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Strategies for Working with Chronically Ill
Patients and Their Families

Wednesday, November 5, 2003
12:15 - 7:45 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Newton
399 Grove Street
Newton, MA
 
PROGRAM AGENDA
 
12:15 - 12:45 p.m. Registration and Exhibits,
Luncheon Snack/Dessert
12:45 - 1:15 p.m. Introductions and Case Vignette
Robert LoNigro, MD, MS, and
Caroline Vitiello, BSN, CCN, RN
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Identifying and Responding to the Many Faces of Depression among the Chronically Ill
2:15 - 3 p.m. The Telephone as an Opportunity and a Stumbling Block for Engaging Patients and their Families: Using Diabetes as a Case Study
Roxane Weikel, BSN, RN
3 - 3:15 p.m. Break/Exhibits
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. HIPAA and Privacy Issues: Legal Cautions in Communicating with Patients and their Families Electronically and Telephonically
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Overcoming Obstacles Posed by Persistent Pain
Carol Curtiss, MSN, RN
4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Health Literacy: Talking the Patient's Language
Marylou Buyse, MD
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. It's All about the Patient: Getting the Physician on Your Side
Elaine Enright, BS, CCM, RN
6:15 - 6:45 p.m. Dinner/Exhibits
6:45 - 7:30 p.m. From Theory to Practice, Making a Difference at Work
Elaine Enright, BS, CCM, RN, and
Robert LoNigro, MD, MS
7:30 p.m. Program Concludes