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Hon.
J. Mark Scotland, JP
Minister for Health,
Environment, Youth, Sports, & Culture
First elected member for the Bodden
Town in Grand Cayman, the Honourable Mark Scotland
is Minister with responsibility for Health, Environment,
Youth, Sports, and Culture.
Minister Scotland attended the University of Miami
where he received his bachelor’s degree in civil
engineering, returning to Cayman to work as a roads
engineer for the Public Works Department. During his
15-year career with at the unit, Minister Scotland
rose to Head of the Roads Section, prior to leaving
government in 2004 to start his own civil-engineering
consulting firm and road-construction company.
Minister Scotland is married to Cindy. They have three
children.
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Dr. Keith
Allred
Founder & Director, THE COMMON INTEREST
An internationally recognized scholar in leadership
and organizational change, Keith Allred was a professor
at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government from
1998 to 2003. Since returning to his home state of
Idaho to focus on his applied interests, he has continued
to teach in executive programs for Harvard as well
as for Oxford’s Said School of Business. Prior
to joining the faculty at Harvard, he was a professor
at Columbia.
Most recently he has served as COO of Healthcare Quality
Catalyst. HQC has a track record of helping hospital
systems improve quality and decrease costs through
a combination of its Adaptive Data Warehouse software
applications and organizational change methodologies.
Dr. Allred brings to this role 17 years of experience
helping leaders at hundreds of organizations adopt
needed change, including in his former role as President
and Managing Partner at HB Strategy Group where he
worked closely with the management teams at portfolio
companies and consulting clients.
He is also the founder and director of The Common
Interest, a citizens’ group of more than 1,700
Republicans, Democrats, and independents. The organization
works to identify and champion solutions in the Idaho
Legislature that are so obviously in everyday citizens’
interests that they attract support across the lines
that usually divide us. The extraordinary track record
of legislative accomplishments at The Common Interest
led the Democratic Party to make the unusual move
of asking him, as an independent, to be their nominee
for Governor of Idaho in 2010.
He holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the
Anderson School of Management at UCLA and BA from
Stanford University.
Presentation: Navigating Change in Healthcare Effectively
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Dr. Jennifer
Attride-Stirling, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Bermuda Health
Council
Dr. Attride-Stirling is the Chief Executive Officer
of the Bermuda Health Council. Prior to joining BHeC
she was the Health Promotion Coordinator at the Department
of Health from 2004. Dr. Attride-Stirling has worked
at the regulatory body for the National Health Service
in England and Wales, and at the London School of
Economics, where she obtained her doctoral degree
in 1998. Dr. Attride-Stirling has an Executive Diploma
in Strategic Management from the Chartered Management
Institute, UK. In 2010 she completed the Flagship
Course on Health System Strengthening and Sustainable
Financing from Harvard School of Public Health &
World Bank. Dr. Attride-Stirling has published articles
on health regulation, health promotion, mental health
and research methodology.
Presentation: International Perspective - Bermuda's reform experience
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Seth A.
Avery, JD, CPA, CPC
Chief Executive Officer, Applied Revenue
Analytics
Mr. Avery has over 20 years of experience as a healthcare
executive, serving as auditor, consultant, Administrator,
and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Avery has served
as the CFO for a major teaching hospital in Texas,
and the Executive Director of a leading New Jersey
Medical School. He has worked at government, for-profit,
and not-for-profit health care providers, as well
as, at a Big 6 organization.
Seth’s expertise is in billing, practice and
facility management, as well as, managed care issues.
Mr. Avery directs the Charge Capture and CDM Support
practices of the firm. Mr. Avery personally leads
our most strategic client initiatives. He is a Certified
Professional Coder (CPC) by the American Academy of
Professional Coders (AAPC) and a past member of the
National Advisory Board for the AAPC. He is a frequent
speaker at local, regional, and national forums.
Mr. Avery has a B.S. from Campbell University, and
both a M.A. In Economics from the University of New
Mexico. and a Juris Doctor from Texas Wesleyan University.
Mr. Avery is also a 14 year veteran of the U.S. Military
serving both as a member of 5th Special Forces Group
and as Medical Service Corps officer.
Presentation: Healthcare Billing and Reimbursement Starting from Scratch
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Hon Elinor
Caplan
Chief Executive Officer, Canada Strategies
Inc.
