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11:00 AM - 9:00 PMEarly Check-In
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7:00 AM - 6:00 PMExhibit Hall Hours
7:00 AMRegistration Opens
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM01. Health System Transformation Using a Beginner’s Mindset
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM02. Predicting AI's Impact as Healthcare Continues Big Shifts
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM03. Operationalizing AI in Healthcare: From Framework to Real-World Workflows
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM04. The Path Forward: Connecting Quality, Access and Experience
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM15. The Leadership Edge in AI
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM16. AI and the Future of Work
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM01. Top Health Systems' Plans to Innovate and Win the Next 5 Years
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM02. Closing the Distance: How Acute Telemedicine Is Redefining Care Delivery in Rural and Community Hospitals
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM03. Leadership Tactics for Next-Gen Care Model Implementation
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM04. The Gen Z Impact: How a New Generation is Reshaping Healthcare Work
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM05. Rethinking Acute Pain Management in Today’s Health System Environment
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM06. Designing Care Beyond the Visit: AI and the Future of Care Orchestration
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM07. Bold CEOs Lead in Patient-Centered Care Strategy
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM08. CMO Perspectives on Effective Patient Safety Approaches and Challenges
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM09. Beyond Fee-for-Service: The Financial Playbook for Value-Based Care Success
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM10. Mastering Fiscal Sustainability: Thriving Despite Healthcare's Financial Shifts
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM11. CFOs' Plans to Future-Proof Health Systems
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM12. Workplace Safety: Strategies for Your Security Team
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM13. Designing Enduring Health Systems in the Digital Era
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM14. The New Growth Frontier in Outpatient and Ambulatory Care
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM15. Live Agentic AI in Action: Delivering Medical Superintelligence at Enterprise Scale
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM16. AI for Financial Survival: Policy Shifts + Scenario Planning
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM01. C-suite Reboot: What Health Systems Need for the Next 5 Years
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM02. An Expanded Vision of Value: Enhancing Patient Outcomes, Promoting Stakeholder Engagement, and Improving Community Health
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM03. Integrating Across Specialties to Improve Obesity Outcomes
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM04. Transform Care Delivery by Scaling Intelligent Care: What Works, What Delivers, What Lasts
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM05. Accelerating Priorities Through Co-Designed Precision Quality Improvement
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM06. From Burnout to Breakthrough: Digital Tools That Elevate Physician Performance
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM07. CEO Strategy to Drive Growth Amid Disruption
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM08. The CNO Playbook: Essential Tools for Long-Term Success
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM09. The Future of Social Determinants: Funding Initiatives That Matter
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM10. Academic Medicine’s Triple Aim: Care, Research, and Innovation in Action
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM11. Emerging Policy and Compliance Issues for Tomorrow's C-suites
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM12. More Than Money: Leveraging Wellness Services to Retain and Engage Healthcare Talent
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM13. Building High-Performance Healthcare Teams
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM14. The 2026 COO Roadmap to Operational Success
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM15. ROI from Generative AI: Abundance in Clinical Care
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM16. Ambient AI Real Talk: Adoption, Resistance and ROI
10:20 AM - 10:40 AMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM01. Saurabh Tripathi, EVP and CFO, Ascension and Amber Sims, EVP and Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Ascension
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM02. The Best at Getting Better: Hartford HealthCare's Journey to Quality, Safety, and Innovation
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM03. Strategy Under Pressure: Adapting in a Time of Uncertainty
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM04. The Expanding Influence of Hospital CFOs
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM05. Dr. Rohit Chandra, Chief Digital Officer, Cleveland Clinic
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM06. High-Pressure Healthcare: Proven Tactics for Quality and Efficiency
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM07. Inside the C-Suite: AI and Tech Strategies from Health System CEOs
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM12. Health and Wealth: Two Sides of the Same Coin
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM15. The AI Investment Strategy to Win the Next 5 Years
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM16. AI vs. Payer Algorithms: Leveling the Playing Field
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM01. Dennis Laraway, EVP and CFO at Cleveland Clinic
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM02. The Network Advantage: How Scalable Interoperability Unlocks Better Patient and Clinician Experiences
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM03. Shadow AI: Governing the Unseen With Evidence and Expertise
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM04. White Coats to Corner Offices: Navigating the Path to Executive Leadership in Healthcare
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM05. The New Reality of Physician Staffing: Building Workforce Stability
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM06. Patient Blood Management: The Hidden Lever for Quality, Safety and Margin
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM07. A CEO's Insight Into Innovations in Patient-Centric Care Delivery
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM08. Next-Gen Nursing Innovations to Elevate Care and Engagement
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM09. Long-Term Population Health Strategies That Work
