The Stoeckle Center and the Ambulatory Practice of the Future Present.

The "Stoeckle Center and the Ambulatory Practice of the Future Present..." seminars are monthly presentations on the 4th Wednesday of each month, from 4:00-5:00pm in the Yawkey Building, at MGH, 10th floor, room 10-660. These presentations are part of our effort to share innovative thinking from the Stoeckle Center and the Ambulatory Practice of the Future team. To increase participation, we videoconference them throughout the MGH primary care and community health center practices.

Feb 28 2007   "Improving the Health Care Experience through Innovation and Design"
Peter Coughlin, IDEO Transformation Practice Lead
**Kick off seminar to our new series topic: Innovation in Care
March 28
2007
  "Office Practice: Working Smarter, Not Harder"
Christine A. Sinsky, MD
Medical Associates, P.C.

April 25
2007
  "Learning to Fly: Developing Disruptive New Models of Primary Care to Radically Improve Quality and Affordability"
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD
Renaissance Health
May 23 2007   "Retail Clinics - Friend or Foe"
Ronald F. Dixon, MD, MA
Associate Director, Beacon Hill Associates
June 27
2007
  "Fundamental Reform of Payment for Primary Care"
Allan H. Goroll, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
   
     
   
   

Today, primary care practitioners are providing more complex care in an increasingly busy environment. This severely limits their time and opportunity to educate patients about their health and chronic illnesses, as well as discuss other issues like prevention and wellness measures - a situation that is frustrating to both practitioners and patients alike.