Premier Healthcare Alliance Experts Address Reform, ACOs and HIT in May

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--()--Experts from the Premier healthcare alliance will address pressing issues such as health reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and healthcare information technology (HIT) around the country in May.

On May 23, Premier President and CEO Susan DeVore will be an opening keynote at The World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership ACO Summit in Vienna, Va. She will address how hospitals and other providers can integrate quality, patient safety, cost, and information technology into a single improvement agenda. By leveraging data and collaborative strategies that link payment to clinical quality and patient outcomes, hospitals can achieve high quality care at the lowest possible cost with greater accountability.

Also, on May 5-6, DeVore attended the Rowland-Hite Health Planning seminar in Charlotte, N.C., where she discussed reform and the recent ACO regulations.

Premier supports hospitals in preparing for reform provisions including ACOs and value-based purchasing through data analytics and its Accountable Care and QUEST®: High Performing Hospitals collaboratives.

Blair Childs, Premier senior vice president of Public Affairs, will discuss accountable care and payment reform at the National Patient Safety Congress in Washington on May 27. He will cover topics such as Medicare requirements and regulations related to becoming an ACO; private sector ACO initiatives; implications for healthcare providers; market developments, trends and outlook; and examples of leading-edge health systems moving toward accountable care.

Childs will also speak at the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality in Phoenix on May 12. He will discuss accountable care and how hospitals should start making changes today.

On May 11, Richard Bankowitz, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P., Premier enterprise-wide chief medical officer, will speak at the Dorland Health Leadership Summit in Washington. He will discuss leadership in accepting change and collaborating to improve healthcare practices.

Premier Vice President of Accountable Care Collaboratives Barbara Gray will speak at the Hospitals and Health Systems Conference for Becker’s Hospital Review in Chicago on May 19. She will discuss how it is essential for hospitals to participate now in accountable care.

Additionally on May 18, Joe Pleasant, Premier senior vice president and chief information officer, will speak at the 2011 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, Mass. He will cover HIT as it relates to health reform, the economy and patient care.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 75,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Contacts

Premier healthcare alliance
Alven Weil, 704-816-5797
alven_weil@premierinc.com

Contacts

Premier healthcare alliance
Alven Weil, 704-816-5797
alven_weil@premierinc.com