CONFERENCE II
CCAHS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONSUMER
(NSF Grant No. 055772)
HELD ON SEPTEMBER 16 1978 [reported in]
CONSUMER HEALTH PERSPECTIVES Vol. V, No. 6 (Pub. 12/78)
THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ON
SICKNESS AND DEATH
Papers and Presenters:
Major Diseases of Modern America: What Difference Has Technology Really Made? (David Bantz, M.D.)
Health Planning: Can It Affect Sickness and Health (Florence B. Fiore, Dr. P.H.)
(Dr. Gieger spoke about the ability of health planning to affect sickness and death. The text of his presentation was not made available.)
LEAD POISONING: TECHNICAL FIX FOR A HUMAN PROBLEM (Joel N. Buxbaum, M.D.)
WORKSHOP I
A SIMULATION: THE CITY OF NEW YORK HSA REVIEWS
A CAT SCANNER PROPOSAL
Moderator: None listed.
Panelists: Oscar Rosenfeld, C.S.W., Assistant Dean for Administration, School of Social Work, New York University; Major Karl Nelson, Associate Director, Booth Memorial Medical Center; Neal Heyman, Assistant Director, Queens HSA; Katherine Wynkoop, Assistant Director, New York HSA
WORKSHOP II
HEALTH PLANNING, MEDICAID AND WHO’S AT RISK FOR WHAT THE CITY OF NEW YORK HSA CONSIDERS AN OUT OF HOSPITAL CHILD-BEARING CENTER
(A simulation of an actual project review.)
Moderator: Sarah Frierson, Member, Board of Directors, NYC HSA
Panelists: Ruth Watson Lubic, C.N.A., General Director, Maternity Center Association; John Steen, Acting Assistant Director, Staten Island HSA; Shirley Mayer, M.D., First Deputy Commissioner of Health, New York City; Marsha Hurst, Ph.D., Board of Directors, Maternity Center Association, Michell Kahmi, Board of directors, Maternity Center Association; Doris Haire, President, American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health, Inc.
WORKSHOP III
BREAST CANCER: PREVENTION, DETECTION AND TREATMENT
Moderator: Henry Patrick Lois, Jr., M.D., Clinical Professor of Surgery and Chief, Breast Service, New York Medical College
Panelists: John Boland, M.D., Department of Radiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Andrea Egan, writer and member of HealthRight, a women’s health education and advocacy organization; Guy Robbins, M.D., Department of Surgery, Director of Cancer Control, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute; Phillip Strax, M.D., Medical Director, Guttman Institute and Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, New York Medical College
WORKSHOP IV
HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM—IS IT WORTH IT?
Moderator: Norma Goodwin, M.D., President, Amron Management Consultants, Inc.;
Panelists: Kathleen hunt, Research and Evaluation Specialist of the New York city emergency Services System; Emil Pascarelli, M.D., Chief of Ambulatory Care, Beekman-Downtown Hospital; Judith Wessler, Consumer Health Advocates, MYF Legal Services