[stranger]It’s no secret that our current healthcare system does not work. Given an annual bite of $2.8 trillion in 2009, with spending on pace to hit $4.3 trillion by 2012, the U.S. healthcare treatment model is economically unsustainable. Fundamental to supporting the arch of healthcare reform’s solution mix is the need to address and correct the attitude of deferred responsibility (personal, corporate, and community), and the sociological, economic, and educational conditions that foster the lifestyle choices that adversely impact our healthcare system.

In this thought-provoking and fast moving presentation, you will hear from an international leader in the field of population health management: Michael Samuelson.  From his seat as a health promotion pioneer in the early 1970s to his current position as President and CEO of The Health & Wellness Institute, Michael knows this story from all angles and he is anxious to share the observations and lessons learned from his journey.

Topics to be covered include:

• Ten Fundamental Understandings
• Healthcare vs. Sickcare:  Time to Level Set
• The Five Ws of Healthcare

1. What’s Happening?
2. So What?
3. What Now?
4. What Next?
5. What Difference Did It/Will It Make?

• The Health Continuum & The Determinants of Health
• Healthcare Transformation: Paternalism to Shared Responsibility
• The New Social Contract: A Formula for Chronic Disease Prevention[/stranger]

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[stranger]About the presenter:  Michael H. Samuelson, President & CEO of The Health & Wellness Institute

Over the past thirty-five years — from Boston to Brussels, London to Little Rock, Pittsburg to Paris and Hattiesburg to Havana, Cuba — Michael Samuelson has lectured on leadership, health promotion, health policy, disease prevention and the dynamics of behavior change.  An author of five books and numerous articles on leadership and behavior change, his work has been featured on the ABC News program, 20/20, The CBS Morning Show, CNN and MSNBC as well as numerous national print publications including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Business Week and USA Today. Michael, a graduate of the university of Michigan with a Master’s degree in education, is a Viet Nam Era veteran of the US Air Force (1967 – 1971) and a recipient of the Commander’s Coin of Excellence from the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine.

His writings, audio work and behavior change programs have been distributed to millions throughout the world and have been publicly endorsed by scientists, politicians, advocacy organizations, business leaders and media personalities including:  George H.W. Bush (41), Betty Ford, C. Everett Koop, Jim Prochaska, Dee Edington, Ken Blanchard, The Lance Armstrong Foundation and Larry King.

Practicing what he preaches, Michael is an avid world trekker with high altitude mountain adventures logged in Asia, Europe, Africa, Alaska and the U.S. lower forty-eight.

You can follow his personal quest for optimal health by clicking the link below:

http://www.mhsamuelson.com/MHSamuelson/Welcome.html

Continuing Education Credits: This event is eligible for 1 ACSM cec or 1 CHES cec

Requirements for Continuing Education Credit: Listen/Watch/Read/Complete Evaluation/Choose Appropriate Certification From the Dropdown Menu and Purchase Credits Below

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