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM10. Fostering Growth: Addressing Key Challenges at Leading Academic Medical Centers
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM11. The State of Healthcare Economics: Cost Pressures, Drug Pricing, and Financial Sustainability
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM12. Leadership Redefined: Developing Tomorrow's Executive Leaders
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM13. The New Front Door: How Nurses, Social Media and C-Suite Buy-in Created a Viral Recruitment Strategy
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM14. Innovating Ambulatory Strategies to Elevate Whole-Person Care
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM15. Code for Care, Collaboration of Technical and Practice Expertise for Impact
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM16. Forecasting AI’s Role Amid Healthcare Transformation
12:25 PM - 1:25 PMNetworking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM01. Navigating Healthcare’s Next Era: Strategies for Growth and Resilience
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM02. The Patient Surge: How Health Systems Are Rising to the Challenge
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM03. From Root Cause to Revenue: Winning the Battle Against DRG Downgrades
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM04. Eliminating Patient Hold Times: Catholic Health’s Rapid Deployment of Voice AI
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM05. Leveraging Data and Collaboration to Overcome Therapeutic Inertia in Type 2 Diabetes
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM06. Journey to Joy: Leveraging National Burnout Data - Executive Insights and Innovations from Leading Health Systems
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM07. The CEO Playbook: Finding Growth and Opportunity Out of Chaos
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM08. Clinical Leadership’s Role in Advancing Quality and Safety
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM09. Beyond the Bottom Line: Embracing Outcome-Centric Care Models
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM10. Driving Outcomes Through Equity and Core Values
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM11. Chief Medical Officers on Patient Safety: What Works and Why
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM12. Health Systems Take Bold Action to Strengthen Talent Pipelines
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM13. Investing in People: How Structured APP Development Advances Organizational Strategy
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM14. Diverse Leadership Dynamics: Building Tomorrow's Organizations Today
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM15. The Power of Generative AI in Health Systems
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM16. Blueprint to Scaling AI Across the Enterprise
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM01. Taking Value-based Care From Aspiration to Execution
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM02. AI at CommonSpirit: 230 tools, $100M impact
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM03. The Next Evolution of Clinical Leadership
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM04. Dr. Peter Pronovost, Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer at University Hospitals
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM05. Prathibha Varkey, President, Mayo Clinic Health System
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM08. Critical Upstream Factors Shaping Nursing Leadership
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM15. Strategic ROI with AI-Powered Workflow Redesign: A Real-World Use Case
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM16. From Innovation to Impact: How NCH Is Advancing Patient Care through Technology, Teamwork and Outcomes
3:00 PM - 3:20 PMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM01. Wright Lassiter III, President and CEO at CommonSpirit Health, and Eduardo Conrado, President and CEO at Ascension
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM02. Vision 2035: The Bold Ideas Transforming U.S. Healthcare
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM03. People-First Healthcare: Driving a Culture That Supports Patients and Teams
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM15. Transforming Early Detection Through AI: Development and Deployment of the Healthy Person Program
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM16. From Vision to Adoption: Nursing-Led AI Transformation Through Enterprise-Site Collaboration
3:58 PM - 4:05 PM01. Louise Whitfield Carnegie Exceptional Healthcare Leader Award Ceremony
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM01. Celebrity Keynote - Fernando Mendoza
5:00 PM - 6:00 PMHappy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AMContinental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens
7:30 AM - 6:00 PMExhibit Hall Hours
8:00 AM - 1:00 PMTransform Hospital Operations Summit: Enterprise Intelligence in Action
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM01. Rob Allen, CEO at Intermountain Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM02. Health System Leadership in an Era of Disruption
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM03. Clinical Leadership Next Steps: Bold Ideas for Quality Impact
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM04. When Doctors Lead: A New Rx for Health Systems
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM05. HealthLocator: A Public, Digital Tool for Navigating Quality Care Choices
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM06. The Generative AI Revolution: What It Means for Healthcare Operations
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM07. CEO Perspective: What Healthcare C-suites Need to Adapt Quickly
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM08. The Bold Strategy Scripps Took to Tackle Workplace Violence
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM10. Fail Forward: Lessons from the Arena: Leading Through Failure and Resilience
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM01. The Zip Code Gap: Delivering da Vinci Surgery to Rural America
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM02. Engage Nursing Teams for Superior Patient Care: Bold Initiatives
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM03. “Good Enough” Is Costing You Millions: Why Leading Health Systems Are Rewriting Their AI Strategy Now
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM04. The Next Evolution of Health Equity and Patient Care
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM05. From Acquisition to Action: Aligning Discovery, Capacity and Affordability to Ensure Complete Care
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM06. The Trust Equation: Fostering a Culture of Confidence in Healthcare
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM07. Beyond the Clinic: Leveraging Hospitals to Strengthen Public Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM08. The CNO’s Guide to Lasting Success
