 'The Future of Primary Care in Rhode Island' forum draws standing-room only crowd
Dr. Paul Grundy, global director of healthcare transformation for IBM, chats with Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts before delivering this morning's keynote address.  |
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts and The Rhode Island Foundation this morning co-hosted the fourth public forum in the "Making It Work: Health Reform in Rhode Island" series. Dr. Paul Grundy, global director of healthcare transformation for IBM, delivered the keynote address, Why We Need a Revolution in Primary Care - And How to Get There, to a standing-room only audience at the Foundation. To accommodate the high demand, a video simulcast was set up.
The "Making It Work" series is bringing national leaders in health reform together with business and community leaders, medical providers, insurers, educators, consumer advocates and policy makers, to chart the course for a new, affordable, high quality health care system in Rhode Island. These conversations spurred the creation of the Coalition for Primary Care, which was announced this morning and will coordinate efforts to imprve access to primary care in Rhode Island.
Owen Heleen, the Foundation's vice president for grant programs, states, "Today's meeting was a major step forward in our signature initiative in primary care. The innovation and dedication of the primary care community will allow our state to become a real pathfinder on the road to comprehensive health reform." |
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Foundation hosts Innovations in Education: a community discussion
Mark Conrad, northeast director of Expeditionary Learning, talks with Amy Pratt, president of The Greene School.  |
As part of the focus on its signature initiatives - in education and health - the Foundation last week hosted a visit from Mark Conrad, northeast director of Expeditionary Learning, who spoke on this widely-implemented charter school model that builds on the educational insights of Kurt Hahn, founder of Outward Bound. Hahn believed that adventure, community service, and other forms of direct and engaging experience could be used to teach and motivate people.
At the heart of Expeditionary Learning Schools are learning expeditions, "real world," long-term investigations in which students and teachers examine compelling and relevant topics through fieldwork, culminating with a presentation to an audience beyond the classroom.
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