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Indiana
Blood and Marrow Transplantation will hold its
Third annual Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy
Seminar at the new downtown Indianapolis Adam's
Mark Hotel on Friday, Nov. 10 from 7:45 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Keynote speaker
Dr. Andrew Krueger, Humana's medical director-transplant
management, will explore the components that
medical directors target in assessing provider
programs for potential network membership.
The educational
half-day seminar, developed to meet the needs
of case managers and nurses who care for bone
marrow transplant patients, is held annually
at a central location in Indianapolis.
IBMT's goals for
the program are to keep audiences abreast of
new developments - both clinical and fiscal
- in the changing world of bone marrow transplantation.
Content in the first two conferences ranged
from a very basic clinical orientation to in-depth
examination of factors effecting cost efficiency.
The seminar facilitates
payor / providor communication and has been
well received by the regional attendees coming
from the Indianapolis area as well as Louisville,
Lexington, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Chicago
areas. In addition to the didactic sessions,
an interactive portion utilitizing an audience
response system (ARS) has been added.
New
this year, the ARS system will allow instant
feedback measurement and help focus group discussion
on controversial issues.
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The
conference will be held at the brand new
Adam's Mark Hotel in beautiful downtown
Indianapolis.
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"There
appears to be a significant need for direct
payor / providor communication in a forum of
this type. In the evaluations, we have been
asked to increase the frequency to semiannual,
holding a conference in the spring as well as
in the fall. The seminars are especially enjoyable
because education is provided in an informal
social setting with lots of group interaction,"
said Judi Woodrupp, conference coordinator.
Previous conferences
have been approved for 5.1 contact hours by
the Indiana State Nurse's Association and /
or the Case Management Society of America. Applications
to these bodies for C.E.U. credit are in progress.
For more information,
please contact Judi Woodrupp, RN at (317) 929-3400.
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