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM09. Leading with Purpose in Value-driven Healthcare
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM10. Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce Using Long-Term Talent Strategies in AMCs
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM11. The 2026 Workforce: CFO and COO Strategies to Win the Next 5 Years
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM12. Optimizing Patient-Centered Ambulatory Services for the Digital Age
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM13. Rural Healthcare's Survival: The Next 5 Years
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM14. The COO Playbook for Building Resilient Teams and Organizations
10:00 AM - 10:45 AMCreating the Future of Surgical Operations: Shared Strategy Across Diverse Systems
10:00 AM - 10:25 AMNetworking Break in Riverside Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM01. Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM07. What Comes Next in Healthcare Policy and Regulation
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM02. Fix It Before It’s Lost: Why the Point of Care Is the Most Valuable Step in RCM
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM03. Reimagining Workforce Optimization: The Power of Partnership
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM04. Beyond da Vinci Surgery: Stop Thinking “Robot”. Start Thinking “Digital”.
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM05. Inside the Shift to Concierge Medicine: Lessons from Health System Leaders
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM06. Nursing Career Evolution: Tackling Challenges, Creating Opportunities
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM08. What Drives Patient Safety Success? Chief Medical Officers Share Their Stories
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM09. Building Smarter Alliances in Population Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM10. Fostering a Supportive Environment for Women in Healthcare
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM11. Cultivating Visionary Leaders in Healthcare
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM12. Unlocking Growth Strategies for Outpatient and Ambulatory Services
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM13. The Future of Virtual Nursing: Insights, Innovations, and Impact
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM14. From Potential to Power: Advancing the Next Wave of Healthcare Leaders
10:45 AM - 11:30 AMProtecting Margins: Enterprise Intelligence for Financial & Operational Resilience
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM01. Top Physician Leaders on What's New, Next and Best in Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM02. Leading with Brilliance: How Women Executives Are Redefining Power, Performance, and Progress in Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM03. Building a Resilient and Innovative Supply Chain
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM04. Driving Economic Sustainability in Healthcare’s Digital Age
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM05. How Clinical Leaders Raise the Bar in Quality and Safety Standards
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM06. AI-Enabled Workforce Transformation: Driving ROI and Upskilling for 2026 and Beyond
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM07. The Future of Healthcare C-suite Diversity and Commitment to Equity
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM08. Cutting Variations, Improving Outcomes: Clinical Pathways that Deliver Consistency
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM09. Maximizing EHR Efficiency: Best Practices for User-Centric Design
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM10. One MGB: Mass General Brigham’s Journey to Integrate Two World Class Academic Medical Centers
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM11. From Research to ROI: How Nurse Scientists Can Improve Care and the Bottom Line
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM12. Executive Evolution: Preparing Leaders for a New Era of Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM13. How Community Hospitals Drive SDOH Innovation
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM14. Enhancing the Pipeline with High School Programs
12:10 PM - 1:10 PMThe Hidden Frontier: Unlocking Back of House AI to Power Healthcare’s Next Era of Growth
12:10 PM - 1:10 PMNetworking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM01. John D'Angelo, MD, President and CEO, Northwell Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM02. Sustainable Health System Expansion for the Next Decade
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM03. Finding Common Ground: How CEOs and CFOs Can Align amid Industry Uncertainty
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM04. Planning the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease Care: A Conversation with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist & Sutter Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM05. Prior Auth APIs Are Here — So Where Are the Savings?
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM06. Tomorrow's Talent, Today: Designing a Resilient Nursing Workforce and Pipeline
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM07. Strengthening Rural Health for Sustainable Success
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM08. Strategies for Growing Bold, Visionary Clinical Leaders
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM09. Navigating Quality and Performance in Stressful Times
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM10. How Leading Systems Plan for Patient Growth and the Rising Patient Demand
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM11. Voice of the Patient: Turning Feedback into Actionable Strategy
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM12. Rethinking Talent Development Amid AI and Healthcare Delivery Transformation
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM13. Data-Driven Healthcare: Leading in the Information Era
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM14. Clinicians to C-Suite: Breaking Barriers in Healthcare Executive Roles
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM01. Dan Kueter, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM02. A Strong Send Off: Reducing Pain & PONV in the Perioperative Setting
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM03. Experience Is Now an Enterprise Strategy
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM04. Digital Innovations Reshaping the Patient Care Continuum
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM05. Beyond FIFO: Intelligent Triage in Modern Care
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM06. Translating Clinical Best Practices into System Wide Impact
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM07. Health Equity as a Leadership Imperative
