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Applying Business Planning Principles to
School of Medicine Department Management

Monday, June 23, 2008

The successful strategic, financial, and operational management of a school of medicine (SOM) in today’s environment requires the disciplined application of business principles. This session in the ECG Trends Webinar Series focuses on the use of such principles in managing an SOM’s constituent departments, including:

  • Joint development of department goals and objectives by SOM and department leadership.
  • Identification of specific actions and initiatives to achieve these objectives.
  • Agreement on SOM investment to support the department.
  • Establishment of metrics to monitor progress and “return on investment.”
  • Reevaluation to inform and guide subsequent planning cycles.

An overview of trends and issues encountered in academic medicine’s adoption of business management principles will be provided, followed by a discussion of best practice examples. It is our intention to provide you with insights on the specific steps and attendant issues in developing and implementing business planning techniques for SOM and departmental management.

The featured presenter for this session was:

  • Mr. Clayton A. Tellers, Senior Manager, ECG Management Consultants, Inc.

Developing an IT Services Organization for EHR/EMR Deployment

Thursday, May 22, 2008

As the pace of physician adoption of EMRs increases, many health systems, and even provider organizations, are considering creating services organizations to host and locally support these systems. While the benefits of EMR hosting may be obvious to the host and recipient (greater alignment, improved quality of care, and reductions in cost), numerous issues are impeding many organizations from being successful. In this Webinar, we will discuss the major issues typically encountered in crafting a hosted solution for EHRs, and we will provide an example of an organization that is having some early success. Areas to be discussed include:

  • Creating an effective governance structure and building consensus.
  • Selecting appropriate implementation and support models.
  • Selecting the appropriate system and level of community integration.
  • Understanding costs and ensuring appropriate financing.
  • Creating effective contracts with vendors and participants.

We will address each of these issues to assist organizations in understanding the basic start-up requirements of EHR deployment as well as more mature organizational models that support the services organization in becoming sustainable.

The featured presenters for this session were:

  • Ms. Laura D. Jantos, Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Inc.
  • Mr. Bobby H. Lee, President and CEO, NGHN, Inc.

How to Hard-Wire Physician Leadership
Into Your Clinical Service Lines

Friday, May 16, 2008

Service line management approaches are being designed and implemented by hospitals and health systems to enhance the performance and positioning of key clinical services. The challenge that many organizations are facing, however, is how to build physician support for their service line management structures and develop alignment with their clinical services growth strategies.

This session in the ECG Trends Webinar Series will provide specific recommendations for engaging physicians in service line growth and development. Ways to build physician leadership into your service line management structure will be described, and best practice examples will be provided to help you:

  • Develop a service line management approach that matches the needs and capabilities of your organization and its physicians.
  • Effectively engage physicians in key service line development efforts.
  • Design meaningful service line leadership roles and responsibilities for physicians.
  • Build high-performing administrative and physician teams within your clinical services.

The featured presenters for this session were:

  • Ms. Gita B. Budd, Principal, ECG
  • Mr. Jim Rice, Vice President, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Enhancing Financial Performance of Employed Physician Groups Under Provider-Based Clinic Arrangements

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

As hospitals continue to employ more and more physicians, management teams are confronted with mounting financial losses from physician practices. Converting employed physician practices to provider-based clinics is a sound financial strategy that performance-oriented hospitals and systems are pursuing to enhance the financial results of their employed physicians. This session will teach participants how to evaluate the opportunity to convert practices to provider-based status from a financial, operational, and regulatory perspective.

The featured presenters for this session were:

  • Kenneth A. Roorda, Senior Manager, ECG
  • Michelle L. Holmes, Manager, ECG
  • Thomas E. Dutton, Partner, Jones Day

 

 


   

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