DANVERS, Mass., Aug. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, Inc., today announced that San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare will host a half-day educational program on September 5th, which is designed to help hospital and health system executives learn proven strategies for how to sustain patient-centered excellence throughout their organizations.
The event is the latest installment in a series of HealthLeaders Media Rounds focused on various topics of concern to hospitals and health systems nationwide. It will be held on the campus of Sharp Healthcare in San Diego, on September 5, 2012, from 9 a.m. to Noon Pacific Time.
"Sustainable Patient-Centered Excellence: Lessons from Sharp HealthCare," will feature best practices presentations by executives from Sharp HealthCare, an interactive Q&A session and the sharing of practical insights such as:
- How to build an exacting, repeatable process that sets the foundation for clinical and operational excellence;
- How to develop a team of leaders and cascade that learning throughout the organization; and
- How to establish patient-centered excellence as both a guiding principle and a market differentiator.
The speakers include: Patty Atkins, M.S., R.N., vice president of quality at Sharp HealthCare; Marcia Hall, chief executive officer of Sharp Coronado Hospital; Susan B. Frampton, Ph.D., president of Planetree in Derby, Conn.; Susan Stone, chief nursing officer and chief operating officer of Sharp Memorial Hospital; and Lynn Skoczelas, BSN, MBA, chief experience officer at Sharp HealthCare.
"All health system executives know that patient-centered care efforts are crucial to their success, but too often these initiatives end up fizzling out or failing to deliver desired results without proper management," said Jim Molpus, strategic relationships director at HealthLeaders Media. "The leaders of Sharp HealthCare learned first-hand that creating a sustainable patient-centered culture requires vision, commitment and investments of both time and resources."
The rate to participate in the program is $399 for individual attendees. For more information about the event or to register, please go to http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/rounds/.
Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system based in San Diego. Sharp includes four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two affiliated medical groups, and a health plan, plus a full spectrum of other facilities and services. Sharp HealthCare includes 2,600 physicians and more than 14,000 employees.
HealthLeaders Media Rounds provide healthcare leaders with access to in-depth insights, analysis and recommendations on specific challenges facing the industry. Using a case study format, Rounds events feature an array of leaders from host facilities who collectively share insights on how they have accomplished a particular initiative. This wide-angle view provides healthcare leaders with the ability to incorporate real-world solutions learned from the event into their own systems.
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