Conference for Healthcare Transparency and Pateint Advocacy

Kentucky 45th in the
Nation for Healthcare
Source The Commonwealth Fund

Sponsoring Organizations

Health Watch USA
(A designated "Community Leader" for Value-Driven Healthcare by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.)

Kentucky Medical Association

Consumers Union
(Publisher of Consumer Reports)

Pulaski County Medical Society

Participating Organizations

Kentuckians for Nursing
Home Reform

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Subscribe to Health Watch USA's Newsletter !! Lexington Herald Leader Op-Ed 'Never Events & Nurse Staffing Levels.' Comments on Healthcare Transparency from Unions, Chambers and Business Organizations (US Dept of Health and Human Services) Due to unforeseen circumstances, speakers and topics may change without notice.
	Dr. Regina Herzlinger Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School. Author of "Who Killed Health Care?".
	Daniel Mongiardo, MD Lieutenant Governor State of Kentucky
	Joycelyn Elders, MD Past-US Surgeon General and Patient Advocate.
	L. D. Britt, MD, FACS Chairman of the Board of Regents - American College of Surgeons
	J oseph Miller, JD Assistant Chief, Anit-Trust Division Office of the US Assistant Attorney General
	Marvin Feit, PhD Editor Journal of Health and Social Policy.
	Twila Brase RN, PHN President, Citizens' Council on Health Care.
	Nadeem Esmail Director of Health System Performance Studies and Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute.
	Garrett Adams, MD Physicians for a National Healthcare Program
	Elissa Schuler Adair PhD Consumer Union - Manager of Healthcare Research. CU efforts in healthcare transparency.

Call For Papers !!!

The Conference for Healthcare Transparency and Patient Advocacy is issuing a call for papers for the Nov. 13, 2009 conference. Four 25 minute presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts. Presentations should describe or research an idea or example of how to change our healthcare system and/or how to better advocate for patients. Submissions should be on two pages. The first is an Author Contact Page with the name, e-mail, address and institution of the author. The second is the Abstract Page and should contain a 300 word abstract and a statement regarding any funding or conflicts of interest with the presentation. If no conflicts exist, this needs to be clearly stated.

All submissions will be blindly reviewed by a committee of three active and retired academicians. All accepted presentations will be expected to submit a narrative with references to the Journal of Health and Social Policy. (Conference is scheduled to be held on Nov. 13, 2009 at the Four Points Sheraton in Lexington, Kentucky.)

Please send submissions in MS Word format to info@healthconference.org

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Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances agenda & speakers may change without notice.

2009 Conference Objectives

To understand the impact of the uninsured. on the health care system.

To differentiate the merits and problems with the various types of health care delivery systems and their abilities to serve the uninsured, including:

Single—Payer System
Canadian Health Care System
Consumer-Driven Health Care

To list the contributing factors leading to a shortage of nurses, primary care physicians and general surgeons.

To understand the regulatory impact of the
Certificate of Need on competition.

2009 Accreditation

As with the previous Health Watch USA Conferences Continuing Education for the following categories will be applied for and approval is expected.

Six hours of continuing education for Doctors.
Six hours of continuing education for Nurses.
Six hours of Continuing Legal Education for Lawyers.
Six Hours of Continuing Education for Social Workers.
6.25 hours of continuing education has been approved for Human Resource Managers.