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NEWS FROM
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
December 10, 2009
2010 Annual Melvin H. Chalfen, MD, Lecture on Public Health:
"Microsystems, Accountabilities, and the Redesign of Everyday
Care"
Cambridge Health Alliance presents the 7th Annual Melvin H. Chalfen,
MD, Lecture on Public Health, featuring Paul B. Batalden, MD, a
professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School and director
of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency
Program. Over his 40-year career, Dr. Batalden has made significant
contributions to the fields of medical education and health care
quality. His presentation will focus on clinical microsystems within
healthcare, defined as small groups of people who work together
regularly to provide care to discrete patient populations, as a
framework for improving health delivery. The lecture is free and
open to the public.
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time: 5 p.m.
Location:
CHA's Cambridge Hospital campus
Macht Auditorium
1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Cost: Free of charge
Contact: John Kindzerske, (617) 499-8341 or jkindzerske@challiance.org
The Melvin H. Chalfen, MD, Lecture Series is designed to promote
the exchange of ideas and innovations that address quality of patient
care, with emphasis on issues related to health care policy and
health care disparities.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital
campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the
Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA
is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated
with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org.
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