NEW YORK, July 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Strategic Research Institute presents the 4th Annual Disease Management: Future Challenges forum on July 31 -- August 2, 2006 at the World Trade Center and Seaport Hotel in Boston. This year's event will debut a study of healthcare leadership on emerging challenges and issues facing various stakeholders. This study will be presented by Dr. David B. Nash, conference chair and Chair Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College. Other top industry leaders scheduled to present include:
-- Timothy Murphy, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health
and Human Services
-- Andrew Webber, President and Chief Executive Officer, National
Business Coalition on Health (NBCH)
-- David W. Plocher, SVP, of Business Intelligence & Informatics, Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
-- David Whitehouse MD, Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Strategy and
Innovation, United Behavioral Health
-- Alberto M. Columbi MD, MPH, Corporate Medical Director, PPG
Industries Inc.
-- David Atkins, MD, MPH, Senior Policy Analyst, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
-- David Brumley, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Disease Management, Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
-- Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSC, Clinical Informatics Research &
Development, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public
Health
-- James Rosenzweig, Joslin Diabetes Center, Director Diabetes Disease
Management.
-- Glen P. Mays, Ph.D., MPH, University of Arkansas Medical College
and Center for Studying Health System Change
-- John O. H. Toledano Jr., Vice President, Human Resources,
Acme-McCrary Corporation, North Carolina Hosiery Manufacturers
Association
Partial list of attending companies includes:
American Health Data Institute American Healthways APS Healthcare Astoria Medical Center California Public Employees Retirement Systems Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Children's Mercy Hospital ConocoPhillips Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Eli Lilly and Company Fidelity Investments Fiserv Health GenoMed Health Alliance Plan Health New England Health Plus Health First Kaiser Permanente King Hussein Cancer Center Med Day Sweden Mercy Children's Hospital Mercy Clinics Merrill Lynch MetLife Mission Hospitals Ohio KePRO, Inc. Operating Engineers Local 3 Ovations/UnitedHealth Group Partners Neurology Pfizer Health Solutions Philips Electronics Quality Books & Audio Ltd. RMS Disease Management Stanford University State of Wyoming Department of Health Sun Health/MediSun The Christian and Missionary Alliance The Healthcare Blog The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Ohio Department of Mental Health Thomson Medstat TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool Trimbos-instituut United States Air Force UnitedHealth Group University of Michigan Health System University of Rhode Island For complete conference agenda details and registration information: Call: 800-599-4950/212-967-0095 E-mail: info@srinstitute.com Log on: www.srinstitute.com/CH142
Group registration rates are available. For more information, please contact Rupa Ranganathan, Program Director, at 212-967-0095 ext. 252 or rranganathan@srinstitute.com.
Please mention priority code DPR001632 when registering.