Speakers Express Topics - Medical Staff Issues

  • The "Corporation" of Health Care
  • Medical Group Practice Integration and Development
  • Integrated Systems Strategic Development
  • Governance for the New Millennium
  • Strategic Alliance/Partnership Formation
  • Physician Recruitment and Retention
  • Acute Care Facilities Management
  • Trustee/Physician/Administrator Relations

Thomas Atchison

  • Leadership and Change
  • Physician Alignment
  • Followership
  • Cultural Transformation

Joseph J. Bujak, MD

  • Health Futures
  • Restoring Joy to the Workplace
  • Physician Healthcare Org. Relationships
  • Establishing and Building Trust
  • Physician Culture
  • Organizational Adaptability and Sustainability
  • Physician-Physician Relationships
  • Patient Safety
  • Enhancing Mutual Understanding Among Board Administration and Physician
  • Clinical Performance Improvement
  • Leading and Managing Change
  • Executive Renewal

Martin Buser

  • Designing and Enhancing Hospitalist Programs
  • Emergency Department Call Panel Issues
  • Solving the ED Backup Panel Problem

John R. Combes, MD

  • Future of Healthcare
  • Governance
  • Leadership and Strategy
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations

Connie Curran, EdD, RN, FAAN

  • Patient Safety
  • Managing Across the Continuum
  • Medical Errors
  • Winning the Talent War
  • Labor Shortages
  • Intergenerational Management
  • Nursing Shortage
  • The Balanced Scorecard
  • Nursing Recruitment & Retention
  • Managing Generation Xers & Yers
  • Regarding the Public Trust
  • Today's Health Care Climate
  • Health Care Negotiation
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Dispute Resolution

Sam Friede

  • Board Compentencies
  • Board Development
  • Board Orientation
  • Board Self-Assessment
  • Continuing Governance Education
  • Governance Audit
  • Governance Improvement Planning
  • Governance Redesign
  • Retreat Facilitation
  • Physician – Hospital Relations
  • System- Hospital Relations

Alice G. Gosfield

  • Governance
  • Legal Issues
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement

Jim Harris, PhD

  • Leadership
  • Recruitment and Retention
  • Organizational Excellence
  • Corporate Culture
  • Future of Healthcare
  • Governance
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Physician Relations
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • System Issues
  • Joint Ventures
  • Hospital Performance
  • Risk Management
  • Stark II Regulation
  • Anti-Kickback Registration
  • False Claims Act
  • Hospital Security
  • Healthcare Fraud Issues/Priorities
  • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service Regulations
  • Elements of a Health Care Investigation
  • Compliance
  • Privacy Issues
  • EMTALA Regulations
  • Governmental Quality of Care Issues
  • Disaster Planning
  • Self Disclosure Protocol
  • Congressional Healthcare Actions
  • Current Health Care Issues Impacting Hospital Operations
  • Future of Health Care
  • Governance
  • Leadership and Strategy
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement
  • System Issues
  • The Board’s Role in Quality and Safety
  • Physician Employment
  • The N.Q.F. “Call to Responsibility” for Healthcare Boards and its Ramifications

Peter McGinn, PhD

  • CEO/Board Relations
  • Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Performance
  • Customer Service
  • Executive Coaching: Bringing Out the Best in People
  • Facilitating Meetings and Retreats
  • Governance: Building Shared Vision and Commitment
  • Hospital/Physician Relations
  • Leadership & Strategy: Joining Vision and Action
  • Leading Others, Managing Yourself
  • Team Building & Team Leadership Skills
  • Workforce Issues

Martin D. Merry, MD

  • 21st Century Leadership for Health Care
  • Physician Leadership - Characteristics and Development
  • Leading Change in Health Care Organizations
  • Creating cultures of trust for administrations and Medical Staff
  • "Physicians 101" for Administrators, Board Members
  • Understanding and addressing "root cause" issues surrounding medical errors, patient safety
  • Quality and performance improvement for board members
  • Medical staff (re)organization and leadership
  • Effectively managing peer review systems
  • Managing professional behavioral issues
  • Governance
  • Leadership and Strategy
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement 

Donald W. Seymour

  • Future of Health Care
  • Governance
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Physician Relations

Jack Spalding Schroder, Jr.

  • Governance
  • Legal Issues
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Credentialing & Peer Review
  • Healthcare Liability
  • "Year in Review" of Legal Developments & Trends for Trustees

Mary K. Totten

  • Board Orientation
  • Board Self Evaluation
  • Emerging Trends in Governance & Credentialing
  • Board's Role in Quality Oversight & Leadership
  • Board/Governance Restructuring
  • Principle-Based Governance

Steven Valentine

  • Future of Healthcare
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Physician Relations 
  • Physician Alignment
  • Acquisitions
  • Transactions