Rural Health Conference 2009:
"Building Healthy Communities"
November 18-20, 2009
Music Road Hotel & Convention Center
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Thank you, Conference Supporters
Emerald
University of Tennessee Graduate Medical
Education
Platinum
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of
Osteopathic Medicine
The Rural Partnership
Gold
AmeriChoice by United Healthcare
Tennessee Department of Education Office of Coordinated School Health
Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Hospital Association
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center
Silver
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust
Bronze
Gallagher Healthcare
Mercy Health Partners
Mountain States Health Alliance (Johnson County Community Hospital)
Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians
Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Contributors
Amerigroup Community Care
Cherokee Health Systems, Inc.
Wellmont Hancock County Hospital
Exhibitors
Cancer Queens
Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers
Community Health Network, Inc.
Continuing Medical Education at ETSU
Doral Dental of Tennessee, LLC
East TN State University College of Medicine Library
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee
Public Health Television
QSource
School Nurse Supply, Inc.
Shared Health
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition (TC4)
Tennessee Disability Determination Services
Tennessee Poison Center
Tennessee School Health Coalition
Volunteer State Health Plan
Friends
Michael Caudle, MD in memory of Gene Hall, friend and UT Hospital Administrator
Patrick Lipford in memory of his mother-in-law, Murray Lantrip, and his aunt, Frances Lipford, who both passed away in 2009.
Darlene Swart in memory of her parents, Houston and Ruth Carlton
Susan Veale in memory of her mother, Ruth Zapisotsky Feldman
Advertisers
Tennessee Center for Nursing
Tennessee Primary Care Association
Tennessee Public Health Association
Conference Agenda
Conference Supporter Application
Poster Session Contest Rules
Photography Contest Rules
Wednesday Opening Speaker
Rhoda Weiss, PhD
"Health Care Reform: Ideas for Leaders"
Rhoda Weiss, Ph.D., International Healthcare Consultant, Speaker, Author and named distinguished UCLA Extension Faculty member, is a Kellogg Foundation Fellow and recipient of five national Lifetime Achievement Awards for contributions to health care and communications. Dr. Weiss' talk is entitled, "HEALTH CARE REFORM: IDEAS FOR LEADERS".
As health care delivery faces unprecedented change, rural providers are in a unique position to ensure quality, effective care for our communities that is close to home, programs that provide care for rural and underserved communities are critical to the sustainability, growth and health of every town and region in which we serve. Dr, Weiss will share what is new, what is next and what is best in health care and how rural providers can weather the storm and take the lead through strategies to increase our visibility, awareness, understanding, referrals and funding.
Plenary Speaker
Gerald Doekson, PhD
'Healthcare as an Economic Engine"
Dr. Doekson will share the tools available to measure the economic impact of health care. He will share the results of an economic impact study for Haywood County Tennessee and show how the health care sector is extremely large and growing and can be an economic engine.
Thursday Keynote
Tim F. Jones, MD, State Epidemiologist, Tennessee Department of Health
"Lessons from Global Public Health Activities"
Dr. Jones completed medical school at Stanford University and a residency in Family Medicine at the Brown University/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island program, where he also did a fellowship in Maternal/Child Health. He practiced in an underserved population in Utah before joining the CDCs Epidemic Intelligence Service in 1997, at which time he was assigned to Tennessee. He now serves as the State Epidemiologist for the Tennessee Department of Health, overseeing programs including Immunizations, TB, Emergency Preparedness, Foodborne Diseases, Hospital Infections, Zoonotic Diseases and Environmental Epidemiology.
In his presentation, Dr. Jones will review examples of international public health activities, including the polio eradication program in Yemen and diarrheal disease surveillance training in Asia. Public health promotion strategies in other countries not only improve conditions beyond our borders, but also have direct effects on public health within the U.S.
Friday Motivational
Cancer Queens: A Cancer Prevention Musical Revue
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Office of Patient and Community Education welcomes you to an original musical performance that will rock your socks off. The main goal of Cancer Queens is to inform you of healthy lifestyles that will reduce your risk of developing certain cancers and other serious health conditions. And you will have so much fun, you will want to get up and dance and sing with the Queens. By all means!