Pre-Conference Workshops

WORKSHOP #1
How Does Your Board Stack Up? The State of Governance with Insights from the 2011 American Hospital Association Governance Survey
John R. Combes, MD, President and COO, Center for Healthcare Governance, and Senior Vice President, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL and Barry S. Bader, Bader and Associates, Scottsdale, AZ

The Center for Healthcare Governance and the Health Research and Educational Trust, with the support of the American Hospital Association and Health Forum, have analyzed the results of the 2011 AHA Governance Survey.  The survey, which was sent to all community hospital CEOs and Board Chairs, represents over 1,500 respondents.  Participate in this workshop to learn how your board and governance practices compare to those of your peers in such critical areas as board member selection, assessment, competencies, and culture, and discuss the implications of the data for board performance in the emerging post-reform environment. Bring your toughest governance issues for discussion and deliberation. This session will be very interactive, so come prepared to talk, to question assumptions and be challenged.

WORKSHOP #2
Using Strategy, Networks and Metrics for Improved Performance in Rural Hospitals
Scott W. Goodspeed, DHA, FACHE, Principal and Vice President, iVantage Health Analytics™ | Formerly Performance Management Institute, Portland, ME

Rural hospitals can improve their sustainability by becoming more strategy focused, creating robust networks of rural hospitals, and intelligently using metrics to grow and create alignment throughout the organization. Dr. Goodspeed will share the research surrounding high performing rural hospitals and networks, offering innovative approaches to compete and operate successfully.  Participants will:

• Learn how to design a rural hospital strategy in 45-60 days through a four-step process, including the board retreat.
• Understand how rural hospital strategy has evolved and receive a tool for implementing the five steps high performing rural hospitals use to become strategy focused.
• Learn how to create networks with other rural hospitals to offer greater value to patients. Understand how to measure their performance.
• Gain insights into the three cultural styles found in rural hospitals and the impact of the most effective leaders.

Each participant will receive a strategy template, a rural hospital board retreat agenda, a strategy execution workshop agenda and rural relevant metrics from four perspectives. Participants will also receive an abbreviated market assessment as well as their hospital's quartile performance related to the Hospital Strength Index™: an analysis of their hospital's market strength, value-based strength and financial strength.