Wednesday, June 4, 2008

12:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Golf (optional)

7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Welcome Reception

7:45 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Welcome Dinner

Thursday, June 5, 2008

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Good to Great

Jim Collins, Author, Good to Great and Co-Author, Built to Last

Jim Collins will challenge healthcare leaders to think about the key drivers that separate great institutions from mediocre ones, and how good organizations can become great. He will draw upon nearly 20 years of research that led to his books -- Built to Last and Good to Great -- as well as his monograph Good to Great and the Social Sectors. He will also share perspectives from his new research into the question of how greatness can be attained in environments characterized by immense turbulence and sustained so that a company does not fall from great to good. 

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Duke Educational Workshop

Designed for hospital and hospital system C-suite members (including CEOs) and board members, the workshop is designed to provide:

• Updates on health policy and research perspectives on quality
• How to incorporate performance and quality initiatives into hospital strategy
• How to react and execute based on reporting results
• How to implement and interpret programs and align with organizational strategy

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Duke Educational Workshop

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
100 Top Hospitals Awards Reception

7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
100 Top Hospitals Awards Dinner and Ceremony, Black Tie

Friday, June 6, 2008

7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
100 Top Hospitals Breakfast, Governance in Nonprofit Community Health Systems    

Jean Chenoweth, Senior Vice President, Performance Improvement and 100 Top Hospitals Programs, Center for Healthcare Improvement, Thomson Healthcare

Lawrence D. Prybil, M.A., Ph.D., F.A.C.H.E., Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa

Lawrence Prybil and Jean Chenoweth will present new research on the role of hospital boards at community-based health systems.  

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Emerging Trends in Healthcare Services, 2008

Kaveh Safavi, M.D., J.D., Chief Medical Officer, Center for Healthcare Improvement, Thomson Healthcare

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
General Session: To be announced.

12:15 p.m.
Box lunches available

Summit ends