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Health Care and Technology Leaders Meet November 9-11, 2005 in Washington, D.C. At World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress to Determine Solutions for America's Health Care Crisis

Posted on: Thursday, 10 November 2005, 09:00 CST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress (http://www.worldcongress.com/) will bring together health care and technology leaders November 10-11, 2005 in Washington, D.C. to determine solutions for America's Health Care Crisis. This practical, sometimes controversial, and thought provoking program will provide case studies and successful applications of innovative business strategies, policy- making, and technology solutions leading the way to tomorrow's health care.

Date/Location: November 10-11, 2005; Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC Contact: Linda Dickerhoof, 703-243-4515, PR@WorldCongress.com Noteworthy sessions include: Thursday, November 10th, 2005 10:45a.m.: "Innovations for Advancing and Supporting Health Care Improvement" Panelists: Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House and Founder, The Center for Health Transformation; Herbert Pardes, MD, Vice Chairman, President and CEO, New York Presbyterian; Reed V. Tuckson, MD, Senior Vice President of Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement, UnitedHealth Group 4:45p.m.: Keynote Presentation by Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Health and Human Services 5:10p.m.: Keynote Presentation by Allan Hubbard, Assistant to President Bush for Economic policy, Director, National Economic Council 5:30p.m.: "Innovating to a Better Health Care Future" Speaker: Leonard D. Schaeffer, Chairman of the Board, WellPoint Friday, November 11th, 2005 8:00a.m.: Keynote Presentation: "A Revolution in Health Care" Speaker: Stephen M. Case, Co-Founder, America Online, Chairman and CEO, Revolution 9:45a.m.: "Opportunities to Solve Public Health Problems and the Role of Technology" Panelists: Janet Woodcock, MD, Acting Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; John W. Loonsk, MD, Associate Director for Informatics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Mauro Ferrari, PhD, Edgar Hendrickson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Special Expert in nanotechnology, National Cancer Institute 1:00p.m.: "How A Personal Mission Can Lead to Health Solutions" Speaker: Hamilton Jordan, White House Chief-of-Staff to President Carter; 3-time cancer survivor, patient advocate and best-selling author, Founder, $1 billion Georgia Cancer Coalition; and investor and founder of numerous start-ups, largely in health sector 2:15p.m.: "In Light of the Chaoulli Judgment in Canada, What is the Constitutionality of U.S. Medicare?" Speaker: Jacques Chaoulli, Senior Fellow, Montreal Economic Institute (Montreal, Canada)

World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress

CONTACT: Linda Dickerhoof of World Health Care Innovation and TechnologyCongress, +1-703-243-4515, PR@WorldCongress.com

Web site: http://www.worldcongress.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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