273113 Linkages between medicine and public health

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 : 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

J. Michael McGinnis, MD, MA, MPP , Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC
This session will consider the issues and potential outcomes for better integration of public health and medicine. Focus will be placed on the need and potential gains of improved coordination, as well as new opportunities afforded under recent federal legislation, changes in the health care marketplace, and advantages of new technology.

Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Communication and informatics
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the need for, and benefits that could be achieved by, better integration of medicine and public health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Iam a physician, epidemiologist and long-time contributor to national and international health programs and policy. An elected Member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, I served as Senior Scholar and Executive Director of the IOM Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care. I previously served as founding Director, respectively, of the RWJF’s Health Group, WHO Office for Health Reconstruction, Office of Research Integrity, and Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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