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Volume 2
Issue 1
March 3, 2010
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Call for Poster Abstracts - "World Heath Care Congress Affordable Health Innovations Exhibit and Awards" - 7th Annual World Health Care Congress 2010
"I didn't know what to expect but this is beyond anything I could imagine."
-Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
"The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress encourages you to submit an abstract for the World Heath Care Congress Affordable Health Innovations Exhibit and Awards program. This poster session is intended to serve as a platform for individuals and organizations developing or implementing extremely affordable solutions in health care delivery using innovative enabling technologies and business models.
The poster session was a tremendous success in its inaugural year at the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress in April 2009. Forty presenters from around the globe convened for the exhibit, which garnered national news coverage by NBC.
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Coverage Employers Take Further Steps to Rein in Health Costs
"Terrific conference. Lots to take back home and offer to colleagues as possible ideas to look into or implement. I also learned that we are doing a lot of things well." "
- Larry Greenblatt, Duke University Medical Center
"Whether a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. health care system is in the cards or not, employers are continuing to take steps to 'bend the cost curve down' by prompting employees to take more responsibility for their health and providing them with incentives to seek cost-conscious quality care. 'We all know that the status quo won't do,' Jeffrey D. Alter, CEO of the Northeast region at insurer UnitedHealthcare, said during his keynote presentation at the 2010 Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, held Feb. 3, 2010, near Washington, D.C. " Continues »
"Excellent Summit. After the first three hours I already had learned more than expected for the week!"
- Eric Blanchette Ouellet, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec Newly Captured Podcast
Succeeding in the B2C Marketplace: Key Factors for Success
World Health Care Congress is pleased to announce the Grameen Creative Lab (GCL) Sunday April 11, 2010 from 10:00am to 4:30pm - We invite all Attendees to a Networking Reception Starting at 6:00pm
The Grameen Creative Lab (GCL) is a Joint Venture between the Yunus Centre in Bangladesh and circ responsibility in Germany, founded by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Hans Reitz, founder and creative director of circ. Their shared vision is the eradication of poverty � globally. The Grameen Creative Lab is designed to accelerate and spread the spirit of Grameen social business under the principles of Prof. Yunus through three main activities.
- It interacts with the interested community through books, articles, and events on social business.
- It incubates social business ideas through brainstorming labs, academic research and social business experiments.
- It creates social businesses by advising companies on how to set-up social business joint ventures with Grameen in Bangladesh or elsewhere and supporting social business investors in their search for suitable investment opportunities.
Find Out More »
United States Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CBO Chief Douglas Elmendorf Lead Opening Keynote: Health Reform in America at the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 12-14, 2010, Washington, D.C.
"I found the conference very informative, an eye opener for me and what I can offer my current organization. Information and cases revealed by members would take months or years to learn, so great value."
- Carl J. Boast Sr., Logistics System Analyst, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
"With the national health reform effort continuing to shape the national agenda, the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress will convene top CEOs and leaders from all sectors of the health care industry for three days of high-level discussion and debate on the business of health care, focusing on the key issues that affect all industry sectors as seen by national and global leaders who are shaping the future of care. The event will feature 175 speakers spread over four days and 1,700 senior health care leaders." Continues »
Call for Presenters:
Presenters are encouraged to submit abstracts on current and emerging issues related to a conference theme. Download the Guidelines for Submission of Abstracts.
Contact Ann McGrath, Division Director, Leadership Summits at 781-939-2506 or [email protected] for more information.
About World Congress:
World Congress, the leading global provider of healthcare conferences, forges health care communities by convening senior executives from all segments of the industry and government policymaking. Whether it's our annual flagship event, the World Health Care Congress, its overseas counterpart, World Health Care Congress Europe, or one of our more specialized Congresses and Leadership Summits, we produce the premier industry forums that generate content that matters and foster connections that provide the lasting benefits. More »
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Upcoming Events
The World Health Care Congress Health Plan Innovation Congress March 10 - March 12, 2010
The World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on HITECH and HIPAA Compliance Management March 25 - March 26, 2010
The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress
April 12 - April 14, 2010
The World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit on Project and Portfolio Management for Health Care Executives April 14, 2010
The World Congress Leadership Summit on Direct to Consumer Marketing for Providers
May 11, 2010
The World Congress 4th Annual Chronic Care & Prevention Congress May 11 - May 13, 2010
The World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Fraud and Abuse May 13 - May 14, 2010
The World Congress 3rd Annual Executive Forum on Rewards and Incentives to Improve Employee Health
May 18 - May 19, 2010
The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress - Europe 2010
19 May - 20 May, 2010
The World Congress Leadership Summit on Leveraging the Stimulus Funding to Accelerate EHR Adoption
May 24 - May 25, 2010
The World Congress Leadership Summit on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)
May 24 - May 25, 2010
The World Congress Leadership Summit on Women's Health
June 09 - June 11, 2010
The World Congress Executive Forum on Creating a Culture of Health
June 17 - June 18, 2010
The World Congress Customer Centric Solutions Expo
June 24 - June 25, 2010
The World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on End of Life Care
June 24 - June 25, 2010
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