Teamwork: The Key to Health Care Reform
Teamwork:
The Key to Health Care Reform
Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
75th Annual Meeting
● September 16-17, 2010 (Thursday - Friday)
● Hilton, Burlington, VT
Register online at www.VAHHS.org/events by September 8, 2010. The hotel deadline is August 31, 2010.
For more information, contact:
Megan Castonguay by phone at (802) 223-3461 x 107
or by email at Megan@VAHHS.org.
Vermont Associat ion of Hospita ls and Health Systems
75th Annual Meeting Program
September 16-17, 2010 / HILTON ~ Burlington , VT
WEDNESDAY (9/15/10)
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Opening Night Get Together (location TBD)
THURSDAY (9/16/10)
8:30 am - 3:00 pm VAHHS Fall Scramble Golf Tournament
Williston Golf Club
424 Golf Course Road, Williston
Sponsored by: D.E.W. Construction Corp. and
Hackett Valine & McDonald
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm VAHHS Board Meeting (for board members only please)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception at the Ice House
171 Battery St., Burlington
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Dinner Cruise with Live Music on the Northern Lights
1 King St., Burlington
Sponsored by: Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine and
MorrisSwitzer ~ Environments for Health
FRIDAY (9/17/10)
7:45 am - 8:45 am ACHE Breakfast
(for ACHE members only please)
Indifference: When “I don’t care” infects your culture
Neil Ducoff, Founder and CEO
Strategies
Sponsored by: Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker
7:45 am - 8:45 am Registration and Networking Over Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am Welcome and Introductions
9:00 am - 10:30 am OPENING ADDRESS
Physician Engagement: The Advantage of Trust
Dr. Brian Wong, CEO
The Bedside Trust
10:30 am - 11:00 am Networking and refreshment break
10:30 am - 1:30 pm ARCC Committee Meeting
(includes lunch; for members only please)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm PHYSICIAN REACTION PANEL
Dr. Joyce Dobbertin, Family Physician and Hospitalist
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
11:00 am - 12:00 pm PHYSICIAN REACTION PANEL (continued)
Dr. John R. Brumsted, Chief Medical Officer
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Dr. Kirk Dufty, Emergency Department Director
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Dr. Robert Pierattini, Chair
UVM Department of Psychiatry
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCHEONS
General Luncheon (AHA awards, and prize drawings)
Quality Working Luncheon (by invitation only please)
Planners Working Luncheon (by invitation only please)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Improving Relationships for Better Results
Dr. Brian Wong, CEO
The Bedside Trust
Is Gainsharing Making a Comeback?
Linda J. Cohen, Attorney
Dinse Knapp & McAndrew, PC
VITL’s Regional Extension Center: How it Can Help Vermont
Hospitals and Physicians Achieve Meaningful Use
Larry Gilbert, Director of Outreach and Business Development
Vermont Information Technology Leaders
Physician Productivity Incentives in Hospital Physician Contracts
Craig Miskovich, Health Law Attorney
Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Allied Group Meetings (for group members only please)
Development Director
CAH Quality Managers Network
Vermont Hospital Public Relations Directors
Vermont Healthcare Human Resources Association
Vermont Health Information Management Association
Vermont Organization of Nurse Leaders
Keynote Address
Physician Engagement: The Advantage of Trust
What could you get done if your physicians, executive team and
staff trusted each other... and how would it affect patient care?
Could the simple concept of connecting with our colleagues lead
to a more self-organized, problem solving culture?
Join Dr. Brian Wong to develop a straightforward strategy to
eliminate tribal warfare by shifting your organization
into problem solving teams with the ability to seek out
foundational problems and design curative solutions.
Together, we’ll learn how small cultural shifts can
dramatically change physician engagement and
convert reactive command and control environments
into proactive “Community Intelligence” cultures.
Dr. Brian Wong- As the CEO of The Bedside
Trust, Dr. Brian Wong’s personal mission is to solve
the healthcare crisis by building trust across all
stakeholders beginning with the example he sets. He
believes that at the root of every health care solution
is trust. He has dedicated his life to the idea that it is
possible to define, build, multiply and leverage trust
to such a degree that it becomes the most powerful
engine of positive change in every medical community.
His skills in conflict resolution, negotiation, facilitation and teambuilding
have enabled Brian to bring large groups of physicians,
nurses, administrators and other key members of the healthcare
team to discover their common goals. What has followed are
breakthrough improvements across the board: increased patient
safety and satisfaction, higher quality of care, better controls on
legal liability, lowered turnover, higher efficiency and throughput,
and improved financial performance for the organization as a
whole.
Through the Bedside Trust, he teaches all stakeholders in
healthcare the five fundamentals (that were not taught to him in
medical school) that will allow everyone to solve any problem in
their organization over and over again.