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Schedule-at-a-Glance
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | |
| 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Conference Registration & Cyber Café |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Preview and Lunch Buffet |
| 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Alan P. Spielman President and CEO, URAC | |
| 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Opening Keynote Address |
Empowering the Health Care Consumer: A Patient’s Experience Linda kicks-off this inaugural Best Practices Conference by sharing personal accounts of her experiences with breast cancer – from doing research, asking questions and taking part in making decisions about her own health care as an empowered consumer, to the determination and spirit that make her a survivor for over 15-years.
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| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Refreshments Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | General Session Panel Discussion |
| Care Coordination, Patient Safety and Consumer Decision Support: Pillars for Consumer Empowerment and Protection | |
| William R. Braithwaite, MD, PhD, Health Information Policy Consultant | |
| Judith A. Cahill, Executive Director, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy | |
| Connie Commander, RN, BS, President, Commander's Premier Consulting Corporation and Immediate Past President, Case Management Society of America | |
| Laurel Pickering, Executive Director, New York Business Group on Health | |
| Joshua Seidman, PhD, President, Center for Information Therapy | |
| Moderator: Katherine Herring Capps, President, Health2 Resources and URAC's Media Relations | |
| 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm | Awards and Dinner Gala |
| Join members of URAC Board of Directors and staff, awards finalists, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, attendees and invited guests for this black-tie event as URAC announces the Awards Recipients in the designated categories. | |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | |
| 8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Conference Registration & Cyber Café |
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Breakfast Discussion with Awards Judges (seating is limited– RSVP required)) |
| Turning Innovative Practices to ‘Best’ Practices | |
| Thomas W. Wilson, PhD, DrPH, President, Trajectory HealthCare, LLC and Chair, Best Practices Awards Judge Panel | |
| 8:00 am - 09:00 am | Breakfast Buffet in Exhibit Hall |
| 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Keynote Address |
| The Smart Patient: A Provider’s Perspective on Consumer Empowerment | |
Michael F. Roizen, MD, Bestselling Author/Co-Founder & Chairman, RealAge, Inc. Based on his recent handbook, You: The Smart Patient which shows consumers how to navigate through the health care system and become smart patients by taking control of their own health care, Dr. Roizen addresses considerations for health care providers in meeting the needs of empowered health care consumers. |
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| 10:15 am – 10:45 am | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 10:45 am – 12:00 pm | General Session Panel Presentation |
| 12:00 pm –1:30 pm | Networking Lunch and Poster Sessions |
| 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | (4) Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:15 pm – 2:45 pm | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm | (4) Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | (3) Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:30 pm | Adjournment |