Title: Timely feedback about how we manage our health will reduce cost and improve quality in healthcare

Biography:

Fred Ferguson, Assistant Director Pediatric Dentistry, Interfaith Medical Center Brooklyn New York and Distinguished Teaching Professor – Emeritus, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University  and also Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Medicine. He is a highly sought after speaker who has regularly presented to professional, consumer, and community groups.  He has also consulted on healthcare with hospitals, organizations, and corporations. He is President/CEO and founder of Health Migration Consulting Inc. focused on improving the quality of care and reducing cost through building a process for consumer accountability, stakeholder collaboration, and PHR integration.

Abstract

For Healthcare to reduce cost and improve value, consumers must become partners in their health.  To achieve this goal, consumers could use technology to track the quality of their health management, corroborate this information with their dental examination results and receive personalized health guidance. This “Timely Feedback” would be continuously shared across Healthcare, enabling incentives for consumers and dentists, while improving primary care, collaboration and EMR integration. By the end of the course, participants will be able to: Identify the key role of Dentistry in Healthcare, Empower patients to become partners in Healthcare, Recognize the full spectrum of benefits of Timely Feedback