About Remaking American Medicine
is a four-part primetime television series intended for broadcast on
PBS in early 2006. The series is being produced by the award-winning media company,
Crosskeys Media. KQED in San Francisco is the presenting PBS station.
The series tells the stories of individuals and institutions struggling to address
the significant problems that now plague our health care system. The PBS series
focuses on the breathtaking advances being made in improving the quality of
patient care and will feature compelling profiles of providers and patients
who are working together to change fundamentally the way health care is delivered
in this country. The goal of Remaking American Medicine is to inspire
and empower viewers, by demonstrating what transforming the quality of patient
care can mean to all Americans.
To learn more about the pioneering work of these innovative individuals and
institutions click on Champions of Change.
The series and accompanying national outreach campaign are made possible thanks
to the following funders and supporters:
The Amgen Foundation, lead
corporate sponsor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, major underwriter
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Learn more about the programs in the television series.
A national public outreach campaign is underway to help spread the word about
the pioneering work being accomplished in improving health care, and to generate
the widest possible audience for the public television series. As of February
2005, 30 national organizations have signed on as National Partners, including
health care providers¸ purchasers, consumers and patient advocates, health care
experts and government and regulatory groups. These organizations are alerting
their members and encouraging them to participate in community-based activities
designed to draw public attention to improving the quality of health care. In
many regions of the country, such efforts are being led by the nation's Quality
Improvement Organizations (QIOs) that are forming coalitions comprised of other
groups that are equally committed to improving health care. Collectively, National
Partners can reach more than 100 million Americans with information about improving
health care quality.