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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:44:16 +0000 From: Arlene Weitzman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conferenc Dear Listserv Administrator: The following is a short announcement of our Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference. We would appreciate it if you would post it on your listserv. If you do post it, would you please let us know that you have done so. Thanks CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT The second national conference "Partnerships for Networked Health Information" will be held May 12-14, 1996, in Rancho Mirage, California. It will focus on health information that supports prevention, patient education, and the management of health and disease. Sessions will also explore the infrastructure needed to link homes, hospitals, clinics, schools, worksites, and community settings. It will include hands-on demonstrations by America Online, IBM, and Time-Warner. Partnerships '96 will be invaluable for representatives of managed care and other medical institutions and health companies who value informed patients; health professionals who seek more effective communication with their patients; public agencies that disseminate health information or deliver health services; nonprofit health and other community organizations that provide information and services in specific fields; employers, benefits managers, and insurers seeking to raise wellness and reduce inappropriate use of services; community organizations, including civic networks and libraries, that provide the public with direct access to information; foundations that support innovative health communication activities; and electronic publishers, interactive applications developers, telecommunications and computer companies that create or deliver vital health information directly to end users. The conference is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, and IEEE, Inc. For program and registration information, visit the Partnerships '96 web site at http://odphp.dhhs/gov/confrnce/partnr96/ or contact The Conference Group, Inc., 11781 Lee Jackson Highway, Suite 190, Fairfax, Virginia 22033; telephone 703-273-2552. For inforamtion about exhibiting, contact Paula Seidman by e-mail at [log in to unmask], or by telephone at 301-890-5525.