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USM Lifeline Center Holds Conference on Employee Health Self-Management

April 7, 2004

To address the growing field of medical self-care and consumerism, USM's Lifeline Center for Wellness and Health Promotion presents the conference "Employee Health Management and Medical Self-Care, Effective Strategies for Enhancing Workplace Health and Productivity." The conference will examine how medical self-care programs contribute to improved employee health and productiveness in both the workplace and at home. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found in 2003, that employee self-care programs provide companies with a $2-$19 return for each dollar invested.

Conference learning objectives include an overview of important concepts and applications for medical consumerism, increasing awareness of cost benefits associated with medical self-care programs, and ways to implement, promote, and evaluate these programs.

Speakers include George J. Pfeiffer, president of WorkCare Group, Inc., and past consultant for the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health; Maureen J. Kenney, healthcare strategy manager at Bath Iron Works; and Phyllis Wolfe, USM employee and overseer of Bath Iron Works employee wellness program.

To register:
Contact: USM Department of Conferences, 68 High St., Portland, Maine 04101
Tel: 207-780-5951
TTY: 207-780-5646
Email: conferences@usm.maine.edu

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