Healthcare Executives Learn from Other Industries to Apply "Metrics and Management" at Upcoming Conference on November 20, 2003
Senior healthcare executives from throughout the Bay Area will convene in San Francisco on November 20, 2003, to learn from experts in the telecommunications and computer industry how to apply "metrics" to the management of healthcare.
(PRWEB) November 14, 2003
Santa Cruz, CA (PRWeb) November 12, 2003 – Senior healthcare executives from throughout the Bay Area will convene in San Francisco on November 20, 2003, to learn from experts in the telecommunications and computer industry how to apply "metrics" to the management of healthcare. And from a healthcare perspective, Barry Straube, Medicare's Chief Medical Officer on the West Coast will also share his insights on the increasing use of metrics in medicine and healthcare to assure quality outcomes and consumer satisfaction.
This afternoon conference, entitled "Metrics and Management: Implications, Applications and You," sponsored by the ABL Organization, will also look at how healthcare is being measured, compared, dissected and reported as never before using provider report cards, performance incentives, network alignments, and capital deployments.
Two of the Conference speakers, Julie Shimer, CEO of Vocera Communications, and Casper Zublin, President of Integration Technologies, Inc., will tap the learning of some of the sectors of American society and industry which have been down this road before (automobile, airline, semiconductor) and others currently in the middle of such a transition (education, investment).
What healthcare executives can learn about the role of metrics from these other industries - how they're used, their importance, their impact on management - will be analyzed from two perspectives: (1) the strategic and operational use of metrics to develop and grow a business; and (2) the evolution and role of metrics in an industry as a whole. Then, conference participants will take a comprehensive look at the increasing importance of metrics to management and performance in healthcare today.
This ABL Conference is open exclusively to Healthcare CEOs, COOs and GMs. For more information about this event and/or ABL of Northern California, contact John Aird, President of ABL of Northern California, at (831) 429-1361, and/or Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization, at (714) 245-1425.
About the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization and ABL of Northern
California:
For over 20 years, ABL has convened CEOs, Presidents and Division GMs in confidential, Round Tables where Members, in facilitated sessions, help each other capitalize on market trends and generally assure they are well positioned for success both now and in the future. Nearly 200 ABL Members, representing over $100 billion in annual revenues, participate in nine monthly Round Tables between San Francisco and San Diego. ABL of Northern California, with over 40 Members, was launched nearly ten years ago, and focuses on bringing together Healthcare leaders to discuss the most important issues impacting the provider, payer, and supplier sectors, and the opportunities and challenges these forces create for each healthcare business. This Workshop is one of many that are held throughout the year and at different locations within the state. The Workshops add an extra dimension of value to Round Table Membership, as they afford the Members an expanded opportunity to get to know other ABL Members, while participating in further-in-depth sessions on "cutting-edge" issues of the day.
About Barry Straube, MD and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
Barry is Chief Medical Officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Region IX (California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and the Far Pacific Territories), where he is the senior clinical executive and plays a role in all aspects of CMS' major programs: Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and Medicare. In addition, he is involved in CMS' quality-focused activities, which include regulation of clinical laboratory testing, surveys and certification of healthcare facilities, development of coverage policies, oversight of the End Stage Renal Disease Program and Organ Procurement Organizations, and CMS' quality improvement programs. Barry is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, with 15 years of clinical and academic practice. He has also held senior physician staff and executive roles with California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco; Foundation Health Systems; and Health Net of California.
About Julie Shimer and Vocera Communications:
Julie is CEO of Vocera Communications, which is marketing a wireless communications system to enhance customer service, productivity and teamwork throughout organizations by enabling instant communication among people. Vocera is funded by Venrock Associates, Vanguard Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Avalon Ventures and IDEO. Prior to Vocera, Julie was Vice President and General Manager of 3Com's Residential Connectivity Group, which was responsible for DSL and cable modems, home networking products and Internet appliances. Before that, she was Vice President and General Manager of Motorola's Paging Division; Vice President of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector; and worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bethlehem Steel Company.
About Casper Zublin and Integration Technologies, Inc.:
Casper is President of Integration Technologies, Inc. (ITI), a technology solutions company that provides Professional and Managed Network Services. ITI's core platform technologies are Citrix and Microsoft. These are supplemented by security offerings from RSA Security, Checkpoint and VeriSign; and wireless from Sierra Wireless and Verizon. In 2002, ITI was ranked 5th in total volume by Citrix in North America. From 1998 to 2002, Casper served as President and CEO of AnySite Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary of ITI, a business intelligence software developer that was acquired first by Thompson Associates and later by MapInfo Corporation (2002), as part of their analytical CRM business unit.
About John Aird, President of ABL of Northern California and Conference
Moderator:
John brings to ABL over 25 years of diverse senior executive experience in the healthcare industry. As President of ABL of Northern California, he is responsible for all member development and member services for the ABL Healthcare Executive Round Table in Northern California. His career background includes being Senior Vice President of Health Dimensions, Inc., now called Good Samaritan Health System, in San Jose, where he conceived, jointly developed, and led this $350 million regional delivery system. He was also President of Health Advantage Ventures; Chairman of the Board of Sun Medical Technologies; President and CEO of San Jose Medical Center; Chairman of the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems; Chairman of the Hospital Council of Northern California; Chairman of VHA of Northern California, Inc.; and President of the Hospital Conference of Santa Clara County.
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For more information about this event and/or ABL of Northern California, contact:
John Aird, President
ABL of Northern California
(831) 429-1361
Mimi Grant, President
ABL Organization
(714) 245-1425
