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The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare in Boston, develops innovative and effective solutions for delivering quality patient care outside of the traditional medical setting. The Center engages in pioneering research in a wide range of connected health-related areas and works to advance the field through its convening and publishing activities. Our programs use a combination of remote-monitoring, online communications and intelligence, and technology applications to improve patient adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes. www.connected-health.org

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The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium (& Advisory Council) is by far the largest source of contracting assistance in disease and population management today:

• By dollar volume, Consortium member payors account for approximately 70% of all contracted or implemented outsourced disease and population management programs in place today; 
• 86 health plans plus 18 private and public sector employers/retirement systems, 2 unions, and 12 state Medicaid programs, covering 80,000,000 lives in total, belong as "full" members, for whom all services are offered, with the emphasis on representation in and assistance with disease and population management strategy and outsourcing. View our full listing of members.
• 67 organizations with an interest in disease management - vendors, pharmaceutical companies, venture capital firms, regulatory and governmental bodies and trade associations, periodicals, consulting firms, academic medical centers, and executive recruiters—have joined as associate members, with the emphasis on education about the disease and population management industry and strategy. View our listing of Associate Members EXCLUDING vendors and venture capitalists (whose names are kept confidential).

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Gorman Health Group, the premier Medicare, health insurance and federal programs consultancy, provides thought leadership, strategic insight and business solutions to the private sector. By leveraging extensive subject matter expertise and in-market learning, our team of former health plan executives and seasoned regulators brings clients the vision, technical acumen, and operational savvy to excel in competitive markets. www.gormanhealthgroup.com

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The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance is a collaboration of consumer, provider, government, labor, business, health insurers and quality-of-care organizations united to drive innovative and practical strategies that combat obesity. The Alliance receives funding from founding sponsor, sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, and supporting sponsors, Allergan, Inc. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. www.stopobesityalliance.org

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine is the first national medical specialty society for healthcare professionals who utilize evidence-based lifestyle interventions as the primary therapeutic tool in the treatment and management of disease. ACLM provides leadership and guidance in facilitating LM clinicians' pursuits of continuing medical education, practice knowledge, leadership skills, and research information needed to provide quality patient care and best counsel with respect to lifestyle-related diseases. Through our members and our internationally known Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, ACLM is the collective voice and community in advocating for the practice and practitioners of LM. Our members are well respected throughout the United States and other countries, engaged in teaching, research, health administration, fitness and nutrition, pharmacology, psychology, nursing and medical practices on all levels, in a wide spectrum of quality healthcare. www.lifestylemedicine.org

Behavioral Health Central is the most comprehensive, independent daily news site geared to all tiers within the medical community — behavioral health clinicians, business leaders, case managers, payors, primary care providers, employers, caregivers and patients. Our multi-media news portal is second-to-none when it comes to daily behavioral health news content covering research, legislative updates, industry trends, advocacy, technology, dual diagnosis, clinical news, pharmacotherapy, events and so much more. We are pleased to be a media partner with the World Congress. If your organization has evidence-based news or case studies — and the experts that make the news — then we invite you to submit copy for publishing consideration. And, we invite and encourage you to sign up for a free subscription to the Daily Update industry news eletter. Simply send your email address to [email protected]. Or, go to www.behavioralhealthcentral.com and look for the Daily Update sign up tool.

CancerConnect.com - CancerConnect.com is a new social network for people with cancer and their caregivers. The new website, scheduled to launch during Q2 2010 is similar to how Facebook connects friends. CancerConnect will allow people with cancer to connect with others who are dealing with situations similar to their own. The site will feature disease-specific communities, as well as groups for caregivers, clinical trials and other relevant information. CancerConnect will feature content from the leading oncology website, CancerConsultants.com.

Eli Research is a research and information company with more than 120 print and on-line publications, teleconferences and audio learning products for our core markets of healthcare, law and litigation, financial services, education, travel, human services, sales and customer service, technology and the internet. www.elihealthcare.com/hc_publications.htm

Employee Benefits Planner is an independent business journal published quarterly and contains reports on the business of benefit planning. It is written by health care professionals from the human resource management industry. Physicians, Attorneys, CPA's, PhD's and respected industry consultants all lend their expertise to analyzing the issues and writing articles. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest possible standards of editorial quality and integrity.

The Executive Report on Managed Care provides twice-monthly news and information on issues affecting the managed care industry, legislation and regulations, real-life examples of how managed care organizations are benefiting from innovative programs and cost saving initiatives.

The Managed Care Information Center (MCIC) gathers, compiles, analyzes, studies and distributes business information on the managed care industry. The MCIC delivers this strategic business information to its clients via executive newsletters, yearbooks, leading industry databases and directories, management reports, and client research studies. The information is available in print, on CD-ROM and via the Internet at www.themcic.com.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., recognized as a Certified Woman-Owned Business, is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in new and promising areas of science and biomedical research. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's over sixty journals, books, and newsletters is available at www.liebertpub.com.

PharmaVOICE is the executive forum that allows business leaders to engage in a candid dialogue on the myriad challenges and trends impacting the life-sciences industry. PharmaVOICE reaches more than 17,000 U.S.-based executives who influence business strategies and affect change. Published monthly, PharmaVOICE provides readers with insightful and thought-provoking commentary in a multiple-perspective format through its forums, topics, and articles that cover a range of issues from molecule through market. To Raise Your VOICE, contact [email protected].

Population Health Management provides comprehensive, authoritative strategies for improving the systems and policies that affect health care quality, access, and outcomes, ultimately improving the health of an entire population. The Journal delivers essential research on a broad range of topics including the impact of social, cultural, economic, and environmental factors on health care systems and practices.

Population Health Management coverage includes:

• Clinical case reports and studies on managing major public health conditions
• Compliance programs
• Health economics
• Outcomes assessment
• Provider incentives
• Health care reform
• Resource management
• Return on investment (ROI)
• Health care quality
• Care coordination

Published quarterly, Women&Cancer is the premier women's health and wellness magazine. By covering all health and wellness issues with an emphasis on cancer prevention, early detection, management and survivorship, Women empowers women with regard to their own health and recognizes the unique role of women in the overall health of their family and friends. In print and at www.awomanshealth.com, our features, news, Web exclusives, and archived past issues are easily accessible, creating the most in-depth women's health resource available today.

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Strategic Insights on the Future of the Health Insurance Industry www.corporateresearchgroup.com/MarketTrends

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The WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Site seeks and promotes health care innovations that can reduce the cost of quality care. Visit the site to learn how the share your innovation.