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There's still time to register for the California Health Care Leadership Academy
There's still time to register for the 14th Annual California Health Care Leadership Academy — June 3 to 5 — at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells.
This year's academy will feature a slate of workshops designed to promote success in the brave new world of health system reform. Featured workshops include:
Strategies for Independent Physicians to Compete and Succeed: This workshop will provide practical information on business models available to help physicians with their practice in the new environment, how to improve quality and be positioned to participate in various payment models, and legal considerations concerning both physician and physician-hospital organizations.
Learning from Disney – Creating a Culture to Earn Patient Trust and Loyalty: This workshop will present principles from the Walt Disney Company that can used to inspire patient and employee loyalty and establish a reputation as "the best."
Other workshop topics include medical practice reengineering strategies, ICD-10 coding, how to effectively manage change, successful leadership in the new era, and how to assess physician-hospital alignment opportunities.
Academy workshops will complement general session presentations focusing on the policy and practical challenges of implementing federal health reform.
For more information or to register, visit the Leadership Academy website or call (800) 795-2262.
The Memorial Auditorium is located in downtown Fresno on a full city block bounded by Fresno, N, O, and Merced Streets. The auditorium was constructed in 1935-1936 ( FMMSA was founded during that period!), and was dedicated on December 31, 1936.
The completion in 1966 of a new convention center complex led to several changes in the Memorial Auditorium. The most significant change was the creation, within the main auditorium, of a 500-seat theater with a sloped floor and improved acoustics. The theater occupies about two-thirds of the original auditorium; the rest of the auditorium is used for rehearsal activities. Most of the meeting rooms have been converted to offices, which for many years housed various city administrative functions.
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