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World Healthcare Communications Conference scheduled Oct. 9-12 The largest gathering of researchers, educators and administrators whose focus is improving the patient-provider relationship and communication in health care will gather Oct. 9-12 at the Francis Marion Hotel.  Participants will attend the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) .   The event is expected to draw interdisciplinary health professionals including physicians, nurses, dietitians, social workers, doctorate researchers, patients and associates involved in the organization and representing 44 countries. About 400 presentations including oral abstracts, posters, workshops and interest groups are scheduled giving participants a chance to interact with faculty, students, researchers, health educators and communications experts.   The conference is sponsored by the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare, the European Association on Communication in Healthcare, Northwestern University's Center for Communication and Medicine, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and MUSC.   MUSC provost John Raymond, M.D., and John Feussner, M.D., chairman, Department of Medicine, will speak at the opening plenary session Oct. 10. Keynote speakers will feature Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., director for the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality; Richard Selzer, M.D., a general surgeon and medical writer, and Theo Scofield, a family physician and medical communi-cations consultant from the U.K.   The ICCH meet on a rotating basis in the U.S. and Europe. Previous  conference sites were at the University of Bruges in Bruges, Belgium (2004); at Northwestern University in Chicago (2005), and Basle University in Basle, Switzerland (2006).        Visit http://www.aachonline.org/programs/internationalconference/.     Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.