Friday Morning Plenary

Friday Morning Plenary – 8:15am — 10:00am: Welcome and Plenary Tools to Support True Social Inclusion and Community Integration Confirmed Speakers: Director, Center on Mental Health…

NHRMC Will Respond to the Market Challenges – and Succeed
In our previous Insights entries, we discussed how government policy changes and market forces are impacting New Hanover Regional Medical Center, and how we are using Lean methodology and other innovations to respond to those changes. Today we will … Read more on Greater Wilmington Business Journal

Vision Loss and Mental Health: The Hidden Connection
“What we are talking about is not new, but has never been a focus of the psychiatric community,” says Michael Ascher, MD, a clinical associate professor of Psychiatry in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine, who will co-chair the session. … The … Read more on Newswise (press release)

8 Killed in Drug Rehab Center Fire in Russia's Far East
A fire killed at least eight people at a drug rehabilitation center in the eastern Altai region, the latest in a series of deadly blazes at drug and psychiatric hospitals around the country in recent years that have raised concerns about the safety of … Read more on The Moscow Times