Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management

Putting Patients First:
A Primer on Patient-Centered Care

Thursday, November 29, 2007
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

The cost for this program is $10.

Friends of the Institute attend at no cost.

What is patient-centered health care and what are the unifying threads and common understandings of the topic. How do healthcare organizations consider enacting patient-centered health care? How does the emerging focus on "medical homes" for patients fit into this concept? What are the critical and strategic imperatives for a basic business philosophy of putting patients first? What conflicts exist within the health care system, and how can all the “players” unify? What does “Putting Patients First” mean? When does the “rubber hit the road”?

Speakers:

Alwin Steinmann, MD
Director, Residency Program
Albany Medical College

Edward J. Enos, MS, RPh
Director of Operations
Community Care Physicians

Bruce Nash, MD
Executive Vice President
Medical Affairs
CDPHP

Timothy Hoff, PhD
Associate Professor
University at Albany
School of Public Health
Moderator