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amphitheater small2009 Connected Health Symposium
Up from Crisis: Overhauling Healthcare Information, Payment and Delivery in Extraordinary Times
October 21-22, Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers

 

Early-Bird Registration is available until July 7th!
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Speakers Include:
- Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Medical Sociology, Harvard Medical School; TIME magazine's choice for its 2009 list of The World's 100 Most Influential People; and co-author with James Fowler, PhD of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives, to be published in September 2009.
- Peter Ubel, MD, University of Michigan physician, Director of its Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine, and author of Free Market Madness: Why Economics is at Odds with Human Nature-and Why it Matters (2009).
- Stuart Altman, PhD, Professor of National Health Policy, The Heller Graduate School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis.
- Jason Hwang, MD, Executive Director of Healthcare, Innosight Institute, and co-author with Clayton Christensen, PhD, of The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (2009).

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