Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Stakeholders Convene in Washington, DC for Worki...(nclude the release of educational materi...),Health

Date:4/7/2009

nclude the release of educational materials designed to reach out to consumers and to empower patients in their central role in the PCMH. Speakers invited to speak in a panel on this topic include Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, executive director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation; Dorothy Jefferies, MBA, MSW, MA, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Health; Bob Taveres, vice president of care management for Emmi Solutions; Rob Dribbon of Merck & Company and Christine Bechtel, vice president of National Partnership for Women and Families.

The Stakeholder's Working Meeting will also feature the release of a Resource Guide developed by the PCPCC Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange. David Nace, M.D., a vice president and chief medical officer of the McKesson Corporation, co-chairs this Center and will present a session entitled "Meaningful Connections: Advancing the Patient Centered Medical Home Through Health IT."

Expert panels will also discuss topics such as the impact of current federal activities; transforming clinical practice into a medical home; and building the successful PCMH team. A sample of these conference panelists includes:

• Christine Sinsky, M.D.
• Suzanne Mitchell, M.D., Faculty, Boston University School of Medicine
• Linda Strand, PharmD, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor College of Pharmacy University of Minnesota
• Rich Antonelli, M.D., Associate Professor and Division Head, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Linda Magno, Medicare Demonstration Group, CMS
• Phil Magistro, Pennsylvania Governor's Office of Health Care Reform, Southeast Pennsylvania Chronic Care Commission Rollout
• Dr. Lynn Mitchell, M.D., Oklahoma State Medicaid Dir
  '/>"/>

SOURCE The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative Copyright©2009 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

0 GOOD

Page: 1 2 3
Related medicine news :

1. National Quality Forum Endorses Guidelines to Reduce Disparities in Healthcare and Make Care Patient-Centered and Culturally Appropriate
2. Electronic Health Record Advances Patient-Centered Cancer Care at Cancer Treatment Centers of America
3. Electronic Health Record Advances Patient-Centered Cancer Care
4. Patient-Centered Medical Homes Can Improve Care, Reduce Costs; Independence Blue Cross Medical Executive Discusses Innovative PA Program With Nations Health Care Policy Makers
5. Healthcare Leaders Focus on Patient-Centered Care at Annual Planetree Conference
6. American College of Physicians receives grant to study cost of patient-centered medical home
7. Health Care Leaders to Use New National Criteria for Patient-Centered Medical Home
8. Fauquier Hospital - One of Only Five Nationwide to Receive Formal Designation as Patient-Centered Hospital
9. S.C. BlueCross and Palmetto Primary Care Physicians Launch Medical Home Pilot Project
10. Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Lorcaserin Pivotal Phase 3 Obesity Trial Results: Meets All Primary Efficacy and Safety Endpoints
11. US experiencing primary care shortage likes of which we have not seen