Yearly national conference to focus on improving the health of people from the Clinic to the Community

Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 17, 2013

Preventive Medicine 2013 will present state-of-the art research to more than 700 physicians, nurses, medical students, and other healthcare professionals. Innovations in four major areas: Population Health Practice, Clinical Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine Practice, Technology and Informatics, and Medical Quality will be discussed. The conference will also feature nearly 40 educational sessions and skill-building institutes featuring the nations leading experts and luminaries in the field of preventive medicine, including medical quality and lifestyle medicine sessions developed in conjunction with conference partners, American College of Medicine Quality and American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Featured speakers at Preventive Medicine 2013 will include:

Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, FACPM, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

With this years conference theme, Population Health is Good Medicine: Improving the Health of People from the Clinic to the Community, we will explore the paradigm of population health across the spectrum of prevention, from clinical practice to community prevention, says ACPM President, Miriam Alexander, MD, MPH, FACPM.

ACPM and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine are delighted to invite you to the first ACPM-AJPM Scientific Research Symposium, Salud America!, which will be held at Preventive Medicine 2013. The research symposium will feature original papers focused on Latino culture, health conditions, and/or policies in places where Latino children and families live and work. The collection of studies will be published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine during the week of the conference.

ACPM is pleased to announce that its smartphone application for Preventive Medicine 2013 is available in Apples App Store and Google Play. Search PM2013 to download today! This application can assist meeting attendees with anything and everything they need to navigate the conference at their fingertips.

Editors Note: There will be complimentary Wi-Fi and workspace for attending press in the Expo Hall area. Please visit the ACPM Membership booth in the Expo Hall (onsite) or contact Michael Barry, ACPM Executive Director, at (410) 979-1244.

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