DANVERS, Mass., Sept. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, Inc., today announced a special live event next month in Washington, D.C., where Kaiser Permanente executives will reveal their strategies for strengthening the bonds among care providers and communities to build relationships and make a greater impact on people's health.
The event is part of a series of HealthLeaders Media Rounds focused on various topics of concern to hospitals and health systems nationwide. It will be held the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2012, and can also be attended virtually by logging onto a live Web simulcast.
The rate to participate in the program is $399 for individual attendees. For more information about the event or to register, please go to http://www.hcmarketplace.com/ev-10638.html.
"In addition to their primary role of delivering care to patients, health care providers have a new mandate of providing cost-effective tools to help people manage and improve their total health," said Jim Molpus, strategic relationships director at HealthLeaders Media. "But none of these tools is effective when used in isolation – it takes a coordinated strategy that combines the latest innovations in information technology, social media, and investment in community-based health programs to move the needle."
The program for the session -- "Kaiser Permanente's Model for Total Health" -- will include specific solutions, interactive Q&A, and lessons learned, including how to:
- Create targeted community outreach programs that impact people's "total" health
- Use web tools and social media to create truly effective linkage between physicians and members
- Understand the higher role of HIT in coordinating care among a team of providers
Attendees will receive free copies of a recently completed white paper, which can also be downloaded at http://www.pages05.net/hcpro/Oct16Rounds/.
The speakers include: Raymond J. Baxter, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy; Debra Carlton, M.D., Associate Medical Director of Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Informatics and Coding & Documentation; Janet Liang, Hawaii Region President; and Bernadette Loftus, M.D., Associate Executive Director.
HealthLeaders Media Rounds provide healthcare leaders with access to in-depth insights, analysis and recommendations on specific challenges facing the industry. Using a case study format, Rounds events feature an array of leaders from host facilities who collectively share insights on how they have accomplished a particular initiative. This wide-angle view provides healthcare leaders with the ability to incorporate real-world solutions learned from the event into their own systems.
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HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, Inc., is a leading multi-platform media company dedicated to meeting the business information needs of healthcare executives and professionals. As an integrated media company, HealthLeaders Media includes HealthLeaders magazine, HealthLeadersMedia.com, the HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit, HealthLeaders Media Rounds events, HealthLeaders Media Breakthroughs reports, and California HealthFax. All these platforms may be found online atwww.healthleadersmedia.com.