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Who Should Attend
The Symposium is designed for governing boards, CEOs, senior executives, physicians and other clinicians, staff members who support board activities, and executives in health-care related industries.

Learning Objectives

- Expand awareness of the environmental context of health care and emerging trends in financing and capital planning, regulatory and legislative reform, quality and safety improvement, and physician engagement.

- Understand how new demands for performance improvement are changing the board's role.

- Gain insights into innovative governance practices and leadership strategies that will move the board from good governance to excellent governance.

The Center for Healthcare Governance presents its winter Symposium on governing and leading health care organizations. In this three-day program, trustees and executive leadership will gain insights into the trends that are dictating reform and learn strategies and tools for navigating this increasingly turbulent environment.

In plenary sessions, industry experts will offer analyses of the contextual issues framing the health care environment- from the effects of a global economic crisis, to the efforts of a new administration and industry leaders to advance health care reform, to emerging opportunities for engaging physicians in clinical transformation, and rising expectations for transparency and accountability. In small group, interactive sessions, we'll focus on innovative models and strategies for honing governance performance around executive compensation, succession planning, and assessment of emerging technologies. Your board will enhance its ability to promote quality improvement, evaluate strategic options and manage risk.

You'll also learn what makes for a great board member by studying the characteristics and competencies that appear to lead to governance excellence. You'll gain valuable insights on how to get the most from your leadership teams, make strategic decisions by more effectively by focusing on what matters, and build the consensus that successful implementation requires. Ample time will be provided for sharing, asking questions and seeking guidance from our top governance experts.

Consider arriving early to enjoy the warm hospitality of the Ritz-Carlton, and register for the Sunday pre-conference workshop. This acclaimed Center offering is designed to increase trustees' quality literacy and their effectiveness in guiding the improvement of quality and clinical performance in their hospitals and health systems. Highly interactive and participatory, workshop attendees will learn how to identify and use the levers of effective governance to advance the quality agenda and motivate optimal quality performance. You'll get more out of your Symposium experience with the strong foundation that this workshop offers.

You may also want to arrange time for your board to meet with one of our symposium faculty to review conference learnings or to focus on an issue that your board is grappling with. Contact us for more information on how to schedule retreat opportunities during symposium off-hours.

By attending the Symposium, the leaders of your organization will acquire new knowledge and skills to manage the complexities of our industry. You will learn to ask the tough questions, obtain the information you need to govern effectively, and hold your board and your organization accountable for improved performance.