Archive for Conferences/Meetings

  • NAWHC Planning Fall Educational Events NAWHC Planning Fall Educational Events

    Larry Boress, Executive Director of the National Association of Worksite Health Centers announced this past Tuesday that the organization is planning a series of employer-focused seminars and educational sessions.  Mr. Boress stated that the topics and speakers are being confirmed and that the sess...

  • Seventh Annual Congress on On-site Clinics Announced by GLOBAL Seventh Annual Congress on On-site Clinics Announced by GLOBAL

    Boston is the venue for The Seventh  Annual Congress on On-Site Employee Health Clinics sponsored by Global Media Dynamics.  Their tag line reads:  Strategically Building & Expanding On-Site Health Clinics – Incorporating Innovative Strategies to Reduce Costs and Ensure Employee Satisfact...

  • PCORI National Forum PCORI National Forum

    The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (created by Congress a little over a year ago) will conduct a "National Patient and Stakeholder" event on February 27 in Washington.  This is open to anyone and you can attend in person or by phone.  The meeting is to encourage comments on the draft...

  • Predictive Modeling Summit Predictive Modeling Summit

    This is the first time we have heard about this conference, although it is advertised as the "Fifth Annual" summit.  This meeting focuses on predictive analytics in healthcare.  An excerpt from the learning objectives indicates that attendees can: "Examine predictive modeling applied to a varie...

  • Webinar on Outcomes Based Contracting Webinar on Outcomes Based Contracting

    The Center for Health Value Innovation is hosting a Webinar on April 19 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST on the use of outcomes-based contracting for improved management of specific conditions.   This Webinar in particular will include information on contracting with pharmaceutical companies based on th...

  • Conference News - Global Media Dynamics Conference News – Global Media Dynamics

    Global Media Dynamics offers its fourth symposium addressing on-site clinics in Scottsdale, Arizona, in January.  The venue and the timing could not be better.  Ray Zastrow, M.D. will open the conference and, as readers of our newsletter are aware, the QuadMed program for which he provides medica...

  • American Health Lawyers Assoc. to Discuss Employer On-Site Clinics at Luncheon Meeting in Chicago American Health Lawyers Assoc. to Discuss Employer On-Site Clinics at Luncheon Meeting in Chicago

    The American Health Lawyers Association has a meeting scheduled in Chicago in November of this year, the "Payors, Plans, and Managed Care Law Institute."   This will include multiple sessions over two days.  One of those sessions will focus on "Employer On-Site Clinics as Medical Homes."   The ...

  • Comparative Effectiveness Conference Comparative Effectiveness Conference

    ECRI is offering a seminar at the Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland (NIH Offices) on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 19 and 20, entitled, "Comparative Effectiveness and Personalized Medicine:  An Essential Interface."  You can find out more information about the conference at http://conference...

  • The FORUM - Successsful and Informative The FORUM – Successsful and Informative

    This was billed as "not your normal meeting for on-site programming" and it was not.  It was unusual in that it was attended only by employers with experience in providing on-site care for their employees.  The key was experience and sharing.  It provided a confidential opportunity to discuss tre...