Health Care Reform Advocacy
Events
Bridges to Healthcare
Project Access NOW invites you to an evening celebrating the healthcare providers and others who make a difference in our community. In 2009, more than $10 million in health care services were donated to Project Access patients.
The event will be held at the Hilton Hotel, beginning at 5:30, and will be hosted by Emily and Joey Harrington. For more information, http://bridgestohealthcare.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn” title=“visit the RSVP page:”>visit the RSVP page:
APANO Health Reform Panel and Health Equity Training
What: Health Reform Panel and Health Equity Training
When: Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 6-9pm
Where: Asian Health & Services Center, 3430 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202 (Bus #9)
Open to Asian & Pacific Islander community members, service providers, advocates & allies.
RSVP: http://www.apano.org under “Health Equity.” For questions and accommodations, please call John at (503) 512-0274
APANO’s Health Equity and Reform Team (HEART) provides public education, community-based advocacy and organizing in order to improve health outcomes for Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Oregon. For more information, visit http://www.apano.org and “Health Equity.” Health Reform Panel.”
Join APANO’s Health Equity and Reform Team (HEART) for an evening of active learning and discussion about the health of Asians & Pacific Islanders in Oregon.
How will the federal health care reform impact Asian & Pacific Islander communities in Oregon?
How is our environment making us sick?
Health Care Reform: From TV to real life, an interactive consumer exchange
FREE EVENT:
Wednesday November 10, 2010
Oregon Convention Center,
Room F - 150, 8:30am - 4:30pm
TV’s Dr. House will do anything to beat a disease, even if it kills the patient. Hear from Andrew Holtz, author of The Medical Science of House, M.D., The Real Grey’s Anatomy and the upcoming House, M.D. vs. Reality, about how popular shows interact with our beliefs about health care. Workshops, skits & a game show will help you define what sort of health care you want and how to get it. Lunch included for confirmed participants. During the afternoon, participants will hear an update on health reform implementation and begin to identify how a transformed health system would look, feel and produce differently than today’s system.
This full-day event is hosted by Partner for Quality Care, an Aligning Forces for Quality initiative, AARP Oregon, The Archimedes Movement and the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.
To register for this free event visit:
Resources
Consumer Health Advocacy Coalition Proposal - Paul Krissel
This proposal Presentation, narrated by Paul Krissel on behalf of the steering committee of Oregon consumer health advocacy organizations, envisions that like-minded consumer health advocacy organizations form a more proactive coalition that looks forward to more strategically addressing issues of health and health care.
Click on either of two links below to download a PowerPoint slide show, with audio, describing how this coalition would work.
Click this link for a Stuffit file of the presentation
Click this link for a ZIP file of the presentation
Depending on your system preferences, one file may download more effectively on your computer.
Once downloaded, be sure to keep the PowerPoint file in the same file as the mp3 audio files. When you open PowerPoint and play the presentation, you should hear the audio along while the slides progress through the presentation.
Additionally, the presentation has been made available in Quicktime format:
Click this link for a Quicktime file of the presentation (.mov)
Grantmaking to Communities of Color in Oregon: A report from the Foundation Center
How much giving by Oregon foundations is reaching Oregon’s communities of color? Find out in this report (GTCC in Oregon) from December 2010, Prepared by the Foundation Center on behalf of Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington (GOSW).
To find out more about grantmaking to communities of color at Northwest Health Foundation, please see the second document (GTCC at NWHF).
Philanthropy and Communities of Color in Oregon
This report is entitled “Philanthropy and Communities of Color in Oregon: from strategic investments to assessable impacts amidst growing racial and ethnic diversity.” It was issued by the Coalition of Communities of Color in 2012.
Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Task Force Report - 12/13/11
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Task Force Report was funded by Northwest Health Foundation in order to provide Oregon with a roadmap for widespread adoption of Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes. Read the report to learn more about primary care homes and how they can improve our health care system in terms of cost, quality and fairness.
How Do We Get to Equity?
Thomas Aschenbrener, Northwest Health Foundation president, was invited by Grantmakers in Health to write a commentary related to the theme of 2012 Annual Meeting “Health and Equity for All.”
Health Care and You - Consumer Resource for Health Care
Press release from March 2011 announcing that a coalition of some of the nation's most trusted organizations representing consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacists has launched a new comprehensive online resource – HealthCareandYou.org – to give Americans easy-to-understand information about the health care law so they can make informed health care decisions for themselves and their families.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Web site www.healthcare.gov.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Web site http://www.healthcare.gov.
The site has been designed to get tailored health care information to families with children, individuals, people with disabilities, seniors, young adults, and employers and includes a great deal of information, organized into sections on finding insurance options, learning about prevention, comparing care quality, and understanding the new law. It is the first Web site to collect both public and private health insurance options across the nation in a single place.
Health Care Reform Glossary
A resource for Oregon legislators and anyone else interested in a quick reference to terminology used in health care reform discussions.
The Commonwealth Fund’s Health Reform Resource Center
This Health Reform Resource Center provides a timeline of the law's major provisions and a "Find Health Reform Provisions" tool to search for clear, detailed summaries of specific provisions by year, category, and/or stakeholder group.
Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform Source
Health Reform Source. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation's information source for all things health reform related: News, public opinion research, graphs, charts, and more.
Be sure to check out "Health Reform Hits Main Street" an animated short movie designed to explain the health reform law to the general public, many of whom are still confused about what the law is and how it works.
Oregon Health Authority Story Bank
The Oregon Health Authority, working in partnership with the Northwest Health Foundation, is collecting health care stories to show what's working - and what could be better - in our state's health system.
The OHA Story Bank can be visited here.
News
Press Release
Commentary
Oregonian: Access to Care Not Only Key to Health - March 31st, 2011
In a front-page article in the Oregonian on the recently released County Health Rankings, David Rebanal, NWHF’s senior program officer points out that, “Much of the opportunity for improving health exists in our schools, our homes, our jobs and other settings outside of doctors’ offices.”
Northwest Health Foundation provides $260,000 in Health Care Reform Grants - March 10th, 2011
NWHF awards $260,000 in grants to raise the consumer and community voice in the health-care reform process.
Investing in Lasting Change - Opinion Piece for “Insight into Diversity” Magazine - November 8th, 2010
Thomas Aschenbrener writes on the importance of health advocacy for communities of color in “Insight into Diversity” magazine.
The Skanner: Health Advocacy Grants Will Allow to Lobby Lawmakers Community Groups - September 30th, 2010
The Skanner reports on NWHF’s Health Care Advocacy Grants provided to partnerships among organizations advocating for health equity and public health.
NWHF Provides Health Advocacy Grants to Uncommon Partnerships - August 26th, 2010
$500,000 Health Care Reform Advocacy grant portfolio targets communities most affected by lack of health insurance.
NWHF Hosts Ladder to Leadership - September 8th, 2009
Northwest Health Foundation hosts launch for the Robert Wood Johnson and Center for Creative Leadership’s “Ladder to Leadership” Program.