With disease management programs a wedge against escalating healthcare costs, the health coach is a key player on the team of health professionals working to encourage health plan members to improve their health. Structuring health-coaching programs to improve disease management outcomes is the theme of a March 23, 2005 audio conference sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN). During “The Role of Health Coaches in Disease and Care Management,” HIN’s panel of experts will describe how health plans and disease management companies can best utilize health coaches, who encourage members to participate in a personalized plan that complements a physician’s prescribed treatment. The health coach works with a team of health professionals and the member to identify barriers, establish goals and identify a plan that will promote lasting health behavior change and reduce health costs over time. This audio conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. eastern time on March 23, 2005. Manasquan, NJ (PRWEB) March 8, 2005 -- With disease management programs a wedge against escalating healthcare costs, the health coach is a key player on the team of health professionals working to encourage health plan members to improve their health. Structuring health-coaching programs to improve disease management outcomes is the theme of a March 23, 2005 audio conference sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN). During “The Role of Health Coaches in Disease and Care Management,” HIN’s panel of experts will describe how health plans and disease management companies can best utilize health coaches, who encourage members to participate in a personalized plan that complements a physician’s prescribed treatment. The health coach works with a team of health professionals and the member to identify barriers, establish goals and identify a plan that will promote lasting health behavior change and reduce health costs over time. This audio conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. eastern time on March 23, 2005. For more information about the audio conference, please visit
http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?coachrel. Your expert panel of speakers, Danielle Butin, Manager, Health Promotion at Oxford Health Plans, Kerry Little, Senior Health Coach with Duke University Medical Center and Roger Reed, Chief Health Officer at Gordian Health Solutions, will describe how three different organizations are utilizing health coaches, including: - Reviewing background and training of health coaches; - Setting up a health coaching program (build vs. buy); - Devising motivational techniques for health coaches; - Keeping patients in the program; - Creating a collaborative approach with patients, PCPs and health coaches; - Providing a good mix of educational materials -- online, paper and phone; and - Assessing the impact of a health-coaching program. For more details on attending this audio conference, please visit
http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?coachrel. The audio conference will conclude with a live question-and-answer period to address participants’queries. A recorded version of this audio conference will be available on CD-ROM in mid-April. Those deriving optimum benefit from this audio conference include CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses, business development and strategic planning directors. 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 e-mail protected from spam bots, or visit
http://www.hin.com. Contact: Patricia Donovan Phone:(732) 528-4468 Fax:(732) 292-3073