MODESTO, CA, May 30, 2002 ---- MCOL™, the
business-to-business health management and managed care resource company and
leading source of defined care information, announced that the Defined Care 2002
Web Summit has concluded, bringing together over 900
professionals interested in defined contribution and consumer-driven health plan
activities in a completely Internet based event. The summit featured
presentations from nationally prominent faculty, electronic networking between
attendees and with faculty, continuing education opportunities, a searchable
edition of “Who’s Who in Defined Care” and much more. The Summit was
co-sponsored by MCOL, Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC and The
Consumer Driven Health Care Association.
Those
who missed the Summit can still purchase a CD-ROM for $49 that includes all 26
presentations from the national Summit faculty, plus the faculty bios, a copy of
Who’s Who in Defined Care and more. For additional information or to purchase
a copy, go to http://www.definedcare.com/summitcd.htm
or call 209.577.4888.
Claire
Thayer, MCOL Vice President of Research and Development reports, “Summit
attendees participated in an on-line survey regarding awareness of specific
defined care related companies. The results indicated 52 percent were aware of a
related company offering products in their market. It was quite interesting to
see the variances in results broken down by specific companies, and by region
and background of the respondents.” The survey results can be reviewed at http://www.definedcare.com/poll0502.htm
Clive
Riddle, MCOL President, says, “The Summit was a huge success and certainly
exceeded our expectations regarding the strong interest in this issue as well as
what can be accomplished with a web based conference without imposing too many
‘high-tech’ requirements on the users.”
Peter
N. Grant, JD Ph.D., President of Health Care Conference Administrators, says,
“The recently concluded Defined Care 2002 Web Summit provided a perfect
example of how the Internet can be used to advance conference-style learning and
networking for health care professional. ” Adds Grant, “HCCA was
particularly proud to arrange web based continuing education credit to the
Summit attendees. This might be the first instance where such a portfolio of
healthcare CE credits have been offered for participation in a web-only learning
event.”
About
the Summit Co-Sponsors:
MCOL, established in 1995, is a leading provider of business-to-business
health management and managed care knowledge resources via e-mail, the web, as
well as more traditional means. MCOL provides membership services, e-commerce
and business e-solutions to professionals. MCOL is based in Modesto, California,
with additional offices in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit:
http://www.mcol.com/about.htm
Health Care Conference Administrators LLC, the Healthcare Education
Company, (HCCA) offers prestigious conferences and learning events such as the
HIPAA Summit (www.HIPAASummit.com). HCCA offers advanced learning opportunities
for clinicians and healthcare executives. Since 1998, HCCA has offered
conferences and symposia sponsored by over 150 health care associations,
organizations and publications and attended by over 25,000 registrants. HCCA
events include the National HIPAA Summit, the National Congress on Health Care
Compliance, the Medical Research Summit, the eHealth Colloquium at Harvard, and
the National Congress on Genomics, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. For
more information, please visit: http://www.ehcca.com
The Consumer Driven Health Care Association (CDHCA), www.CDHCA.org, was formed to promote awareness of the new approaches to health benefit programs. The founding members are leaders in consumer-driven health care models that empower individuals to make the health care choices concerning them.
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