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Former U.S. Sen. William Frist to Speak at Duke Nov. 3
October 31, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. -- William Frist, U.S. Senate majority leader from 2003-07 and a member of the Duke Global Health Institute's (DGHI) board of advisors, will be among the notable names taking part in a conference on international health care finance and reform at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Organized by the DGHI and Fuqua'S Health Sector Advisory Council, the conference will also feature Duke University President Richard Brodhead; Alice Rivlin, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; and Kevin Schulman, professor of medicine and business administration at Duke and the director of the university's Health Sector Management program.
The event, free and open to the public, will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Fuqua's Geneen Auditorium from 1-7 p.m. Registration is required; to register, go to http://www.dukehsac.com/home/subscribe-to/5-attend-the-public-event.html#register.
As China and the United States, as well as many other countries, reform their health care systems, the conference will be an opportune occasion to hear insights from guest speakers coming from different backgrounds, said Schulman.
"Both countries face daunting challenges to balance increasing access with payment reforms that reward quality and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. Both countries have enormous opportunities through automation and information technology but share the challenges of bringing care to frontier regions which are exacerbated by maldistribution of health workers," Schulman said. "As sales growth for innovative health care suppliers has slowed in the United States, suppliers have looked to emerging markets such as China."
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