NH HEALTH CARE – IS THERE GOOD NEWS?

FILM SCREENINGS & DISCUSSION EVENTS TO BE HELD AROUND THE GRANITE STATE THIS FALL

(DURHAM, September 11, 2012) – Everyone needs some form of health care, but not everyone has the means to access it or pay for it. This fall, New Hampshire Public Television and the Endowment for Health are presenting six free screening and discussion events around the Granite State to encourage dialog about health care affordability, accessibility and quality in New Hampshire. At each event, the hour-long PBS documentary film U.S. HEALTH CARE: THE GOOD NEWS will be shown, followed by a panel and audience discussion based on the question, “NH Health Care – Is There Good News?”. The panels will be comprised of healthcare providers, policy makers and health care consumers, and the discussion at each event is intended to help people continue the dialog with friends, families, physicians, representatives and policy makers. By shedding light on health care innovations and opportunities in our own state, attendees will be able to compare what is happening across the country and in New Hampshire to make health care more affordable and accessible while ensuring good health outcomes. This series of free public events, funded by the Endowment for Health, is open to the public. It is produced in partnership with the NH Citizens Health Initiative. Register to attend at www.nhptv.org/health. A list of the screening locations is below. SCHEDULE OF FREE FILM SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS SEPTEMBER 20th, 3 P.M. White Mountain Regional High School, Whitefield Partners: North Country Health Consortium, White Mountain Regional High Panelists: Nancy Clark, President, Glen Group; Ed Shanshala, CEO, Ammonoosuc Community Health; Charlie Cotton, Area Director, Northern Human Services Moderator: Jeanne Ryer, Director, NH Citizens Health Initiative SEPTEMBER 26th, 6:30 P.M. UNH Manchester, Manchester 400 Commercial Street, 3rd floor auditorium (Parking in Arms Lot behind UNH Manchester is free after 5:30 p.m. www.manchester.unh.edu/about/parking-directions) Partners: UNH Manchester, Endowment for Health; sponsored by UNH Manchester Politics & Society and Psychology Programs Panelists: Stephen Ahnen, President, NH Hospital Association; Mary Vallier-Kaplan, Vice President, Endowment for Health; Amanda Grappone-Osmer, co-owner, Grappone Group Moderator: Karen Ager, Director of Communications, Endowment for Health OCTOBER 9th, 4 P.M. Moore Hall, Filene Auditorium, Dartmouth College, Hanover Partner: ILEAD, Dartmouth Centers for Health & Aging Panelists: Barbara Couch, VP CSR, Hypertherm and President, HOPE Foundation; Dr. Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS, Director of Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging; Denise Anthony, Associate Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College; Rushika Fernandopulle, CEO of IORA Health Moderator: Jeanne Ryer, Director, NH Citizens Health Initiative OCTOBER 16th AT 7 P.M. Keene State College, Mabel Brown Room, Young Student Center, Keene Partners: Keene State College, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene Panelists: Dr. Don Caruso, Medical Director, Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene; Barbara Duckett, President, Home Healthcare Hospice; Dr. Thomas Connelly, Director, Nursing Program at Keene State College Moderator: Ned Helms, Director, NH Institute of Health Policy and Practices OCTOBER 17th AT 3:30 P.M. Plymouth State University, Heritage Commons, Plymouth Partner: Mid State Health Center; Nursing and Social Work Departments at Plymouth State University Panelists: Dr. Fred S. Kelsey, Medical Director, Mid-State Health Center; Tom Bunnell, Policy Maker, NH Voices for Health; Stephen Gorin Ph.D., MSW, Professor of Social Work, Plymouth State University Moderator: Jeanne Ryer, Director, NH Citizens Health Initiative NOVEMBER 15th AT 1 P.M. New Hampshire Public Television Broadcast Center, Durham Partner: NH Citizens Health Initiative, Active Retirement Association Panelists: Phil Boulter, Medical Director, Tufts Health Care; Janet Atkins, CEO, Goodwin Community Health; Jeffrey Hughes, VP Strategic Planning, Wentworth- Douglass Hospital ; Patricia Ramsey, Owner, Edgewood Centre, Portsmouth. NH Moderator: Jeanne Ryer, Director, NH Citizens Health Initiative About the Endowment for Health: The Endowment for Health was established in 1999 and is the state’s largest health foundation. Since 2001, the Endowment has awarded 873 grants totaling more than $35 million to support a wide range of health-related programs and projects in New Hampshire.

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