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At the 2016 Thought Leader Forum held at SHSMD's annual conference, a diverse panel of health care professionals shared their insights and perspectives on change leadership.

Together with the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), SHSMD has developed this guide which provides easy access to crisis communications reference materials for health care executives, attorneys, communication professionals and providers. Materials presented not only provide guidelines for developing and executing a crisis communications plan but also offer a framework for retrospective analysis of the communications provided during a crisis.

Focusing on optimizing health and meeting consumers’ needs, Centura Health identified 33 geographic health neighborhoods across Colorado. For each health neighborhood, gaps in health services and resources were identified. While the precise mix of services depends on local needs, a Neighborhood Health Center was placed in each identified neighborhood.

How can the attributes and skills highlighted in Bridging Worlds be applied to take your team to the next level? This session will allow participants to explore these concepts through real-world case studies, gaining practical knowledge to apply within their own organizations.

Behavior drives experience... experience informs brand... and voice is the driving force that moves consumers to take action. Examples of how two hospitals are leveraging innovation and design into team behavior will inspire executives to embrace the adjacent possible.

In this session, you will hear how a football rivalry and a compassionate athlete helped take on the fight against childhood cancer at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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 report provides an overview of the 2015 Thought Leader Forum, which focused on: examples of creative affiliations, criteria for selecting the right partner, challenges and limitations of non-merger arrangements, and communicating affiliation initiatives to stakeholders.

In this presentation, you'll hear Avera Health and its digital agency, Click Rain, talk about the recent restructure to fit the new digital marketing world, including the development of a dedicated digital team.

In partnership with executives from New Mexico Health Connections, this session will also explore the theoretical aspects and the day-to-day use of predictive analytics.

Learn how CHRISTUS Health is evolving its program to the next level through driving action, producing results, and being nimble, as well as how CHRISTUS is involving senior leaders and executives in order to progress the program and create better alignment, engagement, and activation.

The 2014 Ebola panic provides a must-learn-from case study that helps us prepare for the inevitable next "epidemic"situation and improve all facets of day-to-day communications. Two veteran healthcare executives dissect what needs to change and how marketers/communicators can lead this effort.

In this session, learn how true transparency offers the opportunity to optimize the performance of large physician networks, with huge potential gains in efficiency, cost, and outcomes.

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.

Problem: Ambulatory strategy decisions and physician practice acquisitions were reactive in response to internally identified opportunities. The goal for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was to create a tool to evaluate markets in relation to each other that would inform future decision-making around regional strategy.

Learn how two different organizations "SCL Health System and The University of Vermont Health Network " innovatively addressed rebranding challenges, and how each one emerged as a strong, dynamic, and successful brand.