Partnership for Patients: Conference Call for Physicians, Nurses and other Care Providers this Thursday, April 21st at 4:30pm EST

Dear Colleagues:

Please join Dr. Donald Berwick, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Joseph McCannon, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and other senior HHS officials on Thursday, April 21st at 4:30PM EST for a conference call to discuss how physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers can become involved in Partnership for Patients, a new public-private partnership that brings together major hospitals, employers, health plans, physicians, nurses, and patient advocates along with State and Federal governments in a shared effort to make hospital care safer, more reliable, and less costly. 

WHO:                   Dr. Donald Berwick, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Joseph McCannon, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid  Services

WHEN:                 Thursday, April 21st, 2011
4:30p.m. EST / 1:30 p.m. PST
Please dial in 5 minutes before the call begins.

CALL-IN:               888-957-9843

PASSCODE:         HHS

Please feel free to forward this conference call information to your leaders, members and affiliates across the country. Please note that this call is off the record and not intended for press purposes.

An audio recording will be available within an hour of the call by dialing 866-447-7329. No passcode is necessary.

More information about the Partnership (including how to join) can be found at the bottom of this email or at http://www.healthcare.gov/center/programs/partnership/.

If you have any questions please feel free to email partnershipforpatients@hhs.gov.

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