Catching the Ambulatory Wave--Hospitals and Physicians Plan for the Future
Track
:
Strategic Planning
Program Code:
T26
Date:
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Time:
3:45 PM to 5:15 PM
EST
Location:
Salon 13 - 15
SPEAKER
(S):
Laura Etchen, Principal, The Chartis Group, Chicago, IL
Laura Etchen is a Principal with The Chartis Group, with more than twenty years of healthcare leadership experience. Ms. Etchen assists clients in a wide range of strategic, organizational and operational initiatives, leading consulting engagements in the areas of strategic and business planning, integrated delivery system strategy and formation, new business development, organization redesign and financial/operational improvement planning. Prior to joining Chartis, Ms. Etchen was a Partner at two other national healthcare consulting firms. Ms. Etchen also served as the Vice President for Strategic Planning at Ochsner Medical Institutions in New Orleans, where she was instrumental in the development and start up of a geographically dispersed ambulatory care delivery system. Ms. Etchen holds an MBA from Tulane University and Masters and Bachelors degrees in Psychology from the University of West Florida.
Mitch Graves has served as president and CEO of Methodist Healthcare's Affiliated Services Division since 2005. This division includes a variety of home health companies such as nursing and therapy, hospice, infusion and medical equipment. Affiliated is also comprised of a variety of outpatient services such as minor medical/urgent care centers, a sleep center, wound healing services, diagnostic services and surgery centers. Mr. Graves joined Methodist in 1988 as vice president of Consolidated Recovery Systems and Miracorp Financial Services. He also served as corporate director of Finance from 1994 to 2005. He holds a Bachelors degree in business administration with a concentration in finance and economics from Christian Brothers University. Mr. Graves has served on numerous Boards for community, religious, and business organizations. He has also served on the United States Attorney's Healthcare Fraud Task Force, Memphis Alcohol Commission, and the Governor's Tenncare Claim Committee.
Description
Ambulatory services are poised for significant restructuring. Explore how health systems are revisiting their ambulatory care strategies and planning for the next wave of large scale development. Follow the path of a six-hospital system and its private medical staff in a quest to envision and redesign a rationale ambulatory delivery system. Learn methodologies to estimate outpatient demand by clinical service line. Through the case study begin to consider how you can customize your organization's ambulatory growth strategy to the unique dynamics of your market.