Spring 2007 CHMR Meeting

Center for Health Management Research
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel - Chicago, IL
May 16-18, 2007

May 16
Prince of Wales Room
6:00-7:30 p.m. Reception 
May 17
Heritage Room
7:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.

Introduction and Welcome 
~ Mary Pittman
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m.

“Enhancing the Board’s Role in Quality”
~ Presenter -  Bryan Weiner, Ph.D.
~ Moderator – Doug Conrad
11:00 p.m.

“The Impact of Hospital Design and Construction on Patient Outcomes”
~ Presenter - Glenn Ballard, M.B.A., Ph.D.
~Moderator – Tom Rundall

Presentation and discussion of just released Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) DVD,
Transforming Hospitals:  Designing for Safety and Quality

Expert panelists:

  • Sara Marberry is Executive Vice President at The Center for Health Design.
  • Sandra Issacson, M.S.N., M.B.A., is Director of User Liaison and Research Translation at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
  • John Reiling, M.H.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., is President and CEO of Safe by Design.
12:45 p.m.

Lunch
Tower East
1:45 p.m. 

Culture, Cooperation, and Commitment: The Role of Hospital-Physician Culture Fit in Evolving Physician-Hospital Relations~ Presenter - David Caldwell, Ph.D.
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m.  A Evolving Physician-Hospital Relations
~ Presenter - Stephen Davidson, Ph.D.
4:00 p.m. Effective Responses to Market Entry by Specialty Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
~ Presenter – Lawton R. Burns, MBA, Ph.D.
6:00 p.m.  Dinner
The Grill on the Alley 
May 18
Heritage Room
7:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast
~ Doug Conrad
8:15 a.m. Member Perspectives on CHMR:  Current and Future Directions
~ Nadine Caputo
8:30 a.m.

“HIT - Successes, Failures and Lessons Learned.” Presenter: Tom Rundall, PhD
~ Moderator – Doug Conrad

Expert panelists

  • Peter Butler, M.H.S.A., is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and chairperson of the Department of Health Systems Management for Rush University.
  • Nancy Pratt, R.N., M.S. is Senior Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness at Sharp HealthCare.
9:45 a.m.

Break
10:00 a.m.

Discussion and voting for CHMR Research Proposals (1 – 3)
~ Moderator – Doug Conrad 
11:00 a.m. 

Dialogue on Upcoming Research Topic, “Health Insurance in the Consumer Era: The Impact of New Benefit Designs and Cost Sharing on Use of Services”
~ Moderator – Mary Pittman
11:45 a.m. Wrap-up and Next Steps
~ Doug Conrad, Tom Rundall and Mary Pittman
Noon Adjournment
~ Box lunches will be available