SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute

Since 1999, the SIU School of Law, the School of Medicine, the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, and Southern Illinois Healthcare have sponsored the annual Health Policy Institute. Students, physicians, allied healthcare professionals, attorneys, and other professionals from a four-state area gather to listen to national experts and discuss current regulatory and public policy issues. Topics have included consumer-driven health care, medical malpractice, the long-term care system and the role of regulation, managed care, access to health care, rural health care, children’s mental health services, and patient safety.

2006
Eighth Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Legal and Policy Implications (May 19, 2006)

2005
Seventh Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Is There a Solution? (May 20, 2005)

2004
Sixth Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Improving the Long-Term Care System: What is the Role of Legislation? (May 20 and 21, 2004)

2003
Fifth Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Caring for Our Children: Delivery of Mental Health Services to Children and Adolescents (May 15 and 16, 2003)

2002
Fourth Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Patient Safety and Medical Errors: Reporting and Disclosure Issues (May 30 and 31, 2002)

2001
Third Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Rural Health Care: Current Issues and Decisions (May 31 and June 1, 2001)

2000
Second Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Health Care Assess: New Directions or Old Paradigms? (May 18 and 19, 2000)

1999
First Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute
Managed Care: Evolution or Extinction? (May 20 and 21, 1999)