Upcoming Events

Health Care

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2008 Small and Rural Hospital Conference

Co-sponsored by the North Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital Association and The Duke Endowment, the 8th Annual Small and Rural Hospital Conference was held on November 11-12, 2008, at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Designed to focus on current issues unique to small and rural health care executives, the conference was exclusively for hospital, health system, association and governmental employees and hospital and health system trustees. To view six handouts from the event, click here:

1. Tom F. Morris, Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy - Federal Resources and Regulatory Issues for Small Rural Hospitals
2. Amy L. Bibby, Senior Tax Manager, and Michael P. Rauchwarg, Tax Member, Dixon Hughes, PLLC, Asheville, N.C. - The Heat is On: What Your Organization's Executives and Board Need to Know in the New Tax Exempt World
3. Joanna L. Hiatt, Senior Associate Director for Policy - Medicare Reimbursement & Other Changes for 2009
4. Robert J. Bednarek, President/CEO, Transylvania Community Hospital, Brevard, N.C. - Creating a Culture of Safety Through Engaged Leadership
5. Roddey E. Gettys III, CEO, Palmetto Health Baptist Easley, Easley, S.C. - Creating a Culture of Safety Through Engaged Leadership
6. Richard P. Foster, Jr., M.D., Senior Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety, South Carolina Hospital Association, Columbia, S.C. - Creating a Culture of Safety Through Engaged Leadership

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2009 Rowland - Hite Health Planning Seminar

May 7-8, 2009, Charlotte, N.C.

Click here for information about the keynote speaker, Dr. Joseph S. Bujak.

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2008 Rowland - Hite Health Planning Seminar

May 1-2, 2008, Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel, Charlotte, N.C.

The 35th Annual Rowland - Hite Health Planning Seminar provided educational sessions to hospital executives, trustees, medical staff leaders and professionals in the health care industry. To view three handouts from the event, click here:

1. Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP - Passion, Purpose, Prescription: How to Inspire Change and Avoid Madness
2. William H. Leonard - United We Stand - Divided We Fall
3. Brian Wong, M.D. - Healthcare Leadership at "The Tipping Point": "A Unique and Universal Prescription"