The Jefferson College of Population Health is hosting Sarah Gantz and Charlotte Sutton, MPH of the Philadelphia Inquirer in "Philly Health Costs: What Patients are Teaching us About What's Wrong with our Health Care System," on October 10, 2018 from 8:30-9:30 am in Eakins Lounge in Jefferson Alumni Hall on 1020 Locust Street. 

The speakers will focus their presentation on how Philly Health Costs and the PriceCheck tools were developed; the impact of these tools on population health in the Greater Philadelphia region; and the role of technology is playing and is forecasted to play for patients in our health care system. 

Directly following the forum presentation, from 9:45-10:30 am, our speakers and Dr. Nash will have a more informal discussion with Grandon Society members and JCPH staff and facutly on the Philly Health Costs program.

For more information, contact vivian.castillo@jefferson.edu.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain why and how the Philly Health Costs and the PriceCheck tools were developed.
2. Describe the impact of these tools to population health in the Greater Philadelphia Region
3. Describe the role of technology is playing and is forecasted to play for patients in our health care system.

Meet the speakers:

Sarah Gantz
Health Care Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer
Ms. Gantz leads the Philadelphia Inquirer's coverage of health care costs. She joined the Inquirer in February 2018 from the Baltimore Sun, where she was a business reporter. She previously wrote about the business of health care for the Baltimore Business Journal and in 2014 was one of six reporters selected nationwide for a reporting fellowship with the Association of Health Care Journalists. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University.

Charlotte Sutton, MPH
Health and Science Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer 
Ms. Sutton directs the Philadelphia Inquirer's award-winning coverage of medical issues for both print and online. She joined the Inquirer in March 2015 from the Tampa Bay Times, where she was a health and medicine editor. As a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, she has covered a wide range of topics, from politics to consumer issues to the arts. She completed her master's degree in public health at the University of South Florida in 2014, focusing on health management and policy, particularly Medicare. She is a board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.