Hon Elinor Caplan's political career began when she
was elected a Municipal alderman in North York in
1978. As an MPP (1985-97) she is best known as Ontario's
Health Minister.
Elected MP for Thornhill (1997-2004) Elinor first
served as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Health
and then in 1999 she joined the Chrétien Cabinet
as Minister of Citizenship & Immigration. In 2002
she was named Minister of National Revenue with responsibility
for Border Security.
Elinor retired from elected office in 2004.
Elinor completed a review of Home Care procurement
policy & practices for the Ontario Minister of
Health. Her focus was on quality of the care &
service provided. Her numerous recommendations are
now being implemented.
Elinor was appointed the Governance, Program &
Financial, Lead, on the project to create independent
governance for Sunnybrook Health Science Centre &
Women's College Hospital. Her work, completed in 2007,
may result in a Centre of Excellence in Academic Ambulatory
Care at the new Women's College Hospital.
In late 2007 Elinor completed a project for the World
Health Organization (WHO) assisting with the development
of an integrated Health System in Armenia. In 2010
she served as an internation expert on a WHO team
that evaluated the National Health Plan of Portugal.
After six years, Elinor just retired from the Board
of Directors of Institute of Clinical & Evaluative
Sciences (ICES). She also retired from the Board of
National Cancer Institute of Canada following a successful
merger with the Canadian Cancer Society. Currently
Elinor is a member of the Canadian Public Health Initiative.
(CPHI/CIHI).
In February 2006 Elinor completed the Director Education
Program at the University of Toronto, Rotman School.
Elinor Caplan is a member of the Institute of Corporate
Directors & the Institute of Public Administration
(IPAC).
Presently she is the Chief Executive Officer of Canada
Strategies Inc.
Presentation: A Canadian Sustainability Perspective
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Tami E. Hutchison
Vice President and General Manager, Employer Services for Cerner
TAMI HUTCHISON, joined Cerner in 2009, with 25 years of experience working in non-profit and for-profit healthcare provider systems, primarily in strategy, business development and operations. She also has extensive experience in non-traditional governance structures, joint ventures and medical staff development.
Hutchison received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Grove City College, Grove City, Penn., and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Arkansas.
She serves on the Graduate Studies Board of the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and in 2009, she was recognized with the MMBA Outstanding Student Award from the University of Arkansas.
Presentation: Creating a Healthy Population: Cerner Corporation's Employee Health Journey
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Dr.
Brent C. James, M.D., M.Stat.
Chief Quality Officer,
Executive Director
Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, Intermountain
Healthcare
Brent James is known internationally
for his work in clinical quality improvement, patient
safety, and the infrastructure that underlies successful
improvement efforts, such as culture change, data
systems, payment methods, and management roles.
He is a member of the National Academy of Science’s
Institute of Medicine (and participated in many of
that organization’s seminal works on quality
and patient safety);
He holds faculty appointments at the University of
Utah School of Medicine (Family Medicine and Biomedical
Informatics), Harvard School of Public Health (Health
Policy and Management), and the University of Sydney,
Australia, School of Public Health
He is the Chief Quality Officer, and Executive Director,
Institute for Health Care Delivery Research at Intermountain
Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Intermountain
is an integrated system of 23 hospitals, almost 150
clinics, a 700+ member physician group, and an HMO/PPO
insurance plan jointly responsible for more than 500,000
covered lives serving patients in Utah, Idaho, and,
at a tertiary level, seven surrounding States).
Through the Intermountain Advanced Training Program
in Clinical Practice Improvement (ATP), he has trained
more than 3500 senior physician, nursing, and administrative
executives, drawn from around the world, in clinical
management methods, with proven improvement results
(and more than 30 “daughter” training
programs in 6 countries.
Before coming to Intermountain, he was an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the
Harvard School of Public Health, providing statistical
support for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
(ECOG); and staffed the American College of Surgeons’
Commission on Cancer.
He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science
(Electrical Engineering) and Medical Biology; an M.D.
degree (with residency training in general surgery
and oncology); and a Master of Statistics degree.
He serves on several non-profit boards of trustees,
dedicated to clinical improvement.
