The Center for Patient Partnerships

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April 21, 2010	The State Bar of Wisconsin's Health Law Section chose Meg Gaines, the Center's Director, to receive the first inaugural Health Law Lawyer of the Year award, to be presented May 6, 2010 at the State Bar's Annual Convention. Click here to view a PDF of the announcement.
Winter 2010	CPP's Winter 2010 Newsletter
January 13, 2010 December 26, 2009	AUDIO The Center's Director, Meg Gaines, was interviewd by the Wisconsin Story Project, an artist collective that aims to involve the residents of Wisconsin in the gathering and sharing of its stories in creative, lasting, and sustainable ways. Part 1 Meg Gaines shares her personal cancer story in the first episode of her two part Storycast. Listen/download: Wisconsin Storycast Episode 3: The Smoking Gun (MP3, 56.7MB) Part 2 In the second installment of her two part Storycast, Meg tells the story of how the Center came about, what it stands for, who needs it most, and what it means to be a survivor. Listen/download: Wisconsin Storycast Episode 4: The Summit (MP3, 42MB)
Winter 2009	UW Madison's Alumni Magazine, On Wisconsin, featured the Center in "The Wayfinders" (PDF). An excerpt of this article also appared in the March-April 2010 Utne Reader as "When the Doctor's Away".
October 30, 2009	The Center is featured in Madison's Isthmus newspaper in "Comforting the afflicted."
October 28, 2009	AUDIO WORT Radio in Madison interviewed Sarah Davis, the Center's Associate Director, as part of its "Madison Rx" series. October 28, 2009 People with chronic or life-threatening illness and confusing or inadequate health-care provision often feel they have nowhere to turn. The UW-Madison Center for Patient Partnerships, affiliated with the UW Schools of Law, Medicine & Public Health, Nursing, and Pharmacy was founded to provide advocacy for just such patients. Reporter Anne Chacon spoke this afternoon with Sarah Davis, Associate Director of the Center. Listen/download: MP3 (5.4MB)
October 19 & 22, 2009	AUDIO & VIDEO As part of UW Health's 2009 Quality Week, Meg Gaines presented "Recipe for Consumer Engagement: The Critical Ingredients" and Jessica Gilkison participated in the "Keynote Reactor Panel".
April 1, 2009	Sarah Davis, the Center's Associate Director, receives a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program to create a course on advocacy and leadership in community public health.
March 19, 2009	AUDIO & VIDEO Meg Gaines presented "Patient Advocacy at the Center for Patient Partnerships" to the UW Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Watch/Listen: UW Innovations in Medical Education Video Library
January 29, 2009 November 20-27, 2008	VIDEO Wisconsin Public Television's "In Wisconsin" program featured the Center's unique work in a 3-part series that highlighted the transformational experiences of patients and students. Additional clips of interview excerpts with patients and students are also provided on WPT's website.
November 6, 2008	Center's Annual "If the Shoe Fits" Fundraiser
September 2008	Fall 2008 Newsletter
April 15, 2008	Center featured on WTMJ4 Milwaukee newscast: Cancer Coaches
February 21, 2008	AUDIO Meg Gaines featured on NPR/New York: The Bryant Park Report
January 2008	Ten Strategies to build partnerships with patients, authored by Center staff, appears in the January 2008 issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal
Winter 2008	The Gargoyle, the alumni magazine of the UW Law School, publishes feature story about the Center: Helping Today's Patients, Training Tomorrow's Professionals
December 4, 2007	Center featured on WKOW Channel 27 Madison: Buyer Beware: Not All Health Insurance Created Equally, and the follow-up segment: 27 News Troubleshooter Update: Madison Man Gets More Money From Health Insurance Company, December 31, 2007
February 18, 2007	"We All Have an Interest in Expanding Patient Advocacy," Renie Schapiro, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18, 2007
February 12, 2007	"DENIED INDIVIDUAL POLICIES; A gap in her health coverage creates a worst-case scenario" Guy Boulton and Susanne Rust, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 12, 2007
May 27, 2006	"In the Patients' Corner," Mark Hansel, Las Vegas Sun, May 27, 2006
May 23, 2006	AUDIO Meg Gaines on "Conversations with Larry Meiller", Wisconsin Public Radio. Listen: WPR Audio Archive (Real Media File)* * This file requires the RealPlayer)
March 23, 2006	VIDEO (Webcast) Meg Gaines and Pete Daly presented "Achieving Successful Health Care Outcomes", Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Watch at DHFS' Webcast Library
October 24, 2005	"Your Guide to the Medical Maze," Anne Tergesen, Business Week, October 24, 2005
August 14, 2005	"Awash in Information, Patients Face a Lonely, Uncertain Road," Jan Hoffman, New York Times, August 14, 2005
March 20, 2005	AUDIO Meg Gaines on "To the Best of Our Knowledge", Wisconsin Public Radio. Listen: WPR Audio Archives
April 5, 2002	AUDIO Meg Gaines is interviewed on "Jean Feraca", National Public Radio. Listen/download: Part I (MP3, 12.3 MB) Part II (MP3, 9.6 MB)

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