Free On-Line Video: Information Technology and the Future of American Healthcare

PRESS RELEASE

FREE ON-LINE VIDEO:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND THE FUTURE OF
AMERICAN HEALTHCARE

JACK M. SHAPIRO
P.O. BOX 1025
Maywood, NJ 07607
Phone: 888-331-3113
E-mail: Jack@JackShapiro.com
Website: www.JackShapiro.com


Maywood, NJ

In a recent speech to members of the healthcare services industry, Jack Shapiro, an internationally-known healthcare marketing consultant, futurist, broadcast journalist and public speaker spoke about some of the evolving long-term trends in American healthcare. His speech focused on:

· Why we are fast-becoming the healthcare economy;
· Why the mounting cost of healthcare will force important personal and social trade-offs;
· The cost-saving significance of enhanced information technology to the future of American healthcare.

A portion of Mr. Shapiro’s speech is available in streaming video on his website: www.JackShapiro.com (click “video and audio gallery” and then click “listen”).

Mr. Shapiro is available to speak at your next meeting as well as to write columns and articles for publications. Please contact him to receive a press kit (including a video cassette of his recent speech).

THIS MAN KNOWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE

Jack M. Shapiro, an internationally-known healthcare marketing consultant, futurist, broadcast journalist and public speaker.

Jack includes among his clients major pharmaceutical and insurance companies, advertising agencies, hospitals and manufacturers of medical equipment supplies and devices. Often quoted in the healthcare industry, general business, and lay publications, Jack has been a frequent guest on national television (ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, PBS and abroad on BBC and ITN) and radio as a commentator on healthcare trends and politics in the United States and overseas.

From 1997-1999, he was the host of “MEDI-POLITICS,” a nationally-syndicated radio show focusing on the politics and future of healthcare as well as key legal and ethical issues. The show reached more than 40 markets in 26 states and an audience of 31 million people.

Jack has spent more than 35 years in the healthcare field, both in the U.S. and abroad. Before forming his successful research and consulting company, he held high-level management positions in marketing and market research with healthcare giants such as Wyeth and Pfizer.

ARRANGE AN ARTICLE/COLUMN, KEYNOTE SPEECH OR INTERVIEW WITH JACK SHAPIRO ON THESE TOPICS:

. What’s the future of American healthcare?

What could be the impact of improved medical information systems on the
future of healthcare?

. What are the latest clinical trial trends?

. Who are the uninsured and the underinsured?

. What’s driving up the cost of healthcare?

. What can people do to save on healthcare costs?

. Healthcare in Bush’s second term agenda and implications for 2006 and 2008 elections

. Why is ours the “Healthcare Economy?”

. What’s the future for employer-provided health insurance?

. Tomorrow’s breakthroughs in biotechnology and surgery: will we be able to afford them?

. Why are so many people turning to “alternative” healthcare?