Presentation: The
Quality Imperative: The Best Clinical Result at the
Lowest Necessary Cost
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Cindy Jimmerson
Founder
and President, Lean Healthcare West
Cindy Jimmerson is a pioneer of Lean
for healthcare, having initiated her Lean work with
a grant from the National Science Foundation from
2001 to 2004. She is the founder and president of
Lean Healthcare West, a corporation composed of expert
healthcare and industry professionals. Lean Healthcare
West offers education in and implementation of Lean
principles in hospitals, clinics, long term care facilities,
other healthcare facilities, physician office practices,
community health care programs, and health care insurance
companies. She is the author of "A3 Problem Solving
for Health Care", "Value Stream Mapping
Made Easy," both published by Productivity Press,
The reVIEW Course and Manual and many journal articles.
Cindy brings passion, insight, and creativity to Lean
healthcare based on 30 years as a trauma system developer
and emergency health care provider. She is in high
demand as a speaker and facilitator both nationally
and internationally in her mission to improve health
care for patients, health care providers and staff,
and the economy.
Presentation: Lean and the Bottom Line - The Power of 1500
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Ralph E. Lawson,
FHFMA, CPA
Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Ralph Lawson is the Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of Baptist Health South
Florida, Inc. Baptist Health owns six-hospitals and
21 satellite outpatient centers and is the largest
private employer in Miami-Dade County. Baptist operates
in three counties, with over 14,000 employees, and
has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Employers
in America for the last eight years by Fortune Magazine.
Prior to joining Baptist Health, Mr. Lawson spent
17 years at Deloitte, the last eight years of which
were as a partner responsible for the Florida healthcare
practice.
Mr. Lawson earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from
the University of Colorado and a Master’s Degree
of Business Administration from The Wharton School
of Finance, University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Lawson also serves as Chairman of the Board of
Catholic Health Services which employs 2,200 individuals
providing healthcare services primarily to the elderly
of South Florida. Mr. Lawson is the voluntary Chair-Elect
of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
(HFMA) during the 2011-12 term and will be the National
Chair effective June 1, 2012. Nationally, HFMA has
over 35,000 members. Mr. Lawson is also a member of
the Florida Institute of CPAs and was a former Chairman
of the FICPA Healthcare Committee. Mr. Lawson is the
past President of the Coral Springs Soccer Commission,
Inc., one of the largest soccer clubs in the United
States.
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Dr Paul Nisselle
AM
MBBS, M.Hlth&MedLaw, FRACGP, FACLM. FFFLM
Senior Consultant, Educational Services,
Medical Protection Society
Dr Nisselle is Senior Consultant, Educational Services, at the Medical Protection Society, the world’s largest medical defence organisation.
Previously a general practitioner in suburban Melbourne for 18 years, he entered the medical indemnity industry, in 1989, as MPS’ Australasian Secretary. Prior to leaving practice, he had been a member of the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria, held academic appointments at both Monash and Melbourne Universities, senior elected positions with both the Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and was “Dr Paul” on Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, from 1982 to 2009. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2003 “for service to medicine and the medical profession.
He moved to London, in mid-2009, to take up his current position with MPS.
In speaking on health insurance, he will draw on his medico-political experience with the Australian Medical Association, his knowledge of healthcare delivery, funding systems and health law worldwide as well as the experience gained as a director and then chairman of the Doctors Health Fund, an Australian health insurer.
Presentation: Do Healthcare companies improve or contribute to increasing healthcare costs?
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Tomas Philipson, PhD
University of Chicago, Daniel Levin
Professor of Public Policy Studies, Harris School;
Associate Faculty Member, Department of Economics
Tomas J. Philipson is the Daniel Levin
Professor of Public Policy Studies in the Irving B.
Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at
The University of Chicago. He is an associate member
of the Department of Economics and a former senior
lecturer at the Law School. His research focuses on
health economics, and he teaches Masters and PhD courses
in microeconomics and health economics at the University.
Philipson was born and raised in Sweden where he obtained
his undergraduate degree in mathematics at Uppsala
University. He received his MA and PhD in economics
from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania.
He joined the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral
fellow in 1989 and thereafter joined the faculty.
He was a visiting faculty member at Yale University
in the academic year 1994-95 and a visiting fellow
at the World Bank in the winter of 2003.
