Convenience Medicine

Commentary....Convenience Medicine...While there appears to be a consensus that the US healthcare industry is still “broken” [despite the wake up call of the “Crossing the Quality Chasm Report” in 2001] healthcare strategists are still struggling to find scalable solutions. The good news is that once again healthcare is at the top of the list of national issues for presidential candidates...the bad news is that it has been at the top of the list for 30 years! We are seeing animated discussions about a plethora of “strategies” ranging from universal health care, the “medical home,” disease management, and now convenience medicine. Dr. David Nash, my co-editor on the first book on disease management in 1997 and a prolific commentator on important healthcare issues has convened several healthcare industry colleagues to address the concept of “Convenience Medicine” and how disease management may fit into this new healthcare access scheme.

Disease Management and the Convenient Care Industry: Is it Just a Fad or Here to Stay?
National Disease Management Audioconference:

Monday, October 1, 2007. The Audio Conference is sponsored by Health Affairs and Harvard Health Policy Review.

Moderator:
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACPDr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, and Chair of the Department, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson Univ
Faculty:

Chuck Peck, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Take Care Health System
Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, Executive Director, Convenient Care Association
Perte W. Carmel, MD, Prof. & Chair, Neurological Surgery, NJ School of Medicine
Information/Registration: www.DMAudioconferences.com/dmaudio20071001