The 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 7-9, 2014 in Washington, D.C., is pleased to announce J. Knox Singleton, CEO of Inova Health System and Inova CFO Richard Magenheimer, will be a featured keynote presenters and address how partnerships and collaborations are driving the health care business model forward.
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Philadelphia—“If you build it, they will come” might work for fantasy baseball fields but it is probably not a good tactic for developing a real-world medical hub. A better strategy is to have a clear game plan, according to Douglas Bock, who spoke recently at the Patient Solution Services and Hub Design meeting.
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More than a hundred Front Range Community College students and staff in the first two weeks of the fall semester have joined a statewide movement to improve their health.
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Today, 3Pound HealthTM announced the full commercial release of EucoTM, a patient-engagement platform designed to expand the reach and impact of clinician-managed health and wellness programs.
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On the 3 days of WHCC 2014 The e-Performance team detected 1,872 mentions throughout social media coming from executives and experts in the healthcare industry, but these had the potential to reach 4 million people. These posts and comments on social media serve as a good source in order to understand what the industry trends are. At the top of the industry’s concerns is ‘Technology and Big Data’ and ‘Consumer Engagement’.
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Participants also may earn rewards for maintenance — losing the weight, keeping it off and weighing in once every 90 days. Personalized coaching through phone or email interaction is available upon on enrollment, and participants will receive emails and text messages, along with a daily meal plan, a weekly grocery shopping list and a daily workout plan, including strength and cardio.
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A theme that emerged at World Congress’ Second Annual Summit on The Evolving Role of Medical Affairs and Thought Leader Engagement in an Era of Transparency, held in Philadelphia from May 20 to 21, is that medical affairs teams face universal challenges — regardless of whether they’re housed within large Top 50 drug makers, small specialty biotechs or medical device companies.
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Last week's World Congress Second Annual Summit on The Evolving Role of Medical Affairs and Thought Leader Engagement in an Era of Transparency highlighted compliance challenges facing medical affairs departments.
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6 May 2014
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Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This educational resource is the third in a series of co-sponsored documents by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the leading health law educational organization...
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While the spring HR-related conferences showed there's still a heavy employer focus on the Affordable Care Act and employee health, companies are starting to bridge the gap that’s existed between mental and physical -- and even financial – health.
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The new CMP-HC subspecialty credential, Obamacare's Open Payments requirements, and other hot topics from the Global Pharmaceutical and Medical Meetings Summit.
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An HHS proposal designed to ensure uniformity in how healthcare providers and payers handle patient data has created a new division among the two groups. Insurance companies are objecting to the plan while hospitals and physicians are supporting it. The proposal would cost insurers between $25...
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National Harbor, MD April 7-9, 2014 – HealthFair supported the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress by providing over $12,000 in free health screenings. One of the 40 foot mobile health screening units was onsite to provide free health screenings to the healthcare executives attending the congress.
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As consumers gain more power over their choice of health care plans, companies must reach their existing and potential customers in new and innovative ways.
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10 April 2014
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Becker's Hospital Review - The Daily Beat Blog
Employers have been largely responsible for the healthcare coverage of Americans since World War II, when employers starting paying for healthcare coverage as a means of supplementing workers beyond wage limits.
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I had the pleasure of attending both the Health and Benefits Leadership Conference and the World Health Care Congress recently. I've heard some inspiring things, connected with true thought leaders and learned a lot. I'll share some of the things here that I keep turning over again and again in my mind.
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