Care Coordination Summit - Friday, September 14, 2012

The Care Coordination Summit: New Delivery Models Transforming Healthcare presents an interactive learning event for professionals leading the charge in practice transformation.

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Providing solutions to the complex array of issues facing healthcare teams across the delivery system, Dorland Health presents the 2012 Care Coordination Summit -- the only interactive learning event designed for all members of the care coordination team.

The Care Coordination Summit delivers insights, case studies and actionable strategies from frontline leaders working across health plans, hospitals, nonprofits and other points of care that leaders in care coordination can use to improve their practice, positively influence the health of their organization, combat rising cost shares and penalties, and advance the delivery of care.

Register today and join your peers for a unique one-day Summit where you will discover what experts at the point of care are doing to advance solutions and meet challenges through forward-thinking initiatives and innovative best practices.

• What patient- and family-centered care means – and does not mean – to both the patient and the healthcare team.
• How to boost patient engagement and create a positive patient-focused culture.
• The coming mandate of value-based purchasing and what it means to you.
• Collaborative methods health plans and providers are using to create positive outcomes, control costs and enhance care coordination.
• How health information exchanges will impact the efficiencies and effectiveness of healthcare for the provider, the payer and the consumer.
• Efficient transitions of care that can reduce readmissions and improve patient and provider satisfaction.
• New models of care that are transforming practice and ensuring greater access to consumers.
• Leading wellness and prevention strategies organizations are using to lower healthcare costs.
• How professionals have reached senior leadership and cultivated changes to improve performance.
• Best practices to better manage and contain healthcare costs for dual-eligible patients.

“In any mature industry and leadership system, the cost of production itself goes hand-in-hand with quality. Given where we are now with the economic crisis, it’s urgent healthcare costs be addressed as a primary goal. I’ve never seen things seem so dire as now, and the risks are phenomenal. If we don’t [do something] soon, pretty bad things will happen in the system.”

This quote, spoken by Dr. Donald Berwick, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, paints a telling picture of the current state of the healthcare system – and of the important role of effective care coordination.

Dr. Berwick’s words have not gone unheeded among case managers and others responsible for care coordination in today’s healthcare system. As a result of the Affordable Care Act, the groundwork has been laid to change the current course and allow new models of care to emerge that are designed to address quality and contain escalating healthcare costs.

Forward-thinking professionals from both payer and provider settings are starting to work collaboratively for the first time to ensure care is safe, based on evidence, and coordinated so each consumer has a smooth transition of care regardless of their entry point. Thanks to emerging technology, the industry is becoming transparent and learning how to use data to pinpoint areas in need of improvement. Systems are growing that will allow for streamlined communication so that healthcare professionals, consumers, employers and providers have the right information at the point of care to make informed decisions regarding diagnosis, treatment and benefits. 

The 2012 Care Coordination Summit brings together a faculty with decades of collective experience working at the point of care. These leading professionals understand the urgency to transform their organizations and ensure they are patient- and family-centered, safe, efficient and cost-effective. They will share their insights and expertise so the audience can return to their organizations with practical information that will put them in position to meet the demands of the 21^st century healthcare system and meets the needs of all stakeholders.

Join us as we explore cutting-edge ways organizations are redesigning models of care, creating cultures of continuous improvement, and engaging patients through collaborative communities across the continuum of care.

The 2012 Care Coordination Summit is designed so you can bring back practical information to your own practice or organization. Join your peers to hear the latest thinking and best practices from healthcare leaders striving to improve care coordination throughout the care continuum.
 

This was the first time I had attended a program from Dorland. I was very impressed with all the presenters. The organization of both days far exceeded my expectations. The staff was excellent. —Lora Rosenthal Program Manager Johns Hopkins Health Care

Thanks for the opportunity to attend the Summit. My colleague and I found each speaker was excellent in presentation and content, and provided an excellent learning opportunity. We look forward to attending future Dorland Health Events. —Terri Kapetanovic RN MSN CPHQ CMCN President, Professional Services Network, Inc. Silver Spring, MD

I just wanted to let you know that it was great to be a part of the Care Coordination Summit and to hear how hospitals around the country are evolving their Care Coordination practices to align with the forthcoming challenges of healthcare reform. My company focuses our Care Coordination methodology mainly on the inpatient setting and working to coordinate patients’ care while still in the hospital. I found it to be very informative and insightful to hear about the Care Coordination efforts that are taking place outside of these hospitals, with a focus on decreasing readmissions. Thank you so much for putting on such a wonderful and insightful gathering, and I look forward to hear what Dorland Health has to offer going forward. —Kaitlin A. Shumrick Huron Healthcare

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