The 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT 5.0) being held with NaviNet as lead educational underwriter for the program, proudly announces that former President Bill Clinton will deliver a keynote address. The former President is a powerful voice for progress as he speaks and shares his unique insights and observations with audiences throughout the world. more»

With the specifics of congressional proposals for U.S. national health care reform still being debated as of October 2009, and the ultimate success of any final bill providing comprehensive reform still up in the air, it might be too soon to answer the question of how reform would impact the broad shift among U.S. employers toward account-based consumer-directed health care (CDH) plans—primarily portable health savings accounts (HSAs) funded by employers and/or employees, and non-portable, employer-funded health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). more»

WALTHAM — State Rep. Peter Koutoujian was in Virginia yesterday to talk about how health care reform has worked in Massachusetts, in light of the national debate on the issue. more»

The Strategies To Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance Director Christine Ferguson chaired the World Health Congress 4th Annual Obesity Congress this week in Alexandria, V.A. more»

As the healthcare reform debate reaches a fevered pitch, Dr. James Prochaska is working to ensure policymakers understand the key role prevention must play in it. Dr. Prochaska, whose world-renowned Transtheoretical Model of Change has revolutionized preventive healthcare, has been consulting with congressional leaders and health policy experts to make the case for prevention as the foundation for healthcare reform. He’ll share his insights this week at the World Healthcare Congress 4th Annual Obesity Congress in Alexandria, Virginia in a keynote address entitled “Constructing Tomorrow’s Health System With Prevention as The Foundation.” more»

Leveraging Health book launch:September 30, 2009, 8 a.m., National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; Book signing, 5:30 p.m., Consumer Health Care Congress, Alexandria, Va. more»

It's now official, Carlos and I will be presenting at The World Health Care Leadership Summit on HITECH & HIPAA Compliance Management, November 9th in Alexandria, VA. You can view the Summit Agenda here. more»

"People are now texting more than they are speaking on their mobile phones and this has to tell us something in the healthcare industry." said Frank Avignone, Senior Director, AllOne Mobile at the World Healthcare Congress’ Wireless Health event in Boston last week. more»

New England Cable News attended the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress Health Care Quality and Payment Reform Congress and interviewed several speakers, including Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen about the role of reform in health care. more»

"It is really not all about the technology," explained Dr. Daniel Sands, senior medical informatics director for Cisco Systems, during his keynote at the World Health Care Congress's Wireless Health event this week. "My talk is entitled 'It's not about the technology, confessions of a healthcare technologist.'" more»

The Wireless Health or WiHealth event kicked off in Boston yesterday with a keynote presented by Janet Marchibroda, IBM’s newly appointed Chief Healthcare Officer, and former founding CEO of the eHealth Initiative (eHI). more»

Improving mental health services around the world for 2010 and beyond was the closing keynote address topic at last week's World Congress Leadership Summit on Behavioral Health in Philadelphia. Delivering the message was Thomas J. Barrett, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Denver, former World Health Organization mental health consultant, and former Colorado State Mental Health Director. more»

The stigma of mental health disorders has led to centuries of discrimination that impedes access to care and quality of life. But even as the stigma slowly dissolves and the Mental Health Parity Act signed into law last fall shows promise, there's a step-child in the field that may still be left out: eating disorders. more»

A business case for behavioral health was the theme of this year’s World Congress Leadership Summit on Behavioral Health – and the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was the hot topic of discussion among the convening employers, health plans and providers. more»

It may be a question similar to the chicken and the egg: Which came first – depression or the sleep disorder? But what is clear is that there is a link between the two. Studies at Stanford University found that 800 out of 100,000 people have both major depressive disorder and obstructive sleep apnea (a condition causing highly interrupted sleep patterns). more»

Mental Health America (MHA) President and Chief Executive Officer David Shern, Ph.D. delivered the opening keynote address at the World Congress Leadership Summit on Behavioral Health. more»

The issue of the Mental Health Parity Law and its impact on the business sectors, providers and consumers in healthcare was a hot topic at the World Congress Leadership Summit on Behavioral Health in Philadelphia this month. more»

With payments to Medicare Advantage (MA) expected to plummet under developing health care legislation, coordinated care is a major path to survival for private plans in Medicare, according to speakers July 13 at the World Health Care Congress's 5th Annual Leadership Summit on Medicare. more»

How do visionaries imagine the future of behavioral health and wellness in a landscape transformed by parity and reform? Key leaders from top providers, health plans, employers and mental health advocacy organizations convened June 13 in an invitation-only conference in Philadelphia to discuss "A Business Case for Behavioral Health." more»