Tapping the Four Tenets of Consumer-Driven Healthcare to Deliver Quality, Transparency and Care Access

Experts in each of the four cornerstones of consumer-driven healthcare - provider quality reporting, cost-of-care reporting, consumer rewards for value comparison and healthcare IT - will share strategies to give healthcare organizations a leg up on the competition for consumers' healthcare dollars and attention during a May 30, 2007 audio conference from the Healthcare Intelligence Network.

Manasquan, NJ (PRWEB) May 15, 2007 -- The consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC) arena is heating up -- The American healthcare sector is shifting rapidly to a system where payors and providers are expected to account for the quality and cost of their care. As employers and consumers demand more value for the healthcare dollar, healthcare organizations are being pressured to publicly report on provider information, publicly report on cost, provide the IT backbone to make the data easily accessible and reward consumers who make value-driven choices.

During Value-Driven Healthcare in Action: A Four-Pronged Approach to Meet Consumer Transparency, Quality and Access Demands, a 90-minute live audio conference on May 30, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern, participants will hear from four healthcare organizations already piloting approaches that support consumers' value-based decision-making, drawing on their expertise in each of the four pillars of CDHC. For conference details, please visit http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?valuedrivenhealthcarepr

The Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN) is sponsoring the 90-minute live audio conference on May 30, 2007 devoted to the implementation of the four pillars of CDHC to stay competitive in the fast-growing consumer-driven movement.

- Scheduled speakers: Gary Austin, healthcare industry consultant on corporate/product strategy and program management, on the healthcare IT requirements of the CDHC environment; Linda Davis, consultant to the Buyers Health Care Action Group in Minnesota, on provider incentive ideas; Sue Lewis, senior vice president, health and productivity solutions, IncentOne, on creative incentives for consumers who consider quality when making healthcare choices; and Mark Xistris, director of provider relations & health information, The Alliance, on furthering the transparency agenda by publicly reporting healthcare quality and cost data.

- Conference highlights: The role of transparency in pursuing improved value of healthcare delivery; implementing interoperable health IT systems; creating an effective consumer incentive structure; and developing provider incentives that lead to high-value, high-quality care.

- Target Audience: CEOs, marketing directors, sales executives, health plan executives, new product development executives, business development and strategic planning directors, human resource executives.

- Audio Conference formats: 90-minute live audio conference on May 30, 2007 includes a 30-minute Q&A; "On-Demand" rebroadcast available June 1, 2007; 90-minute recording on CD-ROM with printed transcript available June 15, 2007. For conference details, please visit http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?valuedrivenhealthcarepr

QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

"At the request of the consumer, the healthcare industry is defining value for the first time, and each segment has a role to play in developing quality standards and cost measurement. To support consumers' value-based decisions and win their business, providers must begin to provide transparent cost and quality information to health plans and employers, and payors must provide incentives to consumers who make quality-based choices. The entire industry must agree to embrace the technology that facilitates consumer access to the data, or risk losing patients and members in the process."

Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.

About the Healthcare Intelligence Network - HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info @ hin.com, or visit http://www.hin.com.

Patricia Donovan

732.528.4468

732.292.3073

pdonovan @ hin.com

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