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1. Telemedicine India, Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing, AYZH, honored at WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Exhibit, April 2011, Washington, D.C. (April 13 2011 - World Congress)

A special program that is training women in rural Bangladesh to become nurses, a project that allows doctors in India to make “house calls” with residents who cannot easily visit a care center, and a global effort to fulfill the needs of impoverished women by bringing them affordable appropriate technologies that increase income and improve health, were honored this month as part of the WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Exhibit in Washington, D.C. more»

2. World Health Care Congress: Information and Incentives Drive Behavioral Change, Cost Savings (April 11 2011 - HR News )

"The big momentum in health care is around consumerism and activating employees and their family members through information and incentives that focus on improving health," said Robert S. Galvin, M.D., former director of global health care at GE and currently the head of equity health care at The Blackstone Group. more»

3. Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey joins hundreds of senior health care leaders from U.S. and abroad as 8th Annual World Health Care Congress concludes in Washington, D.C. (April 8 2011 - World Congress)

The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress, the most prestigious event for senior health care leaders from all sectors of health care and government, concluded in Washington D.C. this week with a day of dynamic presenters that included a though-provoking discussion Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey on the status of health in America and how his company is working to make its employees among the healthiest in the nation. more»

4. World Economic Forum launches int'l health care partnership (April 8 2011 - People's Daily Online)

The official handover of the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) took place today at a meeting of innovation leaders held during the World Health Care Congress. more»

5. Health Care Leaders Worldwide Express Support for Telehealth (April 7 2011 - ihealthbeat.org)

Health care leaders from around the world say that telehealth could lead to broad transformation in health care delivery, according to a survey released Wednesday at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C., Healthcare IT News reports. more»

6. NIH to Help Develop Drugs (April 6 2011 - CNBC Video)

7. Cisco to Share Global Policymakers' Views on Transforming Healthcare at 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (April 6 2011 - Justmeans.com / CSR News)

Cisco invites media and 2011 World Health Care Congress attendees to a "Ministerial Forum on Global Health Innovation: A Perspective on National Health Opportunities" keynote and panel with Cisco executive Frances Dare and health ministers from around the world on Wednesday, April 6, at noon. more»

8. Bausch & Lomb's Hassan Interview (April 4 2011 - Bloomberg)

Fred Hassan, chairman of Bausch & Lomb, talks about the outlook for the pharmaceutical industry and his turnaround efforts at Bausch & Lomb. Hassan speaks with Shannon Pettypiece at the World Health Care Congress in Washington on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." Bloomberg's Carol Massar also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg) more»

9. Harvard University's Cutler Interview (April 4 2011 - Bloomberg)

David Cutler, a professor and health economist at Harvard University, discusses the impact of the Obama health-care law on jobs and the prospects for lowering health costs in the U.S. Cutler talks with Shannon Pettypiece from the World Health Care Congress in Washington on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg) more»

10. Restraining Health Care Costs (April 4 2011 - CSPAN)

Congressional Budget Director Douglas Elmendorf talked about five ways the federal government could restrain health costs including reversing the expansion of Medicaid. Following his remarks he was interviewed Washington Post reporter Amy Goldstein and answered questions from the audience. more»

11. Cisco to Share Global Policymakers' Views on Transforming Healthcare at 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (April 4 2011 - marketwire)

Cisco invites media and 2011 World Health Care Congress attendees to a "Ministerial Forum on Global Health Innovation: A Perspective on National Health Opportunities" keynote and panel with Cisco executive Frances Dare and health ministers from around the world on Wednesday, April 6, at noon. more»

12. David Aylward, Executive Director of the mHealth Alliance, to be featured speaker at the World Health Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C. (March 4 2011 - World Congress)

The 2nd Annual World Health Innovation Summit is pleased to announce David Aylward, Executive Director of the mHealth Alliance, as a featured presenter at the Summit to be held April 4-6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. more»

13. Sailesh Chutani, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder, Mobisante, Inc. to be featured speaker at World Health Innovation Summit, April 4-6, Washington, D.C. (March 4 2011 - World Congress)

The World Health Innovation Summit, co-located with the 8 th Annual World Health Care Congress, is pleased to announce Sailesh Chutani, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder, Mobisante, will be a featured presenter at the summit, April 4-6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. more»

14. Scott Hillstrom, Chairman and Co-Founder, The HealthStore Foundation®, to be featured speaker at World Health Innovation Summit, April 4-6, 2011 Washington, D.C. (March 4 2011 - World Congress)

The World Health Innovation Summit, co-located with the 8 th Annual World Health Care Congress, is pleased to announce Scott Hillstrom, chairman and Co-Founder, The HealthStore Foundation®, will be a featured presenter at the summit, April 4-6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. more»

15. Una Ryan, President and CEO, Diagnostics For All, to be featured speaker at World Health Innovation Summit, April 4-6, Washington, D.C. (March 4 2011 - World Congress)

The World Health Innovation Summit, co-located with the 8 th Annual World Health Care Congress, is pleased to announce Una Ryan, CEO of Diagnostics For All, will be a featured presenter at the summit, April 4-6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. more»

16. World Health Care Congress announces collaboration with International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery for 2011 (March 4 2011 - World Congress)

The World Health Innovations Summit, co-located with the 8 th Annual World Health Care Congress, is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery for the April 2011 conference. more»

17. World Health Care Congress convenes April 4-6 (March 3 2011 - Health Affairs Blog)

The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHCC) will convene April 4-6, 2011 in Washington D.C. with more than 1,800 health care leaders to address the challenges of health care cost, quality and delivery. more»

18. eHealth, Inc. Chairman and CEO Gary Lauer to Be Featured Keynote Presenter at 8th Annual World Health Care Congress, April 4-6, Washington, D.C. (February 24 2011 - Marketwire.com)

The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress is pleased to announce that Gary Lauer, Chairman and CEO, eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH), will be a featured keynote presenter at the conference, April 4-6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The World Health Care Congress will convene 1,800 senior health care leaders from all industry sectors for discussion and debate on the present and future of health care. more»

19. The Survivor Part 8 – What The Journalist Learned From Clayton Christensen (February 23 2011 - Forbes.com)

In the latest issue of Forbes magazine we published an oral history of Clayton Christensen’s recent experiences battling three grave illnesses in a row and his thoughts about fixing health care. Here is the eighth part of that story, a postscript. more»