Get the facts about healthcare reform without leaving your facility!
Attend Premier's 2010 Breakthroughs Conference remotely and gather all the information you need to prepare for the unprecedented, transformational challenges that lie ahead. Back by popular demand, we offer you an innovative way to access key content from the Breakthroughs Conference right from your computer.
All plenary sessions and selected concurrents will be offered online on June 9, 10 and 11 at no charge. All times listed below are ET. Gather your colleagues together to view live broadcasts featuring respected industry leaders and peers.
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Wednesday, June 9
All times listed are ET.
General session: Leading Transformation
Susan DeVore,
President and CEO
Wednesday, June 9
8:00-8:30 a.m. ET
General session: Keeping patient safety first
Peter Pronovost, MD, PHD
Wednesday, June 9
8:30-9:15 a.m. ET
Concurrent sessions
Wednesday, June 9
9:30-10:30 a.m. ET
Changing culture and developing high reliability perinatal healthcare teams (RM-1)
Cathy Ivory, Corporate Director, Women’s Services, Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City, TN
Susan Dowling-Quarles, Principal, Premier Consulting Solutions
Engaging physicians: It's all about the data (SCP-1)
Chet Wyman, MD, Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Nancy Downs, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Memorial Hospital Gulfport, MS
Concurrent sessions
Wednesday, June 9
10:45-11:45 a.m. ET
Integrating performance improvement and supply chain: Enhance outcomes, manage costs (INT-2)
Elaine Smith-Grubb, Director of Performance Improvement and Patient Safety, Cape Fear Valley Health System, Fayetteville, NC
Jeannie Vaughn, Value Analysis Director, Cape Fear Valley Health System, Fayetteville, NC
Ensuring quality and medication safety (MMA-2)
Angela Ward, Quality and Ancillary Services Executive, Alegent Health - Immanuel Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Concurrent session
Wednesday, June 9
3:15-4:15 p.m. ET
Using labor benchmarking to create a culture of accountability (OPE-3)
Kathye Nippert, Corporate Vice President of Workforce Management, Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, OH
Roger Jones, Vice President, Client Services, Premier
General
session:
Switch: Managing tough change
Dan Heath
Wednesday, June 9
5:00-5:45 p.m. ET
Thursday
All times listed are ET.
General session: Alliance Update
Mike Alkire, President, Premier
Purchasing Partners
Wes Champion, Senior Vice
President, Premier Consulting
Solutions
Keith Figlioli, Senior Vice
President, Premier Healthcare
Informatics
Thursday, June 10
8:00-9:00 a.m. ET
Concurrent sessions
Thursday, June 10
9:15-10:15 a.m. ET
Integration and alignment of goals in a multi-hospital system (LDR-4)
Tracy Williams, Senior Vice President, System Chief Nursing Officer, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY
Ben Yandell, Associate Vice President, Clinical Information Analysis, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY
Building a healthcare environment that is ecologically and economically sustainable (SFE-4)
Christina Vernon, Director, Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Concurrent sessions
Thursday, June 10
10:30-11:30 a.m. ET
ASCEND: Accelerating improvement for powerful results (INT-5)
Bobbie Connolly, Member Services Coordinator, Prairie Health Ventures, Lincoln, NE
Michael Carr, Manager, Procurement Operations, West Virginia United Health System, Morgantown, WV
Managing technology and clinical capital: Planning, optimizing and achieving savings (SCI-5)
Perry Kirwan, Senior Director, Technology Assessment and Capital Planning, Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ
Gregg Lauder, Senior Director, Capital Equipment, Banner Health, Chandler, AZ
Vicki Petersen, Director, Premier Consulting Solutions Carol Davis-Smith, Director, Premier Consulting Solutions
Concurrent sessions
Thursday, June 10
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Reducing length of stay: A grassroots effort (LST-6)
Lu Byrd, Vice President of Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
Sandra Fladmo, Director of Operational Excellence, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
Saving millions with value analysis (VAL-6)
Alan Wilde, Vice President of Supply Chain, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, OH
Carli O'Beirn, Director of Purchasing and Contracting, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, OH
General session: Healthcare in a reform world
Kathleen Sebelius, HHS Secretary
Thursday, June 10
4:15-5:15 p.m. ET
Friday June 11
General session: A patient story
Sam Donaldson
Friday, June 11
8:00-9:00
a.m. ET
Closing session: Making reform work
Governor Mitt Romney
Friday, June 11
9:00-10:00 a.m. ET
