Special Events
Join us at the American Diabetes Association Expo!
April 25, 2009 Long Beach Convention Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd – Hall A – Long Beach, CA 90802
Learn more about diabetes and surgical weight loss.
It’s free…Register online. Click here.
PAST EVENTS
If you would like information from these events, please give us a call.
Special Event for Health Care Professionals and Employers!
“Adult Obesity: Healthcare Costs and Current Treatments”
Wednesday, February, 25, 2009 - 8:30 AM to Noon The Costa Mesa Community Center
1845 Park Avenue – Costa Mesa 92628
Learn about:
· “Diabesity, The Impending Crisis of Diabetes&Obesity in America”
· “Emotional Aspects of Obesity&Lifestyle Management,” “But Can You Keep it Off?”
· “Minimally Invasive Treatment of Diabetes&Obesity; Progressive Thinking Today”
· “Implementing a Successful Wellness Program”
*3 Community Education Unites (CEUs, CME, CHES) for licensed healthcare providers will be offerred.
Keynote Speakers:
Brian Quebbemann, MD, FACS, Medical Director The NEW Program
Dominic Bronell, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, The NEW Program
Linda Gigliotti, MS, RD, Program Director, UCI Health Management Director
John Gregory Smith, PhD, Director Wellness Program, Long Beach City College
Sponsor: County of Orange, Health Care Agency
Karen Munoz, MSN, PHN, RN
RSVP’s by email to: epapst@ochca.com
Call: 714.834.8513 for more information.
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Special Event for Employers - for Human Resource/Benefits and Wellness Coordinators
“Weight in the Workplace…Impact and Solutions” Was a big success! Follow up forum coming.
Like more information? Call: 800.964.0525
Community Hospital of Long Beach -Auditorium
1720 Termino Avenue -Long Beach, CA 90804
CEOs’ Top Health Priority: Obesity
Posted by Jacob Goldstein
The uninsured, tort reform and the nursing shortage? Yeah, they matter. But obesity matters a lot more.
That was the conclusion a bunch of CEOs reached today, in a meeting where they hashed out what they thought the president-elect’s top health priorities should be.
The looming disease burden associated with the epidemic, and all the costs and suffering it will entail, apparently pushed it ahead of other, frequently discussed health-reform issues.
The group — which included the CEOs of Pfizer, Novartis, WellPoint and the Mayo Clinic, among others — is part of the WSJ CEO Council, a conference the Journal convened in DC this week.
Second on the group’s list was tort reform (not surprising for a bunch of CEOs). Then came a couple of related priorities beloved of health wonks these days — measuring outcomes in health care, and reforming payments in order to reward good care and stop paying doctors simply based on volume.
Building the supply of nurses and primary-care docs came next, followed by expanded insurance coverage. The group favored a mandate for insurance — but they said it should be on individuals, not businesses.