Southeast Anesthesiology Consultant's CEO Speaks in Latin America

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Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:28pm EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants
CEO, Dr. Richard Gilbert, spoke at The Healthcare Leaders' Summit in Chile,
Brazil and Argentina last week.

The summit is an ongoing, multi-year, continuing education event sponsored by
the Latin America Division of the Medical Devices & Diagnostic Group of the
Johnson & Johnson Company, and it brings experts in healthcare quality and
safety to Latin America to discuss the following topics:

    --  Current scientific evidence regarding the quality and safety of
        healthcare around the world
    --  Models for measuring and improving the quality and safety of
healthcare
        delivery
    --  Models for aligning the incentives of the various healthcare
        stakeholders (physicians/surgeons, insurers, payers, government) to
        achieve improved quality, safety and efficiency

    --  Assistance in forming and maintaining communities of quality for
        improvement


Dr. Gilbert's presentation was entitled "Can a Data-Driven Continuous Quality
Improvement (CQI) System Change Clinician Practice to Reduce Medical Errors,
Improve Outcomes and Lower Healthcare Costs?"

ABOUT SOUTHEAST ANESTHESIOLOGY CONSULTANTS
Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants is an 80+ physician anesthesia and pain
management practice serving more than 100,000 anesthesia and more than 45,000
pain management patients each year in North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia. On the Web at www.seanesthesiology.com and www.quantumcns.com

SOURCE  Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants

Allison Aiken, +1-704-374-9300, aaiken@carolinapr.com, or Kristen
Bostedo-Conway, +1-704-377-5772, kbconway@seanesthesiology.com
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