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Superior Consultant Health Futurist to Speak at Congressman
Kennedy's Frontiers in Healthcare
Dr. Jeff Bauer to Offer Insight on Transforming the Healthcare Delivery System
Through the Use of Information Technology
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to a growing
emphasis on healthcare information technology -- initiated by three Institute
of Medicine reports on the quality of care, then reinforced by President Bush's
recent push for a national electronic medical record system within 10 years and
appointment of the first healthcare IT czar -- Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy
(D-R.I.) will host the first annual Frontiers in Healthcare symposium on June
21 at Brown University in Providence, R.I.
Speaking at the conference, centered on the theme of "transforming healthcare
for the 21st century," will be Jeffrey C. Bauer, Ph.D., a nationally recognized
health futurist and medical economist, and senior vice president for Superior
Consultant Company, Inc., (NASDAQ:SUPC), a leading national provider of
transformational outsourcing, management and information technology consulting
services and solutions to the healthcare industry.
In the speaking company of other foremost experts in the healthcare industry,
Dr. Bauer will participate on a panel titled "Bringing Health Information to
Scale," which will explore policy ideas for expediting the widespread adoption
of healthcare IT and creation of a national health information infrastructure.
He will specifically address federal grants and loans available to help create
new regional health networks and support and expand existing networks.
"This symposium will highlight practical ways to turn vision into reality," Dr.
Bauer said. "Everyone agrees that the electronic medical record is an idea
whose time has come. I will be one of several speakers identifying actions
that can be taken to move from plans to results in a timely manner."
Also on the agenda is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), founder of
the Center for Health Transformation, who recently partnered with Rep. Kennedy
to sponsor legislation, tentatively titled "The Quality, Efficiency, Standards,
and Technology for Healthcare Transformation Act (QUEST)," designed to promote
IT as a means of improving healthcare and cutting costs. Gingrich will deliver
the keynote address at the conference.
The conference will also address best practices in healthcare, and delve into
how payers and providers can change reimbursement practices to make healthcare
delivery more efficient while reducing preventable medical errors. Other panel
discussions include "Lab to Practice: The Science of Better Medicine" and
"Changing the Incentives of Healthcare." Further, the conference will feature
an exhibition displaying the latest in healthcare IT innovations.
About Dr. Jeff Bauer
Dr. Bauer is a nationally recognized health futurist and medical economist. He
is a senior vice president for Superior Consultant Company, Inc. In his
numerous publications and presentations, he forecasts the future of healthcare
and describes practical, creative approaches to improving the healthcare
delivery system.
Dr. Bauer has published more than 135 articles, books, Web pages and videos on
healthcare delivery. He speaks frequently to national audiences about key
trends in healthcare, medical science, technology, reimbursement, information
systems, public policy, and creative problem-solving. As a consultant, Dr.
Bauer assists hospitals and other provider organizations with leadership
education, strategic planning and visioning, technology assessment, service
line development, and clinical transformation management.
His latest book is Telemedicine and the Reinvention of Health Care: The Seventh
Revolution in Medicine, co-authored with Marc Ringel, M.D. His two previous
books are Not What the Doctor Ordered and Statistical Analysis for Health Care
Decision-Makers: Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in a
Competitive Market. Dr. Bauer is currently writing a book on the future of
healthcare information and publishing a series of Web articles on key trends in
selected clinical services.
About Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation
Recipient of Frost & Sullivan's 2003 Best Bang for the Buck Award for providing
services and solutions with the highest ratio of value to cost, Superior
Consultant is a leading national provider of transformational outsourcing,
management and information technology consulting services and solutions to the
healthcare industry. Superior specializes in Digital Business
Transformation(TM) services that enable clients to thrive in the
information-driven economy, and its transformational outsourcing, management
and information technology consulting services and solutions help clients plan
and execute better business strategies and meet their fiscal challenges while
advancing clinical quality. Superior's best practices outsourcing model
includes a full range of flexible business process and information technology
solutions, including data center services, 24/7/365 network monitoring and help
desk services, facility management, interim management, and application
outsourcing services. For 20 years, Superior has been recognized as an
innovative leader within the healthcare industry and has been rewarded with
full and partial outsourcing contracts, thousands of engagements, approximately
150 interim management assignments, and nearly 3,000 clients.
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