Big Britches and Breakthroughs

Rusty Holman, MD

The Big Britches…

Bigger than expected

Policy and Advocacy Congress MedPac Senate Roundtable AMA Physician Consortium, PQRI

Bigger than expected

Transitions of Care SUTTP Alliance through ABIM Foundation ACP/SHM/SGIM TOC Consensus Conference NTOCC Coalition through CMSA Hartford Grant SHM White Paper on Handoffs AMA PCPI

The Breakthrough…

Breakthroughs for Reform

• Policy matters

• New Idea: Hospital Care Collaborative

• Leadership Development

Health Care Reform: Who Will Lead?

“In choosing the possible leaders to reform the US healthcare system, a compelling argument can be made that physicians should lead, particularly in defining effective and appropriate care….Defining what does and does not work in medicine is a professional responsibility of the highest order….”

- Samuel Their, former President of the IOMAnn Int Med 115(1) 1991:54-58