Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Registration - Regency Foyer

12:30 - 3:00 PM

Rural Healthcare Board of Directors Meeting - Montgomery Room

2:00 - 4:00 PM

Walking Tour of Chinatown

4:00 - 5:30 PM

How to Win With Your Payer Negotiations - Increasing Your Bottom Line - Sutter Room
Sonoma Valley CEO Bob Kowal and Attorney Noah Rosenberg

International Taste of San Francisco and
Street Performers Welcoming Party - Grand Ballroom
This opening party will honor the Hospital Council Associate Members - those businesses and their representatives who are essential for the operation of our hospitals. The food will be the best of San Francisco's International Cuisine and its famous Napa and Sonoma Valley wines. San Francisco’s famous street performers will charm and entertain you. An added bonus of the party will be a raffle of a long weekend in Hawaii, staying at one of the top hotels.

CHPAC President’s Club Dinner (For CHPAC President’s Club Members Only) - French Parlor
With only seven weeks left before the gubernatorial election, leading  Politicos for both candidates will discuss their final strategies with CHPAC Presidents Club Members.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Registration - Regency Foyer

Breakfast - Grand Ballroom

San Francisco Opening to the Annual Meeting - Gold Ballroom

Quint Studer, “To Be The VERY Best” Opening Session - Gold Ballroom
Quint Studer will kick off the opening session with his key note address - To Be The Best. Quint has changed the face of today's hospitals by creating a culture of excellence. CEO of two major hospitals, named Master of Business by Inc. Magazine, and author of the best selling Hardwiring Excellence, Studer will discuss new approaches to quality care and how your hospital can reach its strategic objectives in the upcoming year.

Breakthroughs in Organ Donations - Gold Ballroom

Break

CEO Roundtables: “Creating The Culture Of Excellence -
How To Make Patient Quality The Core Of Your Hospital?”
- State Suites, Royal Suites
Roundtable sessions between CEOs and CNOs to discuss strategies of how to make each California hospital the very best. These sessions are designed to provide an intimate setting for colleagues to interface and share ideas.   King, Polino & Associates, a leading edge firm that has successfully led hospitals to culture change initiatives and transformation, has created the format for these roundtable sessions.     

11:45 - 11:55 AM

Hospital Council Business Meeting - Ralston Room 

Lunch with Dr. Lowell Catlett,
“Your Patient Isn’t The Person You Think She Is!” - Ralston Room
Lunch with Lowell Catlett, one of the Country's leading futurists will be one of the most memorable speeches you will hear for years. He presents the case of how economics, demographics, and technologies affect the way people live, work, and demand changes in our hospitals.

CEO/CNO Joint Session - Gold Ballroom
A report and discussion of the morning meetings on Patient Quality - Creating the Culture of Excellence.

Coffee Break and Raffle Drawing

HeartMath - Gold Ballroom
Dr. Bruce Wilson presents management techniques to keep your staff engaged, motivated, healthy and stress free.

4:30 - 5:30 PM

Toast The Future at the McKesson Vision Center
The Center is at 1 Post Street, directly across Market Street from the Palace Hotel
Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres while viewing the latest pharmaceutical robots and other marvels to increase patient safety.  (The Cable Cars will pick you up at the Vision Center and take you to dinner.)

A True San Francisco Evening - Family dinner at the Italian Athletic Club and Beach Blanket Babylon

5:30 PM - Catch our cable cars outside the lobby of the Palace for Dinner at the Italian Athletic Club. This tradition is as old as San Francisco itself and is rarely available to those who don't live in North Beach.

7:45 PM - Beach Blanket Babylon Goes Bananas at Club Fugazi
Beach Blanket Babylon, a unique 35 year romp in San Francisco, was the highlight of Prince Charles and Camilla's recent trip to San Francisco. Prepare for great evening of laughter and song.

Friday, September 22, 2006

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Buffet Breakfast - Sunset Court, Second Floor

8:00 - 8:50 AM

Walking the Public Reporting Systems Minefield - (ACHE Category 1 credit)

Patient Flow, Mike Williams, President, The Abaris Group
“Revolutionary patient flow concepts to dramatically improve ED and inpatient flow”

Sal Rosselli, UHW President: The Future of Healthcare from United Healthcare Workers Point of View - Sea Cliff Room

Break

Dick Morris, Political Consultant: Health Care Under President Hillary Clinton And Will She Be President? - Sea Cliff Room
Dick Morris, one of the country's best know political consultants, ran Bill Clinton's first campaigns for Arkansas’ Attorney General and Governor and returned to pilot Clinton's stunning comeback re-election victory as President. No political operative knows both Bill and Hillary Clinton better than Dick Morris.

Golf at PGA Harding Park
You can follow Tiger Woods' PGA, AMX victory last fall by playing at Harding Park, one of the most challenging courses in California.

For golf information. contact Gail Baumgarten at gbassoc1@yahoo.com.