Dr. Powell compares the American and Chinese Healthcare Systems
Fair Observer, an online news magazine, has recently published a comparison of the American and Chinese healthcare systems written by Adam C. Powell, Ph.D.
The article begins:
China and the United States are both in the process of undergoing healthcare reform. In 2009, China announced its healthcare reform, which it elaborated upon through the 12th Five-Year Plan released by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 2011. After considerable debate, the US launched its own series of reforms, with the HITECH Act, which was a component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was a standalone entity that was enacted in 2010. While both reforms were created in part to increase access to health insurance, they were created for differing reasons and do so in different ways. After comparing the two reforms and their resulting healthcare systems, three general themes emerge; healthcare systems are influenced by national objectives, the structure of the government, and economic conditions.
To read the full article, please visit Fair Observer.
U.S.-China Healthcare Conference receives press coverage
Payer+Provider has helped organize the 2012 Intercollegiate U.S.-China Healthcare Conference, which will be held at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on March 24th, 2012. In doing so, we hope to inspire students to become passionate about the field of health services research and to help create greater American dialogue about the Chinese healthcare system and healthcare reform. The conference has received a bit of coverage in the press:
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Program in Public Health Studies
Dr. Powell to speak on the impact of America’s healthcare reform on China
On Thursday, May 10th, 2012, Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. will speak at the 14th Shanghai International Forum on Biotechnology and the Pharmaceutical Industry (BIO-FORUM) in Shanghai, China. He has been invited to attend by the Modern Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry Office of Shanghai Municipality.
During his speech, Dr. Powell will discuss America’s 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the impact that it may have on China’s biotechnology, hospital, and pharmaceutical industries as it is implemented. His speech will highlight how recent innovations in the American and Chinese healthcare delivery systems will impact how patients receive care, get prescriptions, and purchase pharmaceticals and medical devices. He will also discuss the business opportunities in China and the United States generated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Powell and Dr. Wu to speak on healthcare in China
On Saturday, March 24th, 2012, Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. and Di Wu, B.Pharm., Ph.D., FCP will speak at the 2012 Intercollegiate US-China Healthcare Conference. The Philadelphia-based conference is jointly sponsored by Global China Connection and the Penn Biotech Group, and will feature a closing keynote by Sheldon Dorenfest, founder of The Dorenfest Group.
Dr. Powell’s speech will be on the future of the Chinese healthcare system. In 2009, a year before the U.S. passed the Affordable Care Act, China released a healthcare reform plan of its own. The Chinese reform contained both changes to be made from 2009-2011 and from 2011-2020. Dr. Powell will review the progress to date, highlight changes planned for the future, and compare the reform to the contemporaneous reform occurring in the U.S. Dr. Wu will speak on a panel discussing the future of clinical research and pharmacology in China. China’s healthcare reform is substantially impact both how medicines are manufactured and dispensed.
Dr. Concannon’s findings on access to angioplasty published in Circulation
Thomas W. Concannon, Ph.D. has had his findings on the availability of angioplasty published in the January 2011 issue of Circulation. Dr. Concannon found that while over a five-year period, there has been a 44 percent increase in the number of hospitals offering emergency care such as angioplasty to restore normal blood flow after a heart attack, access to care has improved by only 1 percent. A summary of the findings were presented on DailyRx.
