CTC Technology In Health Care Panel Is Thursday

Monday, July 26, 2010

The second Annual CTC Technology in Health Care panel event will be held on Thursday.

The evening will include networking and education as a panel of health care professionals will share practices and technologies in health care. These processes or tools help to drive continuous improvements in the delivery of care, improving outcomes, operational processes and lowering the cost of delivery, officials said.

Panelists will include:
Dr. Kimsey from Erlanger Hospital as he discusses Emerging Radiation Technologies at Erlanger Health Systems. Erlanger Health System looks forward to treating cancer patients more efficiently and accurately with the use of the latest technology in radiation: CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery and Rapid Arc. Revolutionizing IMRT.

Chuck Gallamore, IBM Health care Business Executive will discuss Transformation in Health care - The Patient-Centered Medical Home. The Patient-Centered Medical Home care collaboration model is emerging as a means to strengthen the physician/patient relationship with a long term healing approach, enabling care to be delivered in a physician-directed comprehensive, coordinated, integrated and accessible environment.

Justin Neece, COO, Shared Health will discuss Improving Outcomes Through Smart Information Exchange. Shared Health explains how the use of innovative health care information technology in the practice setting is improving outcomes for patients and stakeholders.

The Technology in Healthcare Panel- will be Thursday. Networking will be from 5-6 p.m. and the panel discussion will be 6-7:30 p.m. at the Chattanoogan Hotel.

Cost is $20 for non-CTC members and free to CTC members. Reservations are required. Make a reservation to info@chatc.org or call 209-6813.

Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Kelley Evatt at kevatt@chatc.org or calling 209-6813.


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