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Friday December 1, 2006
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Get the PRINT version of this program announcement.
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PBS documentary producer Matthew Eisen will discuss his groundbreaking television series, Remaking American Medicine… Health Care for the 21st Century ™, which aired on PBS in October 2006. The series, underwritten by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, explores how patients, providers, and payers are working together to improve the quality of health care delivered in the United States.
Eisen is co-executive producer and series producer of the four-part series. He spent five years visiting institutions and interviewing individuals across the country who are working to bridge what the Institute of Medicine calls the “quality chasm” that exists in health care. Drawing on unprecedented access to these institutions, Remaking American Medicine™ presents detailed and emotionally engaging profiles of individuals struggling to fix our broken health care system. The stories are told through the eyes of doctors, nurses, administrators and patients, showing their struggles, their setbacks and their victories.
In his presentation, Eisen will show video clips from the series and address current efforts to transform the health care industry. He will share his insights on such topics as confronting the epidemic of chronic disease; medication errors; transparency; and patient-centered care.
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The series on PBS
The series ran on Rocky Mountain PBS, Channel 6, and PBS stations in Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, and throughout the country. If you missed the show, you can purchase a copy on DVD. The four one-hour programs are:
PROGRAM 1 - Silent Killer
profiles individuals who are committed to fixing a health care system that is estimated to kill up to 98,000 people a year.
PROGRAM 2 - First Do No Harm
focuses on efforts to eliminate hospital-acquired infections and medication errors.
PROGRAM 3 - The Stealth Epidemic
looks at groundbreaking efforts to create effective chronic disease management programs.
PROGRAM 4 - Hand in Hand
shows how a unique partnership between patients, families and providers is transforming a teaching hospital.
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For more information
The Remaking American Medicine™ series web site includes detailed episode guides, resources for caregivers and patients, profiles of the series' producers, and a link to purchase a DVD of the film.
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Matthew Eisen Bio
Matthew Eisen has been creating award-winning television programs for over 25 years. He has produced, written and directed a wide variety of projects, including a network television movie, primetime documentaries, public affairs reports, interactive training seminars, promotional videos, and live television and radio simulcasts. His work has appeared on the ABC, PBS, Discovery, TLC and Lifetime networks, and has been recognized with over 40 awards.
Eisen’s programs on such health care topics as AIDS, drug abuse during pregnancy, prenatal care and child abuse have received extensive distribution. Awards include four Emmys; First Place from the International Health & Medical Film Festival; two CINE Golden Eagles; the Scott Newman Drug Abuse Prevention Award for network television movie; and the Award of Excellence from the California Medical Association for "the best example of timely, scientifically correct, journalistically sound medical and health care reporting for the year."
Eisen is a partner in Crosskeys Media, and co-executive producer and series producer of Remaking American Medicine … Health Care for the 21st Century. He wrote, produced and directed “The Stealth Epidemic,” the third program in the four-part series.
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