From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly] Issue Alert: March/April Issue Online - 14 Biggest Trends and Events in 2009, 20 Best Community Hospitals in America, Strategic Performance Improvement Amid Cost Cutting and 11 More Articles |
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March/April Issue of Becker's Hospital Review
Now Online
March 3, 2010

Download the March/April Issue of Becker's Hospital  Review (pdf). Click Here

1. 14 Biggest Trends and Events for Hospitals and Health Systems in 2009. Click Here
 
2. Chris Van Gorder: Working Closely With Physicians Key to Turning Scripps Health Around. Click Here
 
3. 20 Best Community Hospitals in America. Click Here

4. Less than 25 registration spots left for the Hospitals and Health Systems - Improving Profitability Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago). Great speakers and great topics on hospital core profit issues. Learn more. Click Here See below for more highlights.

5. Steve Ronstrom: Strategic Performance Improvement Amid Cost Cutting. Click Here
 
6. Chuck Lauer: 8 Reasons Why Health Reform is Running out of Steam. Click Here
 
7. 8 Top Hospital and Health System Trends of the Past Decade. Click Here
 
8. Brett Gosney: 5 Tips for Maintaining Orthopedic Implant Costs. Click Here
 
9. Don't miss the May/June issue of Becker's Hospital Review.   This issue will feature the Becker's Hospital Review list of the 30 Best Hospitals in America and the Becker's 50 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. To advertise in this issue, contact Jessica Cole at jessica@beckersasc.com, Kim Hursley at kimberly@beckersasc.com or call (800) 417-2035.

10. David Fox: Transparency as the Key to Improvement. Click Here

11. Mark Laney: Bridging the Generation Gap - the Art of Managing Multiple Generations. Click Here
 
12. Quint Studer: 4 Best Practices for Improving Emergency Department Results. Click Here
 
13. Free Webinar on "Improving Operating Room and Anesthesia Efficiency for Your Hospital" (March 23; 1:15 p.m. CST). Sponsored by Somnia Anesthesia Services. Learn more and register. Click Here

14. Hospital and Health System Executive Moves. Click Here
 
15. Hospital and Health System Transactions. Click Here
 
16. Becker's Hospital Review's list of the 30 Best Hospitals in America will be released on March 9. It will also run in the May/June issue of Becker's Hospital Review. For information on this list, please email Scott Becker at sbecker@mcguirewoods.com.

17. Marie Sinioris Explains the Goals of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. Click Here
 
18. CEO Robert Allen of Park City Medical Center Shares Lessons Learned in Opening a New Hospital. Click Here
 
View these stories and download the entire March/April issue. Click Here

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Less Than 25 Registration Spots Remain for the Hospitals and Health Systems -- Improving Profitability Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago)

There are less than 25 registration spots left for Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference (April 13-14, 2010; Chicago). This exclusive conference focused on hospital and health system CEOs and CFOs brings together hospital business and strategy leaders to discuss how to improve your organization and its bottom line in these challenging but opportunity-filled times.

Here are just 5 of the 37 terrific sessions on the program agenda:

1. Key Trends and Ideas for Improving Hospital Performance and Aligning With Physicians - Bill Southwick, President & CEO, Healthmark Partners; Marc Halley, President/CEO, Halley Consulting Group; Marc E. Koch, MD, MBA, President & CEO, Somnia Anesthesia
 
2. The Best Ideas for Hospital CFOs Now - Faye Deich, Chief Operating Officer, Sacred Heart Hospital; John R. Zell, CPA, MBA, CFO, OSF St. Joseph Medical Center; David Felsenthal, Senior Partner, Principle Valuation; John Thomas, EVP Healthcare REIT; Moderated by Claudia Gourdon, Senior Vice President, National Marketing Manager, Healthcare Finance Group
 
3. 4 Key Ideas and Concepts to Improve Cardiovascular Program Profitability - Ted Winslow, MD, Sg2
 
4. 4 Core Ideas and Concepts to Improve Oncology Program Profitability - Lisa Slama, PhD, Director, Sg2
 
5. Key Steps to Contain Costs - Faye Deich, Chief Operating Officer, Sacred Heart Hospital, Regional Director, Hospital Sisters Health System

For more information about the program, please download the conference brochure (PDF), click here or call (800) 417-2035. There are four ways you can register:
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  4. Fax. Print the conference brochure (PDF), fill-out the registration on p. 5 and fax it to (866) 678-5755.
 
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