Speakers Express Topics - Physician Relations

  • 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

David L. Bernd, F.A.C.H.E

  • Strategic Development of Integrated Systems
  • Quest for Quality in Healthcare
  • Cultural Changes Necessary for Patient Safety
  • Health System Leadership in the 21st Century
  • Board and Leadership Roles in Improving Quality and Patient Safety
  • Strategic Execution, Competition and Driving Results
  • Integrating Physicians into the System
  • Information Systems as a Strategic Driver
  • Cost Benefit of Information Systems

Joseph J. Bujak, MD

  • Leadership and Strategy
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement
  • Restoring Joy to the Healthcare professions
  • Understanding and Influencing Physician Behavior
  • Perception, Communication, and Motivation
  • Physician Leadership Development

David Burik

  • Drivers of Change: Implications of Current Market Forces for North Carolina Providers
  • New Rules, New Roles: Health System Leadership in the 20th Century
  • Scan of the Healthcare Environment
  • Who is the Customer?
  • Competing & Collaborating with Niche Players
  • Health Care 2000 Crisis: Danger or Opportunity
  • Moving Beyond the Historical Approach to Physician Partnerships
  • Drivers of Change: Implications of Current Market Forces for South Carolina Providers
  • Integration - Lessons Learned
  • Leadership in the New Millenium
  • The Effect of Single Specialty Carveouts on Nonprofit Health Care
  • Maximizing Product Lines in a Consumer-Driven Market

Lawton R. Burns, PhD, MBA

  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Physician Relations

John R. Combes, MD

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

Howard D. Ellis, MD

  • Using healthcare real estate, such as medical office building to create hospital/physician collaboration
  • Investing in healthcare real estate
  • Benefits and Disadvantages of hospital’s ownership of medical office building and properties
  • Designing, developing and building a new facility

Allan Fine

  • Establishing a Process for Hospitals to Evaluate the Potential Offering of New Devices, Drugs, Modalities, etc.
  • Developing Profitable Growth Strategies
  • Solidifying Physician Relations; Building Support for Strategic Initiatives
  • Competitive Strategies for Dealing with Specialty Hospitals, Conditions of Excellence, etc.
  • Establishing Conditions of Excellence/ Institutes
  • Effectively Integrating Strategic and Financial Planning
  • Determining If, How and When to Develop a Diversification Strategy
  • Designing an International Health Care Strategy
  • Accessing Capital for Investment, and Establishing Priorities
  • Next Generation of Health Plans
  • Clinical Technology Trends (e.g. cardiac, oncology, orthopedics, etc.) and Their Implications for Hospitals, Payers and Consumers in the Future

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
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Physician Relations
  • System Issues

Alice G. Gosfield

  • Governance
  • Legal Issues
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement
  • Future of Healthcare
  • Governance
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Physician Relations
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • System Issues
  • Joint Ventures
  • Hospital Performance

John W. Kenagy, MD, MPA

  • Future of Health Care
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement
  • System Issues
  • Workforce Issues

Wendy Leebov, Ed.D.

  • Customer Service
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Physician Relations
  • Workforce Issues
  • Soul at Work
  • Stress/Time Managemant
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • 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

Scott A. Mason, DPA, FACHE

  • Strategic Planning
  • IDN Development
  • Board Development
  • Technology and Patient Safety
  • The Culture of Health Care

Mac McCrary

  • Physician-Hospital Relations
  • Future of Health Care
  • Governance
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement 
  • Roles and Responsibilities of the Board
  • Best Practices: A Practical Guide to Implementation
  • Board Self Assessment
  • Board Composition
  • The Board's Role in Quality

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 
  • 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

John L. Miller

  • Effectively Leading Groups
  • Building Competence
  • Coaching for Success
  • Changing Behavior: A Self-Coaching Approach

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP

  • Future of Helath Care
  • Governance
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement

Diane Peterson

  • Importance of Customer Service on Bottom Line
  • Marketing the Physician Practice
  • Mystery Shopping in Hospitals
  • Future Scan
  • Gender Bias in Health Care

Stephen E. Prather, MD. FACOG

  • Achieving Physician Engagement in the Health System Strategy
  • Motivating Physicians to Make Positive Changes in their Relationships with Other Health Care Professionals
  • Facilitating Rapid Improvement Efforts that Give Patients a Role in their Own Care
  • Governance
  • Leadership and Strategy
  • Medical Staff Issues
  • Patient Safety
  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement 

Robert H. Rosenfield, LLB, LLM

  • Physician Relations
  • Quality Improvement
  • Participating Bond Transitions

Donald W. Seymour

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

Steven Valentine

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