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Health
Care Choices, Inc.
presents
Monday,
November 15, 2004
New York City
A
Conference For
 Consumers
Patients
Hospitals
Physicians
Health
Plans Insurers
EmployersPolicymakers
Researchers
Government
Table
of Contents 
Conference
Agenda
Registration
Information
Contact
Us
Registration
Form
Conference
Agenda
8:15 a.m. -
9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. -
9:15 a.m.
Welcome by
Susan Rosenfeld, Esq.
President, Health Care Choices.
Co-Principal Investigator, Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes
Project
9:15 a.m. -
10:00 a.m.
Keynote Address
Patient Safety
and Quality Initiatives of the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations
Dennis S. O'Leary,
M.D.
President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
10:00 a.m.
- 11:15 a.m.
The Breast
Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project: Evaluating Patient Long Term Survival
after Breast Cancer Surgery
Moderator:
John R. Garrison
Member, Board of Trustees, Health Care Choices
Member, Public Advisory Group on Health Care Quality, Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Panel:
Patrick J.
Roohan
Co-Principal Investigator, Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project
Director, Bureau of Quality Management and Outcomes Research,
Office of Managed Care, New York State Department of Health
Patrick
I. Borgen, M.D.
Physician Advisor, Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project
Chief, Breast Service, Department of Surgery,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Stephen
B. Edge, M.D.
Physician Advisor, Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project
Chair, Department of Breast and Soft Tissue Surgery,
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Topics include:
- How does the amount of breast cancer surgery done by a hospital
affect its patients' chances of surviving breast cancer?
- What is the relationship between the amount of breast cancer
surgery done by a physician and patient survival?
- How are breast cancer survival rates measured?
- How should government regulators and others use information
about a hospital or physician's volume of breast cancer surgery?
For more information
on the Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project click
HERE.
11:15 a.m.
- 11:45 a.m.
Break
11:45 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m
Understanding
and Using Health Information to Improve Quality
Moderator:
John R. Garrison
Member, Board of Trustees, Health Care Choices
Member, Public Advisory Group on Health Care Quality, Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Panel:
Joan Beder,
D.S.W.
Chair of the Board, Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support
Program
Associate Professor, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva
University
Patrick
I. Borgen, M.D.
Physician Advisor, Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project
Chief, Breast Service, Department of Surgery,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Jerry Salkowe,
M.D.
Vice President, Clinical Quality Improvement, MVP Health Care
The Hon. Christine
C. Quinn
Chair, New York City Council Health Committee
Topics include:
- What Health Information do Consumers Want?
Sources of Health Information and How to Use Them
- What are Health Plans Doing to Improve Healthcare Quality?
- The Hospital Perspective on Quality
Registration
Information
Registration
Deadline
Monday, November 8, 2004 (Space is Limited)
Conference
Location
Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate School & University Center,
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
(between 34th and 35th Streets)
New York City
Conference
Date and Time
Monday, November
15, 2004, 8:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Conference
Attendance Fee
$75 (includes attendance at the conference, continental breakfast
and program materials).
Cancellation
Policy
The registration fee is refundable less a $40 administrative charge
if written notice
of cancellation is received on or prior to November
8, 2004. No refunds
will be issued after this date.
No-Shows
A registrant who does not attend the conference will be responsible
for the full registration fee if cancellation notice is not received
on or before November
8, 2004.
For
further information email
info@healthcarechoices.org
Registration
Form
Attendee Information (Please type or print)
Attendee’s name:
Last_______________________________________
First______________________________MI______
Organization______________________________
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Title_______________________________________
Address___________________________________
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Telephone______________Fax______________
Email______________________________________
Enclosed is a check for $__ payable to Health
Care Choices. Please mail completed registration form and payment
to:
Health Care
Choices
Post Office Box 21039
Columbus Circle Station
New York, NY 10023
Principal funding for this Conference
has been provided by The New York Community Trust as part of its
support of the Breast Cancer Volume/Outcomes Project. This Conference
is also sponsored by Pfizer, Inc. which has provided additional
funding.
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