Weatherhead Executive Education

Subject	Managing in a Healthcare Environment
Certificate	Managing in a Healthcare Environment Certificate
Prerequisites	No prerequisites
Cost (Available Discounts)	Individual Participants: $392 by credit card; $417 by check Affiliate Partners: One class day per participant.

Program Dates	Continuing Education
March 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cleveland, OH Add to Cart David Aron, M.D.	This program provides continuing education credit for the following professions: Physician 6 CME Nurse 6 CME Counselor 6 CEU Healthcare Exec. 6 CEU Social Worker 6 CEU Nursing Home Admin. 6 CEU SPHR Professionals 6 CEU PHR Professionals 6 CEU PMI Project Manager 6 PDU Ohio CPA . 8 CPE

Hospitals and physicians face increasing scrutiny for their performance in quality.  Individual hospital and physician data is becoming accessible to the public on various web sites.  Insurance companies including Medicare are increasing their pay for performance programs.  As quality information becomes more transparent and widely available, healthcare organizations need to fully engage in quality improvement initiatives to protect their brand and improve their financial performance.

This program will present you with a conceptual framework to plan and implement a quality improvement initiative in your healthcare organization.  The focus will be on the roles of senior leaders including management, medical, nursing and financial leadership in healthcare organizations.  

Topics

• Definitions and measures of quality
• Levers to accelerate quality improvement within a healthcare organization
• Case study: Analyzing the implementation of a quality improvement initiative
  • Common pitfalls and traps that slow down the implementation
  • The important role of physicians, nursing leadership and financial leadership
• The program will include a discussion of lessons learned from many initiatives in both the private and public sectors
  • Examples include the " 100,000 Lives Saved" campaign from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement; the transformation of the Veterans Health Administration; and the Robert Wood Johnson Initiative: Aligning Forces for Quality

Learning Outcomes
As a result of attending this program, participants will learn:

• Knowledgeably participate in the development and implementation of a quality improvement initiative in a health care organization.
• Identify and discuss key barriers to successful implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Utilize the skills learned in the program to improve organizational performance.

Who Should Attend
This program is designed for healthcare leaders including management, medical, nursing and financial professionals.

Level of Prior Knowledge in this Subject Area: none.