All are welcome to attend this general interest meeting about Benjamin Rush Insitute. Faculty adviser Dr. Jason Eberl will be on hand to make several remarks and offer leadership guidance.
Dr. Keith Smith is a pioneer in free market medicine. The things he and his coworkers have accomplished are an example of how price transparency and free market principles can lead to affordable, high quality healthcare.
Everyone is welcome to attend. RSVP is required for this event. This is especially important for non-GW affiliated guests as I will need to get your name on the list at the front security desk. Please bring a photo ID.
Refreshments will be served.
NOTE: This event take place Eastern Time.
PARKING: Best method is to take the metro to the Foggy Bottom Metro Station on the blue/orange line. For those who prefer to drive, there is limited, free 2-hour parking east of the building. Or there is metered parking in the surrounding area.
This event occurs in the Central Time Zone, starting at 12 noon. Lunch (sandwiches or pizza) will be provided. 
BRI/AMA Journal Club is a meeting where students present and discuss news or journal articles on various extra-medical topics. Themes relate to health policy, public health, medical technology, and much more. Other upcoming 2015 dates are: Mar 25; Apr 29; May 13.
BRI sponsored a table at this event, which resulted in one new chapter forming at Stony Brook School of Medicine and many new contacts..
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MB Device and the Process of New Medical Technology
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Vas Abramov, Director of Engineering and Manufacturing at Occam Design and CEO of MB Device, LLC
Welcome! This will be the first event held by the St. Louis University School of Medicine BRI Chapter. We will give a brief introductory message about what BRI stands for and hand out informational material. Following the introduction, we will show the "Code Black" documentary. Finally, we will encourage attendees to attend our next event which will hopefully be held in March.
Parking is available at Hickory East Garage Visitor Parking, 3424 Hickory Street, St. Louis, MO.
NOTE: This event take place Eastern Time. Snacks and appetizers will be served. An RSVP is appreciated. We look forward to seeing you there and helping us kick off St. Louis University School of Medicine's Benjamin Rush Institute Chapter!
Code Black is a must-see documentary for any medical student, regardless of specialization. This documentary is about Emergency Room 
medicine, and specifically about the LA County Hospital’s C-Booth trauma center. Follow the eye-opening, real world experience of ER doctors as their ability to deliver quality ER care changes when they move from the Old County Hospital to the New County Hospital. Read BRI contributing blogger Derek Dye’s movie review or watch the trailer.
BRI sponsored nine (9) medical students to attend this event. Several wrote blog posts outlining their experience of attending the American Academy of Private Physicians (AAPP) conference, and what they learned about the advantages of Direct Primary Care and free market medicine.
Are subsidies distributed through federal health insurance exchanges legal, or not? This is the question posed by King v. Burwell, scheduled for oral argument before the US supreme Court on March 4th with a ruling expected by June, 2015.
What is being deliberated, and why? How likely is it that the subsidies will be found illegal, and what would that mean for Oregon and Washington?
Just six days before the case is to be heard, you have the opportunity to learn the details from Michael Cannon, considered by some to be the "intellectual father" of the strategy behind this legal challenge. He will discuss the case, what is at stake in Oregon and Washington — and for the ACA in general — as well as present his thoughts on how Congress should reform healthcare.
Dr. Marion Mass, of Jellinek Pediatrics and a member of BRI's Speakers Bureau will speak to us on preserving the doctor-patient relationship in an era of increasing regulation. Refreshments will be served.
What is a "medical home?" Join us Monday, March 16th for a presentation by Dr. Roxanne Cech, from the Dept. of Family Medicine at OUHCOM. What does a patient-centered practice look like?
This event is free and is the Eastern time zone. RSVP's appreciated.
Come and join us for dinner and a movie on Thursday, March 19th at 6pm in room #339 of the Dana Biomedical Library on the main campus. We'll run through a few quick announcements and then watch the new documentary on American healthcare, Wait Till It's Free. The film is a provocative look at healthcare that questions whether greater government involvement in the financing and delivery of healthcare would be a good thing. If you plan to attend, please RSVP so that we can order the right amount of food.
Colin Gunn's 2014 documentary on the perils of government sponsored healthcare will be screened. Wait Til It's Free is "A provocative documentary film that takes a hard and honest look at the way we do healthcare in America.
The film looks at everything from the escalating cost of health insurance to the move towards socialized medicine - and some alternatives which preserve the doctor-patient relationship while providing quality care at affordable prices.
A discussion of the film will follow.