Today's health, wellness, managed care, and women's health professionals are increasingly aware of the gaps and challenges in providing comprehensive healthcare services to women.

That's why "The Future of Women's Healthcare - 2005" has been organized. This special teleconference, featuring three highly respected leaders in the field, will focus on new clinical and health research activities, then look at what's working now and what's ahead for women's health programs.

This special program has been organized by the editorial staff of Wellness Program Management Advisor and WellnessJunction.com, and is sponsored by the Managed Care Information Center and Health Resources Publishing.

If you are responsible for the management or oversight of your organization's womens' health programs, this management level briefing is tailor-made for you.

You'll get information you won't find in the general news media or in magazines, high-end information to help you with planning and for decision-making.

Many women are clamoring for information, understanding and empathy. Research has helped us focus on the major unique aspects of women's healthcare delivery: health risk factors, heart disease, osteoporosis, breast cancer, and obesity and diabetes.

There is the need for outreach programs to educate women - educational materials for women available in physicians' offices; outreach to women through health fairs, and healthcare guidelines for women.

Women's health is unique and distinct in terms of how healthcare is organized and delivered, according to researchers at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ.)

Among the many women’s health issues, according to the AHRQ:

• Women are more likely to be underinsured than men.
• Many medical conditions are unique to women.
• On average, women live longer than men and therefore experience more chronic conditions throughout their lifetime.
• The type of healthcare women receive is influenced by non-clinical health determinants, such as race, level of education, and socioeconomic status.
• Women's interactions with the healthcare system are characterized by fragmentation of services, poor communication with clinicians, and gender bias in receipt of treatment and services. While fragmentation of care is not limited to women, it is more pronounced.

Listen to "The Future of Women’s Healthcare – 2005" a 90-minute briefing on the important initiatives in women’s healthcare.

SPEAKER PANEL:

• Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD., Senior Advisor on Women's Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Wendy Kuran, Vice President, Women’s Health Solutions, PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc.
• Bonnie Wittman RN, MBA, Director of Women's Health, Florida Hospital System

TOPICS COVERED:

• Strategies for developing comprehensive approaches to women's health
• Broadening access to healthcare services for women
• Coordination of services for women and access to specialists and sub-specialists in women's health
• Pacificare’s integrated approach with 30 Programs and Services focused on serving women
• Why becoming a leader in women's health is a cornerstone of the health plan’s strategy as a health and consumer services organization
• How healthcare systems can design programs to serve women's health in the year ahead
• The programs and services that resulted in Florida Hospital being ranked as one of the top ten hospital's in the country for women
• Health promotion and clinical preventive services for women
• Improving quality of care
• Emerging opportunities in women’s health programs

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS AUDIO CONFERENCE:
Directors and managers of women's health programs for hospitals and managed care organizations, CEOs, COOs, directors of outpatient services, medical staff leadership, OB-GYN leadership, chief nurse executives, administrators, marketing directors, directors of clinical services, directors of strategy and planning, business development executives, geriatric program managers, directors of senior services, service line managers, community health educators, wellness and health promotion managers, healthcare consultants, and government agency administrators.

"Attend" this program right in your office and enjoy significant savings - no travel time or hassle; no hotel expenses. It’s so convenient! Invite your staff members to participate.