal reforms that are required to sufficiently address the growing inadequacies of the system which…

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    Public and Private Health Care System Reform

    Dr. Myers talked about the private and public health care issues facing the United States, particularly poor, urban citizens. His remarks focused a case study which illustrated the problems …

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