Advancing the Quality of Health Care in Texas

October 1, 2009 • The Commons Conference Center, The University of Texas J. J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin, Texas

Advancing the Quality of Care in Texas was a half day symposium co-sponsored by The University of Texas System and The Brookings Institution, in collaboration with the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, The Code Red Task Force, and the Center for Health and Social Policy at The University of Texas at Austin. 

This symposium took place on October 1, 2009 in Austin, Texas, and included three panel discussions. The first panel of the day discussed specific health care delivery models for improving integrated high quality care. The second panel included several employers to discuss how to pay for cost effective high quality care. The third panel of the day discussed better care and health reform. The emphasis in this panel was the policy changes required as part of health care reform in order to accomplish the overall goals of cost effective high quality care.

Participants included employers, employees, insurers, providers and health policy experts.

Speakers and Panelists included:

Francisco Cigarroa, M.D.
The University of Texas System

Charles J. Barnett
Seton Family of Hospitals

Sharon Brown
Temple-Inland

Kathy Durbin
HEB

William H. Fleming, III, M.D.
Texas Medical Association

M. Ted Haynes
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Vivian Ho, Ph.D
Rice University

Lynne M. Kirk, M.D.
Southwestern Medical School

Mark. B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
The Brookings Institution

Elaine Mendoza
Conceptual MindWorks, Inc.

Jose A. Pagan, Ph.D.
University of North Texas Health Science Center

William M. Sage
The University of Texas at Austin

Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
The University of Texas System

Daniel N. Stewart
The University of Texas System

David Toomey
CIGNA

Reed Tuckson, M.D.
United Health Group

David C. Warner, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin

And many health care and health policy industry experts!

This Symposium was recorded. Click here to view the video recordings.

Click here for the Keynote Speaker's Slides.

Click here for the participant booklet.