Executive Strategy Seminar Value Capture and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value present: Leading a Healthcare Organization to Measurable Excellence A Strategy Seminar for CEOs December 12-13, 2011 Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA "I have been at this for over thirty years, but never have I spent two days that had such a profound impact on how I think about my work and how I will lead my organization." Stewart C. Putnam Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer - Unity Health System, Rochester NY "This was a career-altering event" Jan R. Jennings President and CEO - American Healthcare Solutions This two-day intensive exploration includes: Connecting and learning with leading faculty and a small group of like-minded peers. Benefiting from the faculty's personal stories of leadership and learning. Explore a Model for Organizational Transformation used by many high performing organizations. Participating in interactive tours of Seattle Children's Hospital. Interacting with a world-renowned Faculty. Our Faculty includes leaders who have personally driven transformation efforts with the most significant quality and financial results in and outside health care, including: Paul H. O'Neill, Non-Executive Chairman, Value Capture LLC Paul O'Neill was the 72nd Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, serving from 2001 to 2002. He was the Chairman and CEO of Alcoa from 1987 to 1999 and retired as chairman at the end of 2000. Mr. O'Neill led Alcoa to become the safest workplace in the world, while increasing its market capitalization by more than 800%. Today, Alcoa operates across more than 40 countries at a lost workday rate that is 20 times lower than the average rate for American hospitals. Clifton N. Orme, President and COO, International Hospital Corporation Cliff Orme leads the division of IHC which includes Mexico and Central America. Prior to joining the company he served as CEO/Administrator of a 155-bed hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Orme is experienced in multi-site operations and has spent the majority of his career in for-profit hospitals. He excels and leading turnarounds which embed pathbreaking continuous improvement systems. Mr. Orme is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and currently serves an an external director for the Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC)/ Richard P. Shannon, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine & Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System Dr. Richard Shannon's pioneering work in patient safety has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, on CNN and ABC's "20/20," and was recently a centerpiece for the PBS feature entitled "Remaking American Medicine." John Toussaint, MD John Toussaint is the founder and President of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and author of On The Mend. From 2000-2008, he served as president and CEO of ThedaCare, Inc., a community-owned, four-hospital health system in Northeast Wisconsin. During his tenure, Dr. Toussaint introduced the ThedaCare Improvement System (TIS), which is derived from the Toyota Production system. This model of continuous improvement helped save millions of dollars by reducing patient errors, improving outcomes and delivering better quality care at a higher value. Under Dr. Toussaint's watch, ThedaCare's revenue grew two and a half times. The organization received multiple quality awards including the National Committee for Quality Assurance's No. 1 ranking for HEDIS® measures two years in a row and has been using electronic medical records since 1997. Value Capture principals, facilitators The seminar is also taught and facilitated by principals of Value Capture, a mission-focused consultancy that supports chief executives seeking to transform the performance of their healthcare organization in safety, quality and profitability. Value Capture principals have been associated with many of the leading healthcare demonstrations of using a values- and systems-based leadership framework to dramatically improve results, beginning with the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative. Seminar limited to 12 participants (Special rate available for Healthcare Value Leaders Network members) Tuition: $2500 before October 7 or $3500 after October 7 To register, please contact Leslie Corak by email, or by phone at 412-553-1134. RSVP by October 15. Please click here to view the seminar's brochure information. Return to the Index Page.