Blue Ribbon Panel
The availability of affordable, accessible high quality health care is an issue for everyone in San Francisco. That is why in 2008, San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier and Mitch Katz, M.D., director of San Francisco’s Department of Public Health, convened a ‘blue ribbon’ panel of experts to look at the health care needs of San Francisco, and in particular the role that St. Luke’s plays. Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D, MPH, Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley chaired the panel, and Rt. Reverend Marc Andrus, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, served as vice-chair.
BLUE RIBBON PANEL MEETING INFORMATION
Final AgreementsConsensus Positions for Recommendations to CPMC’s Board of Directors
All Blue Ribbon Panel meetings were open to the public.
The Community Outreach Task Force
A special Community Outreach Task Force was created in 2008 to help the panel in its work. The Community Outreach Task Force was comprised of community leaders from all over San Francisco. The Task Force was responsible for gathering and presenting community input to the ‘Blue Ribbon’ Panel. California Pacific's Steve Lockhart, M.D., Ph.D. served as the community liaison to the panel with the help of the Rev. John Golenski, a neutral third party.
