• Partners HealthCare invites PHMI and its client institutions to take part in October symposium held by the Center for Connected Health
  On October 27-28, the Center for Connected Health (CCH), a division of Partners HealthCare, will host a major conference that will bring together key players in health care delivery, industry, government, and academia to explore the convergence of health care delivery, information technology, and the evolving demands of patient-consumers. The conference is entitled "Who Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays: Consumers, Clinicians and Business Models in the Connected Care Era."
  
  Established in 1995, the Center for Connected Health focuses on the use consumer technologies and online resources to support high-quality care outside of the hospital or doctor's office. The Center develops initiatives in telehealth, remote care, and disease and lifestyle management programs in order to better manage and monitor patient health and provide convenient, personalized medical care.
  
  The symposium, the third offered by the CCH, will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center on the campus of Harvard Medical School. Panels and plenary sessions will take up a broad range of issues, including chronic care coordination, disruptive technologies and health care, technology tools for caregivers, business models in home health, and the roles of health plans and employers as potential trendsetters.
  
  Partners Harvard Medical International has agreed to sponsor this event and will also take part in a session focused on the global health arena. The impressive list of keynote speakers includes the following:
  • Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and leading authority on consumer-driven health care.
  • United States Senator John Kerry, who will discuss prospects for health care policy and prospects following the upcoming election
  • Cass Sunstein, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a leader in the emerging field of behavioral economics, which focuses on how human beings are wired to make decisions, including health care decisions.
  • Carol Diamond, Managing Director of the Markle Foundation and Chair of Connecting for Health, who will lead a panel discussion on engaging mainstream consumers in personal health information services.
  
  Learn more about the symposium, view the agenda, and register. Contact Margaret Spinale via email or by telephone at 617-643-3905.
  



• Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care presents Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice
  The Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care promotes collaboration among HMS-affiliated institutions in clinical practice, research, and teaching of end-of-life care. The Center offers continuing medical education courses for faculty development in palliative care, an approach that aims to improve the quality of life for patients and their families facing life-threatening illness through the prevention and relief of suffering. In 2009, the Center will present a two-week, learner-centered education program for physician and nurse educators who wish to become expert in clinical practice and teaching of comprehensive, multidisciplinary palliative care. The course will be held in Cambridge, MA.
  • Course Session 1: May 5-12, 2009
  • Course Session 2: November 11-17, 2009

For more information, please contact Venus Watson, Program Manager, at (617) 582-7859 or via email. Visit the Center's website for course details.