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New Webinar Explores Consumer Perspective on Health IT and Participatory Medicine in Patient Centered Medical Home Model - June 23, 2009

Health2 Resources Webinar features Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, proponent of patient- and family-centered care, and David Nace, MD co-chair of Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative’s Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 17, 2009 -- Six in ten American adults go online for health information, and social networking sites are drawing millions of Americans to conversations about health with their online peers. The intersection of health information technology (health IT) and the role of consumers in participatory medicine will be at the center of a new Webinar slated for June 23, 2009, sponsored by Health2 Resources and educationally co-sponsored by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.

The Webinar will feature two national experts on the topics of consumerism in health care and health IT within the patient centered medical home model. Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, is executive director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital, and founding President of the Picker Institute. David Nace, MD, is vice president, clinical development of McKesson Health Solutions, and co-chair of the PCPCC's Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange (CeHIA). Nace recently oversaw the work of an expert group from the CeHIA that defined five key health information technology (health IT) capabilities that align directly with the principles of the patient centered medical home.

The patient centered medical home model promotes enhanced access to providers, and the Internet offers great promise for patients to schedule their own appointments, access their own records and communicate via secure email

Health IT needs to be meaningful and useful for coordinating patient care, and also should open new avenues for patients to become more actively involved in their own care.

“The patient centered medical home model promotes enhanced access to providers, and the Internet offers great promise for patients to schedule their own appointments, access their own records and communicate via secure email,” Edgman-Levitan said. “Health IT needs to be meaningful and useful for coordinating patient care, and also should open new avenues for patients to become more actively involved in their own care.”

The Obama administration has allocated $19 billion to fund the “meaningful use” of electronic medical records. Ensuring that these systems will be relevant for care coordination and integration, and that systems engage providers, patients and caregivers synergistically, is a top priority. The Webinar is an interactive opportunity to examine the issue for health care CEOs, physician practice leaders, IT officers, medical directors, health plans, hospital leaders, business development and strategic planning directors.

The Webinar is set for June 23, 2009 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. EST. For more information or to register, go to: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs067/1101292888704/archive/1102602408017.html

Other resources available from the PCPCC, the primary national source for information about the medical home, include the PCPCC’s Purchaser’s Guide, Pilot Guide and CeHIA Resource Guide.

About Health2 Resources
Founded in 1998, Health2 Resources is full-service communication agency that exclusively serves health care clients. It works closely with local, state and federal policymakers and regulatory agencies to build and improve relationships on behalf of clients, and interfaces with key stakeholders such as health care consultants, board members, investors, suppliers, brokers, insurance agents and national health care thought leaders. Health2 Resources offers an array of services to include media relations, customer relationship management, public relations, corporate communications and other specialty communications services to clients throughout the U.S. Visit Health2 Resources at http://www.health2resources.com.

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