ADVISORY/eHealth Initiative to Hold First ePolicy Conference On Health Care Technology.Business & Health Editors ADVISORY...For Tuesday (May 22) --(BW HealthWire) Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 Time: 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there ) Location: San Diego Convention Center The San Diego Convention Center is the main convention center for the city of San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. , San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. eHealth Initiative (eHI), a national advocacy and trade organization representing an alliance of stakeholders in the health care technology community, will host its first ePolicy conference in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. tomorrow. The ePolicy conference will include a discussion of public policies that impact eHealth strategies, plus insight from leaders who will share strategies for driving the rapid adoption of Internet-enabled and other emerging technologies to improve health care. A session on *Driving Improvement in the Quality of Health Care Information on the Internet* will be of particular interest to the media. Presenters will be available to address results of a study to be released next week on the quality of health information on the Internet. Media welcome to all sessions. Speakers and issues to be addressed include: --Overview of the eHealth Policy Agenda-- Bruce Fried, partner and chair of the Health Law Practice, Shaw Pittman --Overview of the Congressional Agenda-- Representative Pete Stark Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. (born November 11, 1931) is an American politician from the state of California. A Democrat, he has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1973, in three different districts (due to redistricting). (D-CA) --Using Technology to Improve Health Care: the Purchaser's Perspective-- Tom Weatherup, director e-health care implementation, General Motors Corporation William R. Maloney, national practice leader for technology and e-business for health care and group benefits practices, William M. Mercer David Hopkins, Ph.D., director of health information improvement, Pacific Business Group on Health --Using Technology to Improve Health Care: the Health Plan's Perspective-- Anna-Lisa Silvestre, director, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Online John Fessler, president, payor services division, MedUnite --Quality of Health Care Information on the Internet: What Consumers are Telling Us-- Thaddeus Grimes-Gruczka, vice president of health care and Carolyn Gratzer, manager health care strategy, CyberDialogue, Inc. Tom Ferguson, M.D., senior research fellow for the Pew Internet and American Life Project Guy D'Andrea, senior vice president, URAC URAC Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (health care accreditation & certification) URAC University Recreation & Aquatic Centre Ltd (Australia) URAC Union Regional de Apoyo Campesino --Driving Improvement in the U.S. Health Care System Through Technology-- Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., MPH, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , the National Quality Forum --Driving Improvement in the Quality of Health Care Information on the Internet-- Donald W. Kemper, MPH, chair and president, Hi-Ethics, Inc. Guy D'Andrea, senior vice president, URAC John Mack, president, Internet Healthcare Coalition |
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