HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS AND INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS TO OFFER BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

(Boston, MA) - Managers, health care , of New England hospitals and medical schools, including Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital,, health care , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Northeast Rehabilitation Health Network, and Harvard Medical School will speak about the activities of health at Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences on Saturday, March 22, 2003 from 8 hours to 2 hours Admission is free for members of the press. Sally Deane, managing partner of Strategic Health Care Innovations, LLC, a business and management consultancy for the healthcare field, and a Boston University professor,, health care , delivered the keynote address, "Navigating, health care , the Sea Changes in 21st Century Health Care: Implications, health care , for Survival" at 8:45 The program will offer workshops on entrepreneurship, management, business ethics, compliance issues, technology, skills building and career management for healthcare professionals like nurses, doctors and rehabilitation experts. Students, managers, providers, media and others are invited to attend. Experts share their knowledge about the state of health, discuss priorities for future planning, management and proposes strategies that participants can use to build their careers. Admission is $ 40 for the public and the Boston University community, $ 35 for Sargent College alumni and $ 10 for the current and Boston University Sargent College students. Admission is free for members of the press. The program takes place at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA. For more information and directions or to register, please visit, http://www.bu.edu/sargent/alumni. "The Business of Health Care" program is sponsored, health care , by the Sargent College Alumni Association. Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is an institution of higher, health care , education and research whose premier academic programs prepare dynamic health professionals, health care , and, health care , whose research and leadership is the health and rehabilitation sciences is actively shaping health care. For more information, health care , about Sargent College and to learn about their qualifications, health care , in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, communication disorders, health sciences, athletic training, nutrition, therapy and rehabilitation, visit http://www.bu.edu/sargent. WHAT: New England hospital administrators talk about the business of healthcare. Admission is free for members of the press. WHERE:, health care , Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA. WHEN: Saturday, March 22, 2003 from 8 hours to 2 pm -30 --