Concurrent sessions
Design your own concurrent session schedule
Concurrent sessions let you connect with colleagues from around the country to create a customized educational curriculum that meets your specific needs. You can design your schedule around sessions in a specific area or sample sessions from 19 different tracks. Come prepared to learn, discuss and return home with proven best-practice ideas that you can implement immediately.
Transforming healthcare together - additional Premier resources
Included in each session description are links to recommended reading materials that relate to the session topic. This is an opportunity to learn about other tools and resources focused on performance improvement relative to the session subject matter, as well as real world examples of how Premier members have shown measurable results. Please feel free to download any of the following material, as we share in the commitment to transform healthcare together.
For a complete listing of recommended materials, please visit the resource library.
Concurrent session overview (.pdf)
| Concurrent session tracks | |
| Track | Designed for |
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Clinical success stories (CSS) |
clinicians and quality leaders interested in promoting clinical excellence |
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Continuum of care (COC) |
health system leaders interested in capturing growth opportunities outside the acute care setting |
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Foodservice (FSD) |
foodservice leaders |
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Harm (HRM) |
clinical, operational and quality leaders dedicated to eliminating healthcare associated harm |
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Leadership (LDR) |
leadership of hospitals and health systems interested in enhancing strategic or organizational decision-making |
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Lean strategies (LST) |
clinical and operational leaders interested in management improvement through the use of lean principles and six sigma methodologies |
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Management strategies (MS) |
highlight approaches to continuous quality improvement or address specific management challenges |
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Medication management strategies (MDM) |
pharmacy directors and other healthcare leaders interested in managing drug expense and improving the safety and performance of pharmacy departments |
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Operational excellence (OPE) |
health system leaders of all levels and addresses specific operational and labor management issue |
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Patient safety (PST) |
clinicians, quality leaders and clinical loss preventionists interested in excellence in patient safety |
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Risk management (RM) |
risk managers and other healthcare leaders interested current topics in risk management |
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Safety and environment (SFE) |
healthcare leaders interested in promoting safety culture and environmental best practices |
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Supplier and workforce diversity (SD) |
healthcare leaders interested in developing diversity initiatives to enhance business operations and support local communities. |
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Supply chain: clinical engagement (SCC) |
clinicians and supply chain leaders interested in strategies to engage physicians and clinicians in reducing supply chain costs |
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Supply chain: operations (SCO) |
supply chain and operational leaders interested in improving performance and implementing best practices |
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Supply chain: strategy (SCS) |
supply chain and operational leaders interested in enhancing strategic decision-making |
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Technology and innovation (TEC) |
healthcare leaders of all levels to address performance improvement opportunities using specific technology solutions |
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Throughput (TPT) |
physicians, nurses and other health system leaders interested in improving patient flow and enhancing the clinical and operational performance of their emergency departments |
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Workforce excellence (WE) |
healthcare human resource leaders |