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A case study will be shared that highlights the hallmarks of planning and performance improvement: integration, alignment, engagement, communication, and focus.

Hear how Canton-Potsdam Hospital combines the discipline of science with the art of relationships to build a medical staff rivaling prestigious academic medical centers. Learn how new techniques and proven best practices can be adapted and applied to your organization.

Rapidly evolving dynamics have made the process of planning the distribution of services, both physically and virtually, across your care networks more challenging than ever before. A senior healthcare advisor will facilitate a broad panel of industry experts to explore the concept of planning for the "Enterprise-Wide Access Strategy."

This session will explore core principles in the field of change management that can improve the odds that your next reorganization, process improvement, or behavior change initiative will achieve the results your leadership wants.

The final result of Southcoast Health System's service line planning was a plan with a vision that supported the system's overall primary care strategy and articulated specific initiatives supportable by physicians. This lookback will be relayed by the chair of this effort, who himself is a practicing primary care physician.

Do you think about open enrollment as a fall campaign? Think again. What if you viewed open enrollment as an opportunity to engage with patients, consumers, brokers, health plans, and employers all year long?

The Jackson Story is the account of a strategic initiative resulting in the development of Meridian Health Village at Jackson, a health/fitness/wellness center. This presentation focuses on the consumer-centric planning, implementation, and communications which were key to turning this concept into a reality for the local community.

In a special collaboration between the American Association of Physician Liaisons and SHSMD, physician strategy leaders from across the country will share how hospitals and health systems are effectively aligning with doctors in clinically integrated networks, ACOs, and other partnerships.

Houston Methodist will demonstrate how they were able to improve as well as sustain patient satisfaction scores across Medical-Surgical Units, ICUs, and Women’s Services of 7-hospitals with the implementation of a multidisciplinary “Playbook” incorporating change management methodologies.

See how one health system used the results of the value-based readiness assessment to prioritize the implementation of its strategic plan.

Learn of ways to build a physician relations program with metrics that resonate with internal stakeholders and leadership. The discussion also will provide insights into how each program is evolving to continue to thrive in the world of value-based care.

This session will focus on detailing a framework for integrating post-acute providers into the hospital strategic planning process and understanding common challenges influencing all participants.

From concept to completed submission, this session will walk you through all of the major components of writing an effective business plan. We will also provide tools and templates to guide you and help you focus on the important elements of business planning.

This session will present and discuss Ascension's evolving approach to scanning, incubating, and diffusing innovations across the organization and share lessons learned over the past 16 years from participation in health-related accelerators.

This session will present a case study for using data to identify and better understand the people you want to reach, from establishing objectives, through the process of designing and implementing a full-scale research study, to how to effectively use the research results.

This presentation will provide an overview of the challenges the current healthcare environment places on traditional planning processes, the imperative for change, a new approach to planning based on best practices from across the country, and a guide to applying this new approach to planning in your organization.