2008 Programs

October 30, 2008 - The Maryland Association of Healthcare Executives held its first Outreach Educational Event on Maryland's historic and beautiful Eastern Shore on Thursday, October 30, 2008.  This program is designed for busy healthcare executives, managers and students that live and work on the Eastern Shore or in Delaware.  We encourage you to spend an afternoon networking and learning from this distinguished panel of healthcare leaders, without driving to Baltimore or Philadelphia.

September 26, 2008  - MAHCE's first (6) Category I Credit All Day Educational Event.  Major General David A. Rubenstein, FACHE, Chairman, American College of Healthcare Executives, was our keynote speaker who shared his perspective in a "Healthcare Leadership: A View From My Foxhole."

We had also assembled industry best practices from Witt/Kieffer, Premier Consulting Solutions, IMA Consulting, KPMG in addition to local and national healthcare leaders with demonstrated success in implementation.  This enriching day of panels provided takeaways easily able to be implemented to increase employee effectiveness through coaching and mentoring, talent management development, clinical supply chain management as well as the keys to sustaining a financially vibrant healthcare organization.  The day benefited early-careerists, mid-careerists, Material Management leaders, and seasoned leaders and members of the medical staff community.

Topics Discussed:

• Panel Discussion - Developing Mentoring and Coaching Skills - presented by Larry Beck, FACHE, President, Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Greg Finnegan, Director, Organizational Development, Johns Hopkins Health System and Douglas Shepherd, FACHE, President and CEO, New Value Systems LLC.
• Panel Discussion - Talent Management for Bench Strength Development - John Callahan, Ph.D., Director of Health Systems Management Programs/UB, Independent Consultant, Howard Jessamy, Diversity Practice Leader, Witt/Kieffer, Laurence Merlis, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Michael C. Rogers, Executive Vice President, Corporate Services, MedStar Health
• Panel Discussion - Sustaining a Financially Vibrant Healthcare Organization - Susan MacMillan, RN, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services, Mercy Medical Center, Sylvia (Sly) Moore, Executive Vice President and COO, St. Joseph Medical Center, William J. Purnell, CPA, Partner, KPMG and Rob Sutton, Partner, IMA Consulting
• Panel Discussion - Managing Your Clinical Supply Chain - Sharon J. Conklin, MBAVice President, Client Engagement and DeliveryPremier Consulting Solutions, David Krajewski, Vice President, Finance, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Charles Neikam MHA/MBA, CMRP,  Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain, Washington Hospital Center, Steve Kammar, Corporate Director of Materials Management of Union Memorial Hospital

July 31, 2008 - Putting Lean/Six Sigma to Work in Healthcare".  The speaker was Douglas Evan Shagram, Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Lean Sensei, Vice President of  Productivity and Quality, Nielsen Business Media and formerly of Booz Allen Hamilton's Lean/Six Sigma Practice.

Topics Discussed:

• Lean/Six Sigma as an Agent of Organizational Culture Change
• Benefits of Effective Implementation
• Tactics of Successful Deployment
• Use of Methodologies - Each Independantly vs. Integrated

May 29, 2008: "The Maryland Association of Health Care Executives Annual Executive Update".  The speakers for the panel included Ben Mason, Chair of the Maryland Hospital Association and Chairman of the Bon Secours Baltimore Health System Board of Directors and Col. Frank Ryan (Ret), CPA, Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at St. Agnes Healthcare System. 

Topics Discussed:

Topics Discussed:

• Organizational Implementation and Benefits of Effective Implementation
• Tenants of Successful Deployment

January 22, 2008: "The Maryland Association of Health Care Executives Annual Legislative Update".  The speakers for the panel include Delegate Daniel Morhaim, MD and Pegeen Townsend of the Maryland Hospital Association.  

Topic Discussed:

• The Special Session's Effect on Healthcare in Maryland
• The Healthcare Related Agenda for the 2008 Legislative Session
• The Legislative Impact on the Provider Community