UST Executive Conference on the Future of Health Care
In partnership with LarsonAllen LLP and Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Where Innovation and Quality Will Take Us
Bold Initiatives for Transformative Times
The pace of change in health care has increased exponentially since our inaugural health care conference. And by the time the second annual conference convenes, Congress will have passed its bill for health care reform. We’ll have officially begun a new journey.
Fortunately, visionary leaders have been helping to shape this next phase of health care. Investments in innovation and quality have led to some very effective – and often surprising – ways to cut costs, reduce errors, increase service and satisfaction, and improve access and outcomes.
Bold initiatives such as these should be shared – especially during this transformative time, when we are all looking for fresh models of excellence.
The University of St. Thomas and its partners invite you to participate in an inspiring day of learning, sharing and strategizing about how we can leverage innovation and quality to thrive in the new health care environment.
UST Executive Conference on the Future of Health Care
Where Innovation and Quality Will Take Us
In partnership with LarsonAllen and Fredrikson & Byron
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, November 6, 2009
The conference will feature keynote speaker George Halvorson, Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and author of Health Care Will Not Reform Itself (2009)
And will feature lively panel discussions on:
- Innovators on the Fast Track – Breakthrough thinkers reveal their new models of health care excellence.
Featured speakers:
- Lou Cornacchia, President & CEO, Doctations, Inc.
- Marcus Osborne, Director of Health Clinics Design & Development, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Dr. Garrison Bliss, President & CMO, Qliance Medical Management
- Providers Revolutionizing Quality – Organization leaders share how their forward-thinking quality initiatives protect and enhance their bottom lines.
Featured speakers:
- Diane Gross, Vice President/General Counsel, Poudre Valley Health System – Fort Collins, CO (2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner)
- Ken Paulus, President & CEO, Allina Health System – Minneapolis, MN
- Dr. Edward Shultz, Director of Information Technology Integration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Nashville, TN
Who should attend
Leaders, executives and policymakers at:
- Provider organizations, such as hospitals, medical groups, clinics and long-term care facilities
- Health plan providers, insurers, third party administrators, and other payors
- Government agencies
- Nonprofit organizations related to health care
- Employer health plan executives and health benefit plan administrators
Benefits of participation
- Learn about new health care technologies, strategies and initiatives that inspire creative thinking and calculated risk-taking
- Discover how you can play an active role in shaping the future by what you do within your organization
- Better understand how to successfully and profitably co-exist within a universal health care environment
- Gain new insight about how health care reform could affect the various segments of the industry
- Network with other health care leaders who are working to shape the future of health care
Join us for our Book Club event, Thursday, November 5. Additional details coming soon.