2009 Congress on Healthcare Leadership Audio Presentations

2009 Congress on Healthcare Leadership Audio/Video Presentations

Chairman's Remarks (MP3, 18 minutes)
Monday, March 23
Charles R. Evans, FACHE
President/CEO, International Health Services Group

Charles R. Evans is the 2009-2010 ACHE Chairman.
He is also president and CEO of the International Health Services Group (IHSG), Alpharetta, Ga. Before his current position, Evans served as president—Eastern Group of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), and also served in executive roles at Memorial Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla., and Community Hospitals in Indianapolis.

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Where Will Healthcare Fit in the New Political and Economic Agenda? (MP3, 51 minutes)
Monday, March 23
Charlie Cook
Publisher, The Cook Political Report

Charlie Cook is regarded as one of the nation’s keenest litmus testers on political trends. In addition to penning The Cook Political Report, Cook is a political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM. He also writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and is a political analyst for NBC News.

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Eliminating Waste to Optimize Healthcare Decisions (Power Point, 36 minutes)
Monday, March 23
Brent C. James, MD
Chief Quality Officer/Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare
Dr. James is known internationally for his work in clinical quality improvement, patient safety and the infrastructure that underlies successful improvement efforts, such as culture change, data systems, payment methods, and management roles. He is a member of the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine. He holds faculty appointments at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of Sydney, Australia, School of Public Health.

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Attending to the Real Needs of our Communities Without Risking Financial Peril (MP3, 33 minutes) Tuesday, March 24 Reed Tuckson, MD, FACP Executive Vice President/Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group Dr. Tuckson also served as senior vice president, professional standards, for the American Medical Association. He is former president of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles; has served as senior vice president for Programs of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; and is a former commissioner of public health for the District of Columbia. Download Instructions

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