Group Discussion

We have broken into smaller groups to discuss the following topics at length:

• Economics
• Access
• Delivery systems
• Research-to-care continuum
• Patient empowerment

Each topic has a team and a blogger. Check for posts from each team. Post your comments for topics you want to discuss in each team. Access is the largest team. Economics is the smallest team with 10 participants.

Contribute your thoughts and we'll share them on each topic and that blogger will lend your voice to the team.

Final Health Systems to Discuss in Small Groups

Our final five systems to discuss in the context of health reform, which we'll discuss in smaller groups include:

1. Economics
2. Access
3. Delivery Systems
4. Research-to-care continuum and wrap around/innovative research
5. Patient empowerment

We have agreed to discuss the overarching considerations in each of these overarching themes:

• Quality
• HIT
• Technology beyond HIT
• Prevention and not just care
• Continuing care,
• Risk
• Waste
• Culture change

Next we'll break into five smaller groups to discuss these topics in detail. Bloggers will be paired with each group to give you updates and infuse your comments into the discussions.

What Overarching Themes Have Emerged?

Here are the initial themes we identified at the meeting:

1. Research
2. Access to information
3. Technology
4. Incentives
5. Systems of care
6. Health, wellness, prevention
7. Money, affordability, costs
8. Access for underserved populations
9. Money
10. Quality
11. Incentives

We're moving forward to get these themes into a smaller number of topics to discuss. How would you group these?

Moving from Topics to Themes

How can we move from the broad topics listed below to viable overarching topics that we can discuss more in-depth?

We're breaking the topics below into common themes. What common themes do you see?

We’re sharing your commentary with the meeting participants in live time.

Brainstorming Topics Part 3

• Comparative effectiveness and personalized care
• Home health
• Diagnostic testing
• System that foster innovation for new test technologies and treatment
• Economic chronic healthcare
• End of life care
• Bridging the gap between academia and industry
• Health Information Technology

Keep your comments coming! We're checking to be sure your ideas are included in the meeting.