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM08. Quality Care Under Pressure: Best Practices for Health Systems
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM09. Advancing Care Models: Leadership Tactics for Operational Excellence
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM10. Transforming Patient Care with Predictive Analytics
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM11. Navigating Hospital M&A: What Deals Are Shaping Healthcare's Future?
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM12. Redefining the C-Suite: Strategies to Grow and Elevate Healthcare Talent
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM13. The Shift in Healthcare Economics and Policy: What Leaders Need to Know
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM14. Meeting the Demand: Health Systems Navigating the Patient Influx
2:50 PM - 3:10 PMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM01. Kevin Mahoney, CEO at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania & Amy Perry, President and CEO at Banner Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM02. Strategic Planning When Policy is Unpredictable
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM03. Decade-Defining Healthcare Innovations on the Horizon
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM04. Jochen Reiser, CEO at UTMB and President of The University of Texas Medical Branch
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM05. A Crisis of Quality: How One System Turned Negative PR into Transformational Change
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM06. Succeeding with New Payment Models in Today’s Dynamic Healthcare Landscape
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM08. Bold Moves in Clinical Leadership: Elevating Quality and Impact
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM01. Celebrity Keynote - George W. Bush
5:00 PM - 6:00 PMHappy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AMContinental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens
7:30 AM - 6:00 PMExhibit Hall Hours
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM01. The Future of Healthcare AI and Winning the Next Decade
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM02. Building Enterprisewide Resilient Leadership for the Future
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM03. The Evolving Role of Effective Healthcare CEOs
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM04. Beyond the Crisis: Redefining Healthcare Supply Chains for Tomorrow
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM05. Ketul J. Patel, President and CEO at WellStar
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM06. Leadership Strategies to Improve Cardiovascular Care and Cost
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM10. Growth Strategies for AMCs: Expanding Impact Through Research, Education, and Clinical Innovation
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM01. Building Winning Digital Health Strategies for Patient-Centered Care
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM02. Proven Patient Safety Initiatives: What Truly Works
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM03. Unleashing AI in HTM: Five Lessons for Real-World Success
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM04. Strategic Approaches to Advancing Health Equity and Diversity
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM05. Better Together: How Pharmacy and Cardiology Can Partner to Elevate Complex Cardiac Care
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM06. Home Care at the Center: Using Technology & Data to Extend Healthy Days and Prevent Hospitalizations
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM07. The CEO Edge: Navigating Chaos with Clarity and Confidence
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM08. The CNO Roadmap for Building Foundations for Future Success
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM09. Evolving Patient Care Models: Pioneering Population Health Strategies
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM10. The Promise and Potential of Generative AI in Academic Healthcare
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM11. How Generative AI is Reshaping Healthcare Operations
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM12. What Tomorrow’s Healthcare Executive Teams Need to Thrive
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM13. How Mayo Clinic Leaders Are Scaling AI and Automation in Clinical Care
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM14. The COOs Leading the Next Era of Performance and Growth
10:00 AM - 10:25 AMNetworking Break in Riverside Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM01. Margin, Mission + Market Pressure: CEO + CFO Straight Talk
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM02. Leadership in the Next Era of Healthcare
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM03. Transforming Care Delivery: Leadership Strategies for Care Model Success
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM04. Rethinking Revenue Cycle: From Fragmented Workflows to a Unified Operating Model
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM05. Surgery at Scale: How Technology Transforms the Surgical Experience
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM01. Joseph Cacchione, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Health
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM02. Beyond the Frontier: Shaping the Future of AI in Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM03. Digital Health + AI: Redefining the Future of Care Delivery
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM04. Promoting Inclusive Care: Strategies to Address Healthcare Inequities
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM05. Early Signals, Broader Impact: A New Era of Cancer Detection
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM06. The Path to Fully Autonomous Operations
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM07. Building Resilient Teams Today to Thrive Tomorrow: Hospital CEO Perspective
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM08. Patient Safety Insights from Chief Medical Officers: Best Practices and Outcomes
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM09. The Value-First Mindset: Healthcare's Next Frontier
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM10. Workforce Implications of Site-of-Care Shifts: From Hospital to Home
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM11. Navigate Financial Crosswinds for Sustainable Growth in Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM12. How C-suite Executives are Shaping Children's Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM13. From Vision to Execution: Structuring Teams for Breakthrough Results
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM14. The COOs Charting the Future of Operational Excellence
12:10 PM - 1:10 PMNetworking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM02. Redefining Clinical Leadership: Skills for the Next Generation
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM03. Your Systemness Journey: Mapping a Path to Systemwide Excellence
