"Innovative lifestyle interventions and evidence-based health" SEMINAR

Time 24 May 2012, at 9.00-12.00
Venue Aikuiskoulutuskeskus, 1st floor, pieni luentosali, Kirkkokatu 16, Lahti
Registrations seija.lehtinen@helsinki.fi

by 21 May 2012, max. 50 participants
Thomas Kottke’s presentation on “Implementing planned innovation”
- overview of HealthPartners
- promotion of population health through lifestyle interventions
- translation of research into innovative practice changes for patients, providers and health systems
- delivery of preventive services
Discussion bring your own examples and questions

Chaired by Raisa Valve
Head of Development, University of Helsinki,
Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education

Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH, practices cardiology at HealthPartners Medical Group & Clinics. He is also Medical Director for Evidence-based Health at HealthPartners, an epidemiologist, and a health services researcher at the HealthPartners Research Foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His primary research interest is how lifestyle change can extend active life expectancy and delay the onset of disability.

HealthPartners is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the United States. HealthPartners provides care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of our members, patients and the community.
http://www.healthpartners.com/public/about/

The seminar is organized as part of the activities of the following research and development projects: “Päijät-Häme region - an aspiring global forerunner in practice-based innovation”, “Innovations emerging from the interface of action - forums for knowledge and expertise”, and “Liikettä – Motion”.