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4th Annual
Conference for Case Managers, Nurse Practitioners,
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Nurse Educators
Patient Engagement Strategies
to Promote Responsible Diabetes Self-Management
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Wednesday, October
20, 2004
7:15 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Hilton Dedham/Boston,
25 Allied Drive
Dedham, MA
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Faculty Bios
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Philip Boulter, MD, FACE
Dr. Philip Boulter is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical
Officer for Tufts Health Plan with responsibilities for strategic
planning, medical management and clinical services. Tufts Health
Plan, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a leading
managed care company in New England. Dr. Boulter is also Medical
Director at Tufts Health Care Institute, where he serves as
the primary liaison between the Institute and community-based
providers. In addition, Dr. Boulter is past president of the
Alliance for Healthcare Improvement, a consortium of non-profit
managed care organizations in Massachusetts.The purpose of the
Alliance is for the participating health plans to collaborate
on quality initiatives.
Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan, Dr. Boulter served in a
range of leadership positions in a large multi-specialty group
practice. As Medical Director for the Hitchcock Clinic-Concord
Division in New Hampshire for nine years, he was responsible
for incorporating managed care practices into clinical opera-tions.
He was also responsible for utilization management, capitation
arrangements, budgeting, and integrating quality improvement
into clinical operations. Dr. Boulter also served as a Regional
Medical Director for Matthew Thornton Health
Plan in New Hampshire.
Dr. Boulter graduated from Harvard Medical School, trained at
Boston City Hospital, and is board certified in Internal Medicine
and Endocrinology. Dr. Boulter is an Associate Clinical Professor
of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University
School of Medicine. He is a member of the American College of
Physician Executives and Fellow of the American College of Clinical
Endocrinology.
Jeanne Driscoll, PhD, APRN, BC
Jeanne Watson Driscoll, a Certified Adult psychiatric mental
health Clinical Nurse
Specialist, is President and owner of JWD Associates, Inc..
Her private practice of
psychotherapy and psychopharmacology focuses on the care of
women with
mood and anxiety disorders during the reproductive years. She
received her
Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from the University of
Delaware, her
Master of Science Degree in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
from Boston College and her PhD in Nursing from University of
Connecticut. She is an internation-ally recognized speaker and
seminar leader.
Jeanne is published in both the professional and the lay press
literature. Her latest book, co-authored with Deborah Sichel,
MD, is Women’s Moods–What Every Woman Must Know about
Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health. She is also known
for her videos on postpartum adjustment and breastfeeding, including
"Postpartum: A Bittersweet Experience;” “Breastfeeding:
Better Beginnings;” “Fragile Beginnings: Understanding
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders;” “Taking Care
of Mom;” and “Staying Sane.”
Jeanne is a member of the American Nurses Association, The Massachusetts
Association of Registered Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau (National
Nurses’ Honor Society), Association of Women’s Health,
Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses, and the American Psychiatric
Nurses Association. She is listed in Who’s Who in
Professional Nursing,Who’s Who in American Nursing, and
Who’s Who in Executive Women.
Janet Tomcavage, RN, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE
Ms.Tomcavage is presently Manager, Health Management Care
Coordination
at Geisinger Health Plan, Danville, PA. Over the last three
years she has worked
in the managed care arena, responsible for disease and care
management
activities. She is also responsible for the design, development
and ongoing
evaluation of all disease management programs and the 28 Health
Managers
who deliver the disease management services. Geisinger’s
disease management programs for diabetes, hypertension and congestive
heart failure received full approval from National Committee
for Quality Assurance Disease Management Accreditation in 2003.
In addition, Geisinger has several recent journal articles published
on its diabetes disease management program.
Ms.Tomcavage’s past experience has included work for over
21 years in the specialty of diabetes education and management.
She has given numerous lectures locally and nationally in the
field of diabetes management, particularly medication management
and pregnancy management in diabetes. She has a BSN in Nursing
from Bloomsburg State College in 1981 and an MSN in Nursing
from College
Misericordia in 1991. Her certification includes Certified Diabetes
Educator since 1987 and Advanced Practice in Diabetes Management
since 2001. In addition, she has co-authored several articles
on diabetes management.
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