THURSDAY SESSIONS 11-13
11T 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (1.5 F2F C1 Credit Hours)
Bending the Execution Curve: Implementing Successful Organizational Change in Hospitals and
Healthcare Organizations
MODERATOR:
Anne-Claire I. France, PhD, FACHE – President,
Houston Health Innovations, LLC
PANELISTS:
Heath E. Rushing – Chief Executive Officer, Memorial
Hermann Cypress & Memorial Hermann Katy Hospitals
Douglas Monroe, MD – Director, Prism Healthcare
Partners, LTD
Learning Objectives:
Identify key factors required to advance
successful organizational change in hospitals
and healthcare organizations
How to create pull for change by appropriately
engaging both front line and senior leadership
Describe methods used to sustain
organization change over time
Virginia Kennedy, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC – Founder,
Infection Prevention and Management Associates
12T 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (1.5 F2F C1 Credit Hours)
Healthcare Executive Career Management in a Web 2.0 Era
MODERATOR:
Sharon K. Soldano – Owner, HR Consulting, Houston
PANELISTS:
Ivan Bartolome – Senior Vice President, FaithSearch
Partner s, Dallas
Robert (Rob) Kitto – System Director, Talent
Acquisition at Memorial Hermann Health System
(Houston)
Larry Perkins, Ph.D. – Executive Director, HR Talent
and Diversity Organization, MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston
Learning Objectives:
Review social networking and implications for
hiring authorities and job seekers
Describe local healthcare executive
employment market and the tools tactics and
strategies that organizations are using to
attract top talent
Explore how executive recruiters are using
social media to find candidates
13T 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. (1.0 C2 Credit Hour)
Current Changes in the Political Landscape & its Implications for Healthcare Delivery
Tomas Garcia III, MD – Past-President, Texas
Medical Association and Practicing Cardiologist
(Houston)
Freddy Warner – Vice President, Government
Affairs, Memorial Hermann Health System
Learning Objectives:
Gain an understanding of current federal fiscal
dynamics impacting healthcare providers.
Review the most recent state fiscal dynamics
impacting healthcare providers.
Examine the current state and federal legislative
action impacting healthcare providers.
- Highlights of the 2017 state legislative
session
- Consideration of federal legislation impacting
the Affordable Care Act
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