Lessons from the U.S.-China Healthcare Conference

BOSTON – April 11, 2012: A number of articles have been written about the U.S.-China Healthcare Conference, held in March at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Although the conference is now over, the ideas which were shared will make a lasting impact. A selection of the articles is provided below: China Law Blog: China’s Healthcare System Dr. Adam Powell and Dr. Youfa Wang, two of several presenters at this past weekend’s US-China Intercollegiate Healthcare Conference held on […]

U.S.-China Healthcare Conference a Success

Dr. Powell compares the American and Chinese Healthcare Systems

Chinese Healthcare Poster

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, […]

Dr. Powell and Dr. Wu to speak on healthcare in China

Hospital in Nanjing

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 […]