17th Annual Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit

In Pursuit of Excellence:  Improving Patient Care and
Hospital Performance through Innovation

July 23-25, 2009
San Francisco Marriott, San Francisco, California

Health Forum and the American Hospital Association’s 2009 Leadership Summit will be attended by some 1,200 senior health care executives. The conference focuses on the most promising advances in health care quality, safety and performance improvement with particular emphasis on the leader’s role and responsibilities. The Summit will highlight the most creative thinking and strategic approaches for positioning our organizations for a sustainable and successful future.

The program features industry leaders and practitioners addressing the critical issues of reform of the payment system, organizational strategy and methodologies for achieving the IOM’s Six Aims, emerging physician-hospital relations and redesigned care delivery models, and the impact of new technologies on patient care and business practices. We’ll also look at the leadership commitment needed to improve quality and safety, and explore new opportunities for engaging the workforce in creating cultures that attract and retain critical personnel and result in a better patient experience.  

Education Tracks will focus on innovations….

  • that Transform the Workforce and the Workplace
  • for Improving Quality and Patient Safety
  • in Care Delivery Design
  • in Financing and Payment Reform
  • in Information Technology
  • in Physician Engagement and Physician Relationship Models

Learning Objectives:

  • Develop the leadership skills needed to prioritize and inspire innovations that will achieve excellence in organizational performance.
  • Learn strategies for redesigning work, culture, and care delivery systems that result in improved outcomes, greater efficiencies, and higher satisfaction for patients and employees alike.
  • Gain insights into the drivers influencing changes in hospital/physician relations and analyze the critical success factors for emerging models of engagement.
  • Understand how the economic crisis is affecting hospitals’ access to capital, financing and broader payment reform efforts.
  • Explore IT solutions that, combined with process improvements, hold the greatest potential for achieving the highest quality, safest care for patients and best business return.