ASQ Section 0707
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will sponsor a one-day conference to provide Arizona-based healthcare organizations with a forum to learn about and discuss the vast number of changes impacting the healthcare industry today. The conference “Healthcare of the Future – Are you ready?” will feature presentations by healthcare and business experts including: Brad Tritle, Executive Director of the Arizona Health-e Connection, David Dexter, CEO of Sonora Quest, Andres Theodorou, MD of UMC, Daisy Jenkins, VP Human Resources, Raytheon, Thomas Pyzdek, noted author of the Six Sigma Handbook, and many more. The conference will address the following key topics:
• Update on the current state of Arizona’s strategy and progress for Health Information Infrastructure and government stimulus funds
• Electronic medical records with a focus on the financial and operational improvements, and clinician user adoption strategies;
• Patient safety strategies from the National Quality Forum (NQF)
• Advanced applications of lean systems thinking
• Key concepts in engaging medical entities for rapid deployment
• Financial impacts on business concerns of providing healthcare to their workforce
• Numerous regional examples of successful clinical and operational success stories in medical quality improvement.
“Health care reform is front and center as healthcare costs continue to soar,” Says Thomas Pyzdek, a member of the organizing committee and a consultant on process excellence. “The quality, Lean and Six Sigma professions have a proven approach to reducing costs without sacrificing quality.” Peter Bersbach, Six Sigma consultant and conference chair for ASQ says, “There are many examples of local healthcare organizations making great strides at improvement.”
The conference will be held at the Hilton East in Tucson, Arizona on October 13, 2009 from 8 AM to 5 PM. For additional information contact the conference organizer, Peter Bersbach. [peter@bersbach.com]
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