Institute for International Research

When: 25-July-07, 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Cost: FREE

Every health care organization must address specific disease states that disproportionately affect its membership.  This web seminar will discuss a case study on an innovative health education and management program from AmeriHealth Mercy for children and their families. 

The program emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to disease management to engage patients in managing the disease, improve health outcomes, increase access to care and lower utilization and cost. This one-hour web seminar will show you:

• The ROI of disease management and wellness programs, especially for children
• An understanding of how cultural practices can get in the way of getting health care; learning ways to work around those barriers
• How engaging patients, families, health care providers, teachers, coaches, and community organizations makes for healthier members, healthier communities
• Pragmatic information for programmatic development specific to Medicaid population how to design a community event to lean useful outcomes data create a culturally-competent model of care and education demonstration project for education and health care made fun

Facilitators:
Maureen George, PhD, RN, AE-C
AMERIHEALTH MERCY

Maria Pajil Battle
AMERIHEALTH MERCY

About the Facilitators:
Maria Pajil-Battle is Senior Vice President of Public Affairs & Marketing for Keystone Mercy, AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan. Ms. Pajil Battle oversees public relations, community affairs and marketing. She has spent much of her professional career utilizing her skills and abilities in the Greater Philadelphia health market. Through her work, she has become known as an innovator in the area of health access, prevention and education, and has made a significant impact in improving the health status of underserved populations of every age and race, through-out the eastern seaboard from New York to Florida.

Maureen George, PhD, RN, AE-C, Asthma Educators An expert in asthma care, Maureen George has worked as an advance practice nurse in lung disease since 1986. Dr. George provides education regarding the appropriate use of asthma medication and devices, conducts professional development programs and finalizes all outcomes analyses for Healthy Hoops participants. Dr. George is also an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS:

To access the presentation portion of the web seminar: http://www.login.iCohere.com/healthmgmt?pnum=LAJ6634
All you need to login is enter your first and last name and your email address.

To access the audio portion of the seminar, please call (605)475-8590 and enter Conference ID: 5144063# (pound). If you are a Skype® user, please use number:+99008275144063 ('plus' sign is required).
Please plan sign in on time as we will be starting promptly at 1PM EST.

Should you experience any problems accessing the webinar, please call Customer Support on 925 256 4343 ext 123 or email support@icohere.com

Sponsored by:
Health Management Congress (HMC), the independent voice in wellness, prevention, and disease management
iCohere, Creating Collaborative Communities