The Center for the Health Professions

August 2008

Centering On…The Cost of Care

Our health care system is the most expensive in the world, but many are excluded and our health outcomes are not the best. This month, Ed O'Neil identifies three factors we must address to slow the growth of a sector that is already 15.5% of our GDP.

To read this essay, click here.

The Pharmacy Leadership Institute (PLI) welcomes the fifth Kaiser Permanente cohort, which will begin the year-long leadership program in September. For more information on the PLI, click here.

The Center is now accepting nominations for the inaugural class for the Institute for Physician Leadership, a nine-month program designed to improve the ability of physicians in junior positions to bring about change within their organizations and improve job satisfaction. For more information, click here.

This month the Leaders Advance highlights Brenda Shipp, a participant in the Center's newest leadership program: the Clinic Leadership Institute (CLI), which focuses on emerging leaders in California's community clinics. To read more about Ms. Shipp and her experience in the CLI, click here.