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM04. Driving Community Impact: How Providence Is Integrating Precision Medicine
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM05. Elevating Women: The Emerging Healthcare Leadership Pathways
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM06. Healthcare IT 2036: Trends, Innovations, and Strategic Insights
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM07. CEO Tech Gameplans: AI, Innovation, and the Future of Care
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM08. The Hub-and-Spoke Model: What's Working, What's Not?
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM09. Driving Care Transformation: Strategic Leadership in Modern Care Models
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM10. Future-Ready Ambulatory Strategy for Academic Healthcare
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM11. Infusing Humanity into Healthcare Finance
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM12. The Road to Guarding Healthcare Data to Prevent Cyber Breaches
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM13. Sustaining Quality Care Amid Challenges: C-Suite Insights
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM14. CFO and COO Visions for the Workforce of Tomorrow
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM01. Global to Local: Rethinking Healthcare Supply Chain Strategy in an Unstable World
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM02. Telehealth Excellence: Strategies for Clinical Leaders to Transform Care Delivery
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM03. Hospital Strategies for Winning Under CMS’ New Value-Based Payment Models
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM04. The Future of Nursing Careers: Overcoming Challenges, Seizing Opportunities
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM05. Trusted Clinical AI: A CXO Framework for Decision Support
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM06. Vision 2030: Charting the Path for Children's Hospital Excellence
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM07. The Tech-Enabled Care Team: Driving Efficiency and Impact for Physicians
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM08. Trust as a Strategic Imperative in Healthcare Leadership: Best Ideas From Top Systems
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM09. Bridging Care Gaps: The Role of Community Hospitals in Addressing SDOH
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM10. Big Tech in Healthcare: Friend, Foe, or Future Partner?
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM11. AI’s Impact on RCM: What’s Delivering Results?
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM12. How to Design Teams for Peak Performance in Health Organizations
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM13. Profitability Playbook for C-suites: Attack Growth and Boost Margins
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM14. From Reactive to Resilient: Building Risk-Ready Health Systems
2:50 PM - 3:10 PMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM01. Peter McCanna, CEO at Baylor Scott & White Health & Steve Mackin, President and CEO at Mercy
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM02. Diversity in Leadership: Driving Transformation from the Top Down
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM03. Nasim Eftekhari, Chief AI and Analytics Officer of City of Hope and Simon Nazarian, Chief Digital and Technology Officer of City of Hope
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM04. Navigating Healthcare Uncertainty: How Female CFOs Are Leading Through Change
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM05. Culture by Design: Engineering High-Performance Teams Across the Health System
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM06. The Clinical Leadership Guide to Scaling Telehealth for Lasting Impact
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM11. The Role of Health Equity in Achieving Better Patient Outcomes
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM12. The Next Evolution of Pediatric Health C-suites
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM01. Celebrity Keynote - Troy Aikman
5:00 PM - 6:00 PMHappy Hour in the Exhibit Hall with Troy Aikman
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AMContinental Breakfast in Grand Foyer
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM01. The New Era of Value-based Care
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM01. Celebrity Keynote - To Be Announced!
9:05 AM - 9:45 AM01. Leadership Insights for Redefining Care Models for Effective Delivery
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM01. The CNO Toolkit: Navigating Challenges for Long-Term Growth
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM03. Lean Adoption as an Operating Management System to Drive and Sustain Change in Healthcare
10:30 AM - 10:45 AMNetworking Break in Grand Foyer
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM01. Navigating Hard Decisions After Reimbursement Declines
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM02. Bridging the Distance: Advancing Maternal Health in Rural America
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM03. A CFO's Playbook to Balancing Cost, Care and Capital in a Changing Market
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM04. Shaping the Future: The Next 5 Years for Children's Hospitals
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM05. Empowering Care Teams to Lead with Confidence and Clarity
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM06. The Power of Nursing Leadership in Driving Bold Care Innovation
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM07. Strengthening the Workforce Pipeline Through High School Initiatives
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM08. Leveraging Remote Patient Monitoring to Improve Patient Outcomes and Experiences
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM01. The Healthcare Workforce of the Future
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM02. Enhancing Patient Flow: Strategies for Streamlining Ambulatory Services
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM03. Mindful Care: Integrating Mental Health into Healthcare Practices
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM04. How Sports Team Partnerships Boost Healthcare Marketing
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM05. Shaping the Path to Superior Care Through Clinical Leadership
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM06. One Team, One Goal: Aligning Clinical and Financial Leaders for Smarter, Stronger Care
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM07. Creating Safe Spaces: Evolution of a Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Initiative
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM08. Transforming How We Work: Achieving Excellence Through Our Operating System
12:00 PMMeeting Adjourns
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13 MONDAY

