What:…..Surgical Directions’ Executive Forum, “How to Develop and Operate a Great Perioperative Service Line”
When:….March 4th & 5th (Registration Due by February 15, 2009)
Where:…Tuscon, AZ
Surgical Direction’s is pleased to announce our upcoming Executive Forum entitled, “How to Develop and Operate a Great Perioperative Service Lineâ€. This event will take place alongside the American Association of Clinical Directors’ 2010 Annual Meeting on March 4th & 5th and is being held at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, AZ.
Surgical Directions has designed this event specifically for hospital and health leaders that have completed a perioperative transformation and are looking for additional insights and guidance into what other top hospitals and managers are doing to build and maintain market leading perioperative services.
The forum will include educational sessions and workshops on perioperative topics of interest, such as:
- Impact of Health Reform on Perioperative Services
- How Health Reform will impact volume and reimbursement
- What you should do to prepare
- How to Develop A Great Perioperative Service Line
- Characteristics of “Better Performing†Perioperative Services
- What are the benchmarks for “Better Performing†Operating Rooms
- What will be the future benchmarks
- Utilizing Sales to Grow OR Volumes – Lessons from the battle field
- How do you structure and implement sales into perioperative services
- How do you appropriately incentivize and monitor sales representatives
- How do you grow OR volume
- Utilizing Processes to Improve Perioperative Processes
- How can Lean Six Sigma be utilized to improve scheduling PAT processes
- Utilizing PAT to establish a competitive advantage for your hospital, grow surgical volume and improve clinical outcomes
- Presentation of a case study that demonstrations how PAT contributed to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital being designated as “Best Performing†by the American College of Surgeons
Registration/Reimbursement
To register for this event, please contact Steve Blasco at sblasco@surgicaldirections.com or 312-321-6136.
All registration forms are due by February 15th.
Travel and Hotel Arrangements
Travel and hotel arrangements are the responsibility of each attendee. Surgical Directions does not have a room block reserved at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. However, if you are attending the AACD Meeting, you may reserve your room at their negotiated rate (visit AACD’s website at www.aacdhq.org for exact details on hotel rates and deadlines. The AACD negotiated rate is only available if you are attending their Annual Meeting taking place March 5-7, 2010).
We will be posting updates as the conference date arrives. Thanks!
