A Civic Perspective: Health Care and Justice

Gwen Fischer, Prof. Emeritus, Hiram College, Single-Payer Action Networks (SPAN) of Ohio and Debbie Silverstein, Single-Payer Action Networks (SPAN) of Ohio talk about the deteriorating state of health care access for U.S. citizens over the last generation. Gwen and Debbie share health care advocacy and personal perspectives in preparation for the March 2009 Midtown Brews civic forum, “The New Landscape of Health Care Reform,” in Cleveland, Ohio. (You can learn more about I-Open civic conversations at Midtown Brews)

Gwen and Debbie’s conversation is not unique; it is one of a million conversations going on now that identify new opportunities for whole system change. Conversations like these illuminate how to improve patient and family care, information access and service delivery, and large scale implementation of preventative medicine, disease evaluation and diagnosis.

Our opportunity is to connect civic, research and industry leaders to advance innovations targeted to health care delivery and preventative medicine for US citizens and the world.

At the October COINs conference, filmmaker Jesse Dylan will explore questions and solutions in his conference keynote address and talk about Lybba, the open source health care resource he founded.

The COINs 2010 conference brings leaders like Jesse in health care with others in design, technology, government, education, and transportation to share knowledge. It is in such a culture of openness, transparency, and compassion that global transformational advances will be discovered.

Join us to be part of the experience. Begin by signing in to become a member of the COINs 2010 Friendship Map. Register for Savannah, Georgia conference workshops so you can learn about discoveries in the emerging science of collaboration for competitive advantage in your work. Register here.

For those unable to join us face-to-face, conference sessions will be streamed on the COINs Conference Channel with the generous support of our broadcast partner, Livestream. Archive sessions will be available immediately following the live presentations. We'll be posting broadcast updates here for you soon.

Whether face-to-face or online, plan to connect with us Thu Oct 7th, Fri 8th, and Sat 9th, 2010 and share your insights for transformation in this brave new world.

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The COINs 2010 conference, Oct. 7–9, 2010 is presented in collaboration by I-Open and the COINs Collaborative, an initiative of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Wayne State University College of Engineering, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Collective Intelligence. The collaborative builds open knowledge networks to advance the emerging science of collaboration for research and industry competitive advantage. For more information and to register for the COINs 2010 conference, visit www.coins2010.com