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For Immediate Release
November 10, 2004

Contact:
E-mail: beryl@wolfenews.com

Beryl Wolfe
(207) 883-6083

Web Site: http://www.martinspoint.org

Martin’s Point Health Care Symposium Brings Nationally Recognized Health Care Expert to Maine

Tuesday, Nov. 16 Event on Health Care Quality to Feature Dr. Joseph Newhouse of Harvard University

Martin’s Point Health Care will host a statewide symposium on health care quality designed for physicians, healthcare professionals, legislative leaders, hospital administrators and others on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland.

Titled “Health Care Quality: Can the Quality Movement Cure the Health Care Crisis,” the evening event will feature the nationally recognized keynote speaker, Dr. Joseph P. Newhouse of Harvard University.

[NOTE to Media: The evening event is open to the media. Call Beryl or Jason Wolfe at Wolfe PR (207) 883-6083 for additional information]

For ticket information, call Emily Adams at Martin's Point Health Care, 791 3709. The cost for the dinner and program is $15.

Dr. Newhouse’s health care background is extensive. He is the author of “Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum.” At Harvard University, he is professor of Health Policy and Management and also is Director of the Health Policy Research & Education Division in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Dr. Newhouse also is a member of the faculties of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.

In addition, Dr. Newhouse edits the Journal of Health Economics and is a member of the board of the New England Journal of Medicine. Information on Dr. Newhouse’s current research interests and publications can be viewed at: www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/JosephNewhouse.html.

“While there is no single solution to the crisis, quality management – in both its principals and techniques – provides a portfolio of possible improvements that we can all employ,” said David H. Howes, President of Martin’s Point Health Care.

David Howes, an M.D., is one of the few physicians in Maine to serve as the head of a healthcare organization. Dr. Howes has helped transform Martin’s Point into an innovative physician-led practice, and one of the largest primary care practices currently serving patients throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Martin’s Point Health Care also is an accredited health-care provider for U.S. military retirees and dependents of active-duty personnel.

Established in 1981, Martin’s Point is a not-for-profit health care provider with facilities in Portland, Brunswick and Windham, Maine; and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Martin’s Point serves patients in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, radiology, cardiology, and mammography, as well as other fields. For additional information, visit www.martinspoint.org.

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