1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference

Summaries of Plenary Sessions and Breakout Sessions

Redefining Roles #5: Faith and Health and Technology

Wednesday, April 16, 1997
2:00 - 3:30 PM

Moderator: Gary Gunderson, Director of Operations, Interfaith Health Program of The Carter Center

Speaker: Dennis Fey, Director, Congregational Relations, St. Francis Hospital of Evanston, Faith and Health Partnerships, "Networking Faith and Health Partnerships"

Speaker: Sister Marie Sullivan, Executive Director, Sullivan Center, "Technology at Work in Grass Roots Social Services Agencies"

Speaker: Ann Solari-Twadell, RN, BSN, MPA, MSN, Director, Congregational Health Services and The International Parish Nurse Resource Center, "Meeting Consumers Where They Are At—Use of Personal Health Records"

Statement of Subject

The main focus of most conference sessions is on the intersection of health and technology. This session, however, will add another factor to the equation, Faith. Panelists will describe current projects that have used faith as the foundation of their work, and then built health and technology as part of that foundation.

Many complex issues will be discussed. Where does faith fit in the health equation? What happens when technology is included in an area that is concerned about the human condition? Other issues related to the relationship among these three very different, but very much connected, areas will be examined.

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