Philipson is the recipient of numerous international
and national research awards. He has twice (in 2000
and 2006) been the recipient of the highest honor
of his field: the Kenneth Arrow Award of the International
Health Economics Association (for best paper in the
field of health economics). In addition, he was awarded
the Garfield Award by Research America in 2007 (for
best paper in the field of health economics), The
Prêmio Haralambos Simeonidisand from the Brazilian
Economic Association in 2006 (for best paper in any
field), and the Distinguished Economic Research Award
from the Milken Institute in 2003 (for best paper
in any field of economics). Philipson has been awarded
numerous grants and awards from both public and private
agencies, including the National Institutes of Health,
the National Science Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation,
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation,
and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Presentation: The International Perspective: Medical Innovation and the Growth in Health Care Spending
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Dale Sanders
Chief Information Officer, Cayman Islands
Health Services Authority
Dale Sanders has served as chief information
officer for the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority
since Sept, 2009. Previously, he was chief information
officer for Chicago’s Northwestern University
Medical Faculty Foundation associated with the Feinberg
School of Medicine where, in fewer than three years,
he led the turnaround of a severely ailing IT organisation,
playing a critical role in completing implementation
of Epic and Cerner electronic medical records for
more than 5,000 clinicians and the MyChart Personal
Health Record for more than 20,000 patients.
He was the strategist and visionary behind Northwestern’s
Enterprise Data Warehouse, which serves the analytic
needs of more than 300 clinical-research and quality-improvement
projects.
From 1997 through 2005, Mr Sanders was the Director
of Medical Informatics for Intermountain Healthcare’s
largest care-delivery area, Salt Lake City, supporting
8,000 clinicians and 1 million patients, and was chief
architect of Intermountain’s Enterprise Data
Warehouse, winner of five national awards for contributions
to healthcare quality and innovation.
A Captain and CIO in the US Air Force between 1983
and 1989, Mr Sanders has held information- technology
leadership and consulting positions for a variety
of organisations including the US National Security
Agency.
Presentation: Elements of a National Health Strategy
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Renee-Marie Stephano
President, Medical Tourism Association
Renee-Marie Stephano is the President
of the Medical Tourism Association™ . Ms. Stephano
is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Tourism
Magazine and Health Tourism Magazine.
Having a background in international marketing and
relations, health law and litigation, she provides
a valuable service to the Medical Tourism Association™
in these fields. Ms. Stephano speaks regularly at
international healthcare conferences on the Legal
Issues Surrounding Medical Tourism and in the United
States to employer groups, insurance groups and physician
associations. Renee-Marie consults international government
ministries, private sector organizations and NGO’s
about the growth of the global healthcare industry
and accreditation, providing marketing assistance
to promote their countries high quality of care. Ms.
Stephano works with governments and healthcare clusters
in the development of their Medical Tourism Initiatives.
Ms. Stephano recently is the co-author of three books
: “Developing an International Patient Center:
A Guide to Creating the Best Patient Experience”,
the book “The Medical Tourism Facilitator:
A Best Practices Guide to Healthcare Facilitation
for International Patients” and the book:
“Medical Tourism ~ An International Healthcare
Guide For Insurers, Employers and Governments”.
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Lizzette Yearwood
Chief Executive Officer, Cayman Islands
Health Services Authority
Mrs. Lizzette Yearwood, a Registered
Nurse, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cayman
Islands Health Services Authority (HSA), responsible
for day-to-day operations of Grand Cayman’s
Cayman Islands Hospital, Cayman Brac’s Faith
Hospital and Little Cayman’s Health Centre,
as well as George Town’s dental and eye-care
clinics.
In addition to her 16 years with the HSA, Mrs. Yearwood
has a long experience in healthcare settings overseas,
and has gained international certifications in various
areas of health-services management.
In 2000, she was awarded an Advanced Certificate in
Quality Management by the Singapore Productivity Institute.
She is certified by the American Society of Healthcare
Risk Management, and gained a masters degree in health
services management from the University of Minnesota
in 2009.
Prior to her current appointment, Mrs. Yearwood served
the HSA as Acting CEO, Deputy CEO and Director of
Corporate & Clinical Affairs, with senior-management
responsibility for laboratory, radiology, pharmacy,
physiotherapy and health-information management.
Mrs. Yearwood is a native of Cayman Brac, and is married
to Mr. Ian Yearwood; she has one daughter, Kelsey.
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