 

7:00 AM 

        Registration Opens                

 

8:00 - 10:20 AM 

Sessions

 

10:20 - 10:40 AM

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

 

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM 

Sessions

 

12:25 - 1:25 PM

Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

 

1:30 - 3:00 PM 

Sessions

 

3:00 - 3:20 PM

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

 

3:20 - 5:00 PM 

Sessions

 

5:00 - 6:00 PM 

Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

 

 

14 TUESDAY

 

7:30 - 8:30 AM 

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens

 

8:30 - 10:00 AM 

Sessions

 

10:00 - 10:25 AM 

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

 

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

Sessions

 

12:10 - 1:10 PM

Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

 

1:20 - 2:50 PM 

Sessions

 

2:50 - 3:10 PM 

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

 

3:15 - 5:00 PM 

Sessions

 

5:00 - 6:00 PM 

Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

 

 

15 WEDNESDAY

 

7:30 - 8:30 AM 

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens

 

8:30 - 10:00 AM 

Sessions

 

10:00 - 10:25 AM 

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

 

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 

Sessions

 

12:10 - 1:10 PM

Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

 

1:20 - 2:50 PM 

Sessions

 

2:50 - 3:10 PM 

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

 

3:15 - 5:00 PM 

Sessions

 

5:00 - 6:00 PM 

Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

 

 

16 THURSDAY

 

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens

 

8:00 - 10:30 AM 

Sessions

 

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Networking Break in Grand Foyer

 

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM 

Sessions

 

12:00 PM

Meeting Adjourns