Filmmakers and change agents discuss fixing the broken U.S. health care system

6:30-8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006

C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple St., Boston

The premise that an informed public is critical to making the U.S. health care system safer and more effective is what drives Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century, a four-part television series airing this month on PBS.

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kenneth S. Greemberg, one of the film series' creators, will introduce a panel discussion of the series, and selections will be shown.

The panel

Moderator: Madge Kaplan, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Frank Christopher, executive producer of Remaking American Medicine

Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Lucian Leape, MD, Harvard School of Public Health

Linda Kenney, president, Medically Induced Trauma Support Services

RSVP by Oct. 20, 2006