Local Event: A Bright Future for Health Care: Is It Possible? December 3, 2012 Local Events Commonwealth Club, Donald Berwick, Lundberg Institute Lecture 0 The Commonwealth Club, in collaboration with the Lundberg Institute, will be hosting a talk from Donald Berwick, MD, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on the future of health care. Dr. Berwick is an expert in the management of health care systems with emphasis on using scientific methods and evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness research to improve the tradeoff among quality, safety, and costs. Hear Dr. Berwick’s ideas on how true delivery system reform—changing care to better meet the needs of patients, families and communities—provides a sensible and effective alternative to the much-feared threat of rationing of care. December 18, 2012 5:30 pm Networking Reception; 6:00 pm Program Gold Room, Commonwealth Club Cost: $20 standard, $8 Commonwealth Club member, $7 students (with valid ID) Click here for event details and to purchase tickets. Comments are closed.