Chief Medical Officer Dexter Shurney, M.D., To Speak About Kidney Disease at 4th Annual National Summit on Health Disparities
Posted on: Monday, 23 April 2007, 12:00 CDT
Healthways:
WHAT Fourth Annual National Summit on Health Disparities with presentations by Healthways Chief Medical Officer Dexter Shurney, M.D., and Carter Coberley, Ph. D., Vice President of Healthways Center for Health Research. The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) hosts the event, which connects key medical figures, researchers, healthcare industry leaders and civil rights groups in discussions aimed at improving the quality of care for minorities. For additional information about the Summit, please visit www.nmqf.org.
WHEN Monday April 23, at 2:15 p.m. EDT Dr. Coberley will discuss Quality Improvement initiatives in health disparity zones.
Tuesday, April 24, at 8 a.m. EDT Dr. Shurney will discuss why chronic kidney disease guidelines are not being followed and what is being done to address the issue.
WHERE Ritz-Carlton Hotel Washington, D.C. 1150 22nd Street
MORE INFO Gary A. Puckrein, Ph. D, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF, formerly the National Minority Health Month Foundation), founded the organization in 1998 to address the critical need for strengthening national and local efforts to use evidence-based, data-driven initiatives to guide programs to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations.
Healthways' Center for Health Research and NMQF recently issued the results of a yearlong study to determine the impact of Care Support disease management programs in areas of identified health disparities. Results show that such programs can significantly reduce gaps in care and drive statistically significant health improvements, particularly among older participants.
Source: Business Wire
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