News Advisory: Frist and Morone Address Health Services Researchers in Nashville

6/24/2003

From: Kari Root or Hollis Hope of AcademyHealth, 202-292-6700 web: http://www.academyhealth.org/2003

News Advisory:

Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist, M.D., will address more than 1,500 health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners in Nashville on Sunday, June 29, at AcademyHealth's 20th Annual Research Meeting. As both a physician and a champion of research, Frist is uniquely positioned to speak to participants, all of whom work to improve the health care delivery system, on the current state of the nation's health.

James Morone, Ph.D., of Brown University, will explore the powerful role the nation's puritan moral tradition plays in shaping-and stifling-American health policy, on Friday, June 27. His keynote address, "The Sick and the Sinful: Reflections on Social Justice and Health Care Research," stems from his newly-released book.

Nearly 500 researchers from across the country and abroad will speak at this meeting, which features 120 sessions in 16 major areas of health services research and policy, including Medicare and long-term care, workforce, public health, cost containment, and chronic care.

The research meeting also features policy roundtables-interactive sessions that promote the application of research to policy, management, and clinical practice-focused on cutting-edge topics such as consumer-driven health care, the nursing shortage, patient safety, Medicaid and SCHIP, international health care issues, and bioterrorism. For a schedule of the roundtables, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/2003/agenda/roundtables.htm

WHERE: Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee

WHEN: June 27 to 29, 2003

Media are admitted free of charge and may register on-site. A press room will be located in Governor's Chamber D. For more information or to register, please call Kari Root at 202-292-6700.

For up-to-date information on the Annual Research Meeting, including a full meeting program, visit http://www.academyhealth.org/2003.

AcademyHealth is the professional home for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, and a leading, non-partisan resource for the best in health research and policy.