Talk About Health
An Institute program to promote dialogue about health in Ohio.

Talk About Health Forums and Dialogues

• Room for Improvement: Where Does Ohio's Health Care Quality Rank?
  The Scorecard on State Health System Performance
  July 31, 2007
  Created by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, the Scorecard on State Health System Performance is the first-ever comprehensive means of comparing the status of population health and quality of health care systems across the states.
  
  
• Getting What We Pay For: Improving Health Care Value
  June 21, 2007
  The U.S. spends disproportionately more on health care than most other nations. What accounts for these high costs and are we getting the best value for our health care dollar? What steps can policymakers, providers, and purchasers take to improve health care quality while containing costs?
  
  
• Mapping Health Spending and Insurance Coverage in Ohio
  May 3, 2007
  In 2006, as an important first step for improving the health care system in Ohio, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio commissioned a study to analyze health care spending and insurance coverage in the state. The study's lead authors, principals at Health Management Associates, shared the study's major findings and discussed coverage expansion reform options for Ohio.
  
  
• A Day with Dr. Joe Thompson, Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
  February 28, 2007
  Dr. Thompson played a key role in the success of his state’s childhood obesity legislation. He traveled to Ohio to share with us his experience working this legislation and promoting health and wellness.
  
  
• The Business Case for Workforce Health: The Link Between Health and Productivity
  February 20, 2007
  Participants learned why health spending is not just a cost, but an investment, and how workforce health impacts corporate performance and productivity. One local employer, Nationwide Better Health shared how it has achieved significant reductions in absence and disability costs by integrating benefit plans.
  
  
• Health Care Coverage: Are There Lessons From Other States?
  In late 2006, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio held a series of forums on Health Care Coverage: Are There Lessons From Other States? Held in three parts, the series focused on innovative health care reform models such as Florida’s Medicaid reforms, Massachusett's recently enacted plan for universal health care, and private insurance reforms.
  
  
• Ohio's Small Group Health Insurance Market Forum
  July 14, 2006
  Exploring the underlying challenges of the small group health insurance market and to gain insight into potential policy options.
  
  
• Employer Health Management Forum
  May 16, 2006
  A forum offering different perspectives on employer workforce health management strategies (such as requiring employees to not smoke either on or off the job and offering incentives and penalties for employees to exercise and stay healthy).
  
  
• Ohio Dental Workforce Roundtable
  A health policy dialogue from 2005 which explored dental workforce issues and developed recommendations for increasing access to dental care for vulnerable Ohioans.
  
  
• Obesity Forum
  October 11, 2005
  A forum to explore obesity statistics and gain insight into the prevailing research on the issues of obesity, weight, and health.