This Free, Morning-Long Conference Offers Insights into the Future of Healthcare, Technology and Wellness
Delta Dental of Missouri is continuing its quest to improve the oral and overall health of Missourians by convening a group of nationally-renowned healthcare experts. These thought leaders bring unique insight and sound strategies for inspiring and sustaining healthy change among individuals, organizations and communities. The state’s leading dental benefits provider and champion of improving both oral health and overall health will host futureFOCUS2016 on Thursday, April 21 from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Ritz Carlton in Clayton. This conference is free to attend and will include a complimentary breakfast and a book written by the keynote speaker. Local business leaders and healthcare professionals can secure a reservation at www.futurefocusconference.com.
futureFOCUS2016 will feature speakers Joe Flower and Kathryn Gilliam, RDH, BA. Flower is a healthcare speaker, writer, consultant and premier observer and thought leader on the deep forces changing healthcare in the United States and around the world. With clients ranging from the World Health Organization, the Global Business Network and the U.K. National Health Service, to the majority of state hospital associations in the United States, Flower has explored the future of healthcare nationally and internationally and has written a new manual on how Americans can get better, less costly healthcare for their families, while revolutionizing the system at the same time. He is set to give the keynote address titled, “Healthcare 2017 and Beyond.” Those in attendance will also hear from Gilliam, who is an author, consultant and speaker who has spent 25 years on the front lines of early oral cancer detection as a clinical dental hygienist. She has more than 15 years of international coaching experience mentoring private dental practices to impact patient health through early cancer detection. She is set to discuss the dangers of oral inflammation in her presentation “The Fire Within – The Dangers of Oral Inflammation.”
This event is packed with helpful information for HR executives and benefits managers, employee benefits professionals, strategic planners, CEOs, benefits consultants, agents, brokers, dentists and other healthcare professionals. All in attendance will receive Joe Flower’s new book How To Get What We Pay For.
This is the 15th annual futureFOCUS event hosted by Delta Dental. Previous years have been highlighted by other nationally-renowned experts including Dan Buettner; Jim Carroll; Ben Carson, M.D.; Michael Roizen, M.D.; Dean Ornish, M.D.; Ian Morrison; Senator Bill Bradley; Charles Duhigg and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. To register for futureFOCUS, visit www.futurefocusconference.com. To learn more about Delta Dental of Missouri, or to gain access to helpful oral health news and information, visit the company’s website at www.DeltaDentalMO.com, or find them on Facebook and Twitter @DeltaDentalMO.
Delta Dental is the dental benefits leader in Missouri and the U.S. Ninety-four percent of Missouri dentists participate in a Delta Dental network and 4 out of 5 dentists participate nationally. In Missouri, more than 1.7 million members in over 1,800 companies, large and small, choose Delta Dental. Nationally, nearly 1 in 3 families with dental benefits choose Delta Dental – 56 million members from nearly 96,000 companies. Delta Dental is also committed to improving the oral health and overall health of the children in our community and therefore proudly supports the Delta Dental Land of SmilesSM educational touring theater program, Delta Dental Health Theatre and Give Kids A Smile.
For more information, contact:
Kelly Harris
The Hauser Group
314.436.9090
OR
Monica Green
Delta Dental of Missouri
314.656.2669