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Community Meeting Report: Interactive health care forum and webcast

Nationwide Conversation and Webcast, Mar. 22, 2006

The Working Group, in conjunction with 22 universities and schools of public health, held a National Conversation featuring a live webcast and simultaneous onsite meetings at sponsoring institutions. This event was held on March 22, 2006, with the webcast originating at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

You may read the Summary Report from these combined meetings, view the archived webcast of this event, or view related news items.

Participating Institutions

(follow links for pictures on this page):

Boston University
Drexel University
Emory University
George Washington University
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
Louisiana State University
Michigan State University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Purdue University
Tulane University
University at Albany
University of Arkansas
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Louisville
University of Michigan (host institution)
University of Minnesota
University of South Carolina
University of Wisconsin

The data report for this meeting is available as a PDF file.

Photos taken at the meeting sites (click on picture to see larger size):

Indiana University, Indianapolis

Steven Jay, MD, chair, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Dept. Public Health, speaks to participants at Indiana University	National conversation participants at Indiana University, Indianapolis
Carole Kacius, PhD, MPH Program director, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine speaks to participants	Participants at Indiana University discuss health care issues

 

University of Michigan, webcast from the Ford Library.

Preparing for the Webcast	A full house at the University of Michigan
Technical Staff in main office of Ford Library	Webcast transmission set up
Webcast getting underway	Tony Collings, Moderator
Panel and audience	Waiting for initial cue
Audience in Ann Arbor	Online with 21 other schools
Reviewing incoming e-mails	Panel introductions
Opening remarks by Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan	Audience members answer polling questions
Catherine McLaughlin, Working Group member	U.S. Representative John Dingell (D- Mich.) speaks during webcast
Listening to Representative Dingell's comments	After the Webcast
After the Webcast	Participants converse after the Webcast
Catherine McLaughlin, Working Group member, in conversation with audience member	Patricia Maryland, Working Group member
Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan	Ken Warner, Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Deborah Stehr, Working Group member	Deborah Stehr, Working Group member
Christine Jacobs, Staff, University of Michigan	Roger Sutton, Broadcast Media Manager, News and Information Services, University of Michigan
Deborah Lee Doyle, Director of Communications, U. of Michigan	Deborah Lee Doyle and Tony Collings
Audience member talking with Mary Ella Payne of Ascension Health	Patricia Maryland, Working Group member
Professor McLaughlin with students	Broadcast staff and equipment

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

National conversation participants at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis site	Participant at U. of Minnesota meeting makes a point on health care issues
U. of Minnesota meeting panelists with a view of national webcast	U. of Minnesota Communications Director Diana Harvey with panelists Assoc. Prof. Lynn Blewett, Prof. Roger Feldman, and Prof. Ira Moskovice

 

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