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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 pmWelcome 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 Ellerbee, Award-Winning Journalist/Television Producer

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.

 

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 amBreakfast Buffet in Exhibit Hall
9:00 am - 10:15 amKeynote 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.

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

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