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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
7:30 am -
8:30 am
Pre-Summit Boot Camp Registration and Welcome Coffee
8:30 am -
10:00 am
PRE-SUMMIT BOOT CAMP: An In-Depth Look at How Process Improvement Can Enhance your Supply Chain Initiatives
  • Demystifying the jargon to begin your process improvement supply chain journey
  • Applications and practical examples to facilitate change in your organization’s supply chain processes
  • How the talent of your supply chain team is a key element for your overall success
  • Where are the major opportunities within your organization to improve sourcing and total cost savings?
  • Understand how supply chain and hospital disaster preparedness go together
  • Is your hospital prepared for The Joint Commission’s 96 hour rule for survival without assistance?
  • Do you have an evacuation plan and where do you intend to evacuate too should there be a disaster?
David Reiter, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor, Otolaryngology, Jefferson Medical College;
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Jefferson University Hospitals

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10:00 am -
10:15 am
Networking Refreshment Break
10:15 am -
11:30 am
Positioning Supply Chain for Process Improvement and Change
  • Rationale for repositioning the supply chain function
  • Characteristics of hospitals and systems where the supply chain function has been elevated into the executive suite
  • Learn the roles, competencies and capabilities of those who have been at the forefront for change
  • Consideration of principal initiatives for improvement by senior supply chain leaders
  • Hear ways in which supply chain is "touted" in organizations with high level supply chain positioning
Gene Schneller - Speaker Photo Gene Schneller, PhD
Co-Director, Health Sector Supply Chain Research Initiatives
Department of Supply Chain Management
W. P. Carey School of Business

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11:30 am -
1:00 pm
Main Summit Registration; Lunch on your own
1:00 pm -
1:15 pm
CO-CHAIRPERSON'S WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Maximizing Quality of Care with Business Process Management – Better, Faster and More Cost-Effective
  • See the latest approaches for developing a world-class business process improvement strategy in health care
  • Understand the process improvement opportunities that exist to maximize quality of care and favorable outcomes
  • Hear about the latest health care IT trends from hundreds of health care providers across the world that work with IBM
IBM Representative TBD
Dan Pelino
General Manager,
Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry
IBM Corporation

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1:15 pm -
2:00 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: What is Happening to Drive the Industry Toward Business Process Management?
  • Discuss how executives are aligning all aspects of their organizations to provide agility and operational performance
  • Determine the importance of establishing software tools, effective communication, organizational change management and project management activities in order to expend Business Process Management initiatives
  • Hear results fromsuccessful Business ProcessManagement activities that havemade business processesmore effective, more efficient and more capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment
Bob Larrivee - Speaker Photo Bob Larrivee
Director/Industry Advisor
AIIM International

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Dan Pelino
General Manager,
Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry
IBM Corporation

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2:00 pm -
2:45 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Leading Transformation within Your Organization to A Lean Health Care Organization
  • Hear the Seattle Children's Hospital journey over the past 10 years and how they have applied continuous improvement to their organization
  • What is the role of leadership in change management?
  • What are the structure and systems you need in place for continuous performance improvement?
  • Critical success factors to overcome the complexities of change in health care operations
Patrick Hagan
President and Chief Operating Officer
Seattle Children's Hospital

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2:45 pm -
3:15 pm
Networking and Refreshment Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
3:15 pm -
4:45 pm
CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL TRACKS (Choose 1 of 3)
4:45 pm -
5:30 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Continuous Process Improvement through Lean Management – Strategies or Tactics?
  • Explore the journey of the hospital through adoption of Lean Management as a strategy
  • Hear examples, pitfalls, false starts and successes
  • Discover the blueprint for successful implementation
  • Learn the advantages, benefits and potential rewards to implementing this strategy
Andrei Soran
Chief Executive Officer
MetroWest Medical Center

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5:30 pm -
6:30 pm
Networking, Cocktail Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge
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