Health Watch USA

Health Watch USA serves to promote value driven health care, competition and health care transparency in quality and cost.

Nov 13^th, 2009 The third annual conference for Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy.

Keynote Speaker: Dr Regina Herzlinger, Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School. Author of "Who Killed Health Care?".

Presenters will include Joycelyn Elders, MD, former US Surgeon General and L. D. Britt, MD, Chairman of the American College of Surgeons Board of Regents. Download Brochure

For more information and to register go to www.healthconference.org

Nov. 20^th, 2008, The second annual conference for Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy

Key Note Speakers' presentation videos can now be viewed online along with their PowerPoint presentations. The . speakers include: Nancy Wilson, Joint Senior Advisor to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Office of the Secretary. Lisa McGiffert from Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports.) presenting on mandatory public reporting of healthcare acquired infections. Ken Connor, JD presenting on "Never Events" and his efforts with Erin Brockovich to recoup Medicare funds. View Presentations Online

March 6^th 2008, Health Watch USA monitors Kentucky Senate Health and Welfare meeting on MRSA. View Testimony given at meeting and information about MRSA and Healthcare Acquired Infections.

Nov. 16^th, 2007, the conference for Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy was held in Lexington, KY. View Videos of 2007 Conference Presentations & powerpoint slides. (which included former US Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn Elders and David Adkisson, KY Chamber of Commerce President.)

Health Care in the United States - The leader of the free world is accused of being below average when compared to the 30 European and industrialized OECD Nations ( www.oecd.org ).
View Summary Op-Ed PDF

U.S. Health System Performance: A National Scorecard. -- A large number of charts on comparing the quality, price and access to the U.S. healthcare system. View PDF of PowerPoint Presentation Full Report
U.S. spends the most per capita in health care than any other industrialized nation, 238% more than the average OECD Nation, 20% and 49% more than the next two highest OECD Nations (OECD 2007 Healh at a Glance).
Read Report ( http://caliban.sourceoecd.org/vl=4421286/cl=13/nw=1/rpsv/health2007/5-1.htm )
U.S. Life Expectancy is ranked 22^ed in OECD Nations, below the average of the thirty European and industrialized nations. (OECD 2008 Factbook)
Read Report See Analysis
( http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=9959725/cl=16/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/110101.htm )
The US has less hospital beds, nurses, doctors and CT scanners per capita than the average OECD nation. Read Report

Health Care Resources:

Department of Health and Human Services
      Trends in the Health of Americans - 2006 Chartbook
      Disability in the United States Chartbook
      --- Disability in Kentucky
Institute of Health and Socio-Economic Policy's report on Healthcare and Hospital Costs.
         2003/2004 View Report
           2002/2003 View Report
           2000/2001 View Report

Kaiser Foundation 2006 Report - Employer Health Benefits. View Report

Check to see if your medical doctor is board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialists .

The Commonwealth Fund - a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency.
June 13, 2007 - State health care scorecard in the United States:
Press Release Executive Summary Full Report

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