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Save the Date: November 5, 2010

Please mark your calendar for the following events that will occur in 2010.

Professor John R. Griffith, FACHE has announced his retirement from teaching in the Department of Health Management and Policy. To recognize this event, we are hosting a national symposium:

“Reaching Excellence in Health Management and Policy”
Friday, November 5, 2010.

The symposium will focus on high performing health care organizations - how they achieve results today and position themselves for the management and policy requirements of the future. The symposium will also feature Professor Griffith’s “last lecture.”

Details will be coming for additional symposium events. On SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2010, there will be pre-game events and Michigan football vs. Illinois (a limited # of tickets will be available for purchase).

To receive more information on these events, please contact LINDA GROSH, Managing Director, GRIFFITH LEADERSHIP CENTER (734) 936-5556 lgrosh@umich.edu

GO BLUE!

Past Events:

Making Michigan a Healthier State: A View from the Capitol with Michigan Senator Tom George, MD.
Dr. George chairs the State Senate Health Policy Committee and works on making health care affordable & accessible.
April 20, 2009
4:00 p.m.
Lane Auditorium, Room 1690 (SPH I)
Sponsored by Griffith Leadership Center
Contact Information: Linda Grosh at lgrosh@umich.edu
Cost: Free and open to public

Please join us for a reception immediately following the presentation in the Community room of SPH I, next to the Lane Auditorium.

November 7, 2008
hosted by:

The Griffith Leadership Center in Health Management and Policy
and the
Center for Law, Ethics, and Health
at the
University of Michigan School of Public Health

The following symposium documents and information are available:

• Proceedings
  
• Speaker Profiles
  
• Sponsors
  

More than 150 people attended the 2008 Symposium to examine the role of entrepreneurship in public health and health care.  Attendees were policy makers, health care executives, lawyers, public health officials, students, and faculty members. 

Entrepreneurship is changing health care policy and delivery.  From private investments in specialty hospitals and media-driven health promotion to rapidly globalizing social-enterprise networks, the current escalation in entrepreneurial activity challenges us to think creatively about new opportunities for our health care and public health systems.

But is entrepreneurial risk-taking actually transforming the delivery of medical care in ways that will improve the public's health?  Does health entrepreneurship enhance quality, improve efficiency, expand access, and control or reduce cost?  Will it change how public health services are delivered?  How can leaders in health care better understand and apply innovation and entrepreneurial processes and products?

Patricia Gabow, MD
Chief Executive OfficerDenver Health
“Entrepreneurship for Public Health Within an Integrated Health Care System”
(Video) (Presentation, PDF)

George Leahy
 Director of Research and Policy Social Enterprise Coalition, London, UK
“Social Enterprise: Business Model for the 21st Century?”
(Video) (Presentation, PDF)

Keynote speaker: Mark Vachon
Chief Executive of G.E. Healthcare for the United States
"Innovation & Entrepreneurs: The Future of Health Care"
(Video)

Questions?  Contact Linda Grosh MHSA, Managing Director of the Griffith Leadership Center at lgrosh@umich.edu, 734.936.5556 or by FAX at 734.764.4338.

Women in Health Care and Bioscience Leadership:
State of the Knowledge Symposium

March 7, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Biomedical Sciences Research Building Auditorium

Summary (PDF 56 KB)

Visit Women in Health Care Leadership website for summary of conference activities and for future follow-up work planned.

The healthcare industry is a growing and increasingly important sector of the U.S. economy.  To fuel this growth and to drive innovation to meet market needs, medicine, large healthcare finance and delivery systems, the public health system, and the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical manufacturing industries rely on talented and highly educated clinicians, administrators, scientists, and other types of professionals for executive leadership.  In such a skill-hungry environment, organizations that draw from the broadest talent pool will be best positioned for the future.  Although women comprise a substantial share of the clinical, administrative and scientific talent pool, evidence shows they continue to be passed over for leadership opportunities for which they are qualified, leaving a scarce national resource underutilized.

The Women's Health Program at the University of Michigan Health System, the Griffith Leadership Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Catalyst, a nonprofit research and advisory organization focused on opportunities for women in business, are partnering together on a symposium entitled "Women in Health Care and Bioscience Leadership:  State of the Knowledge."   This symposium will focus on women's career trajectories and the achievement of leadership positions in the broad field of health care, including bioscience, nursing, medicine, health care administration and public health administration. 

Speakers at the symposium will address the current landscape regarding leadership achievement and opportunities for women in the field, will critically consider diversity issues in executive leadership, and will attempt to set an agenda for future research and policy.    The morning sessions are open to the public, starting with a “Mentoring Breakfast” for current University of Michigan students in health-related graduate programs.   Marianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA, will be the keynote speaker in the morning session.  Afternoon working sessions with invited participants will focus on critical issues/next steps related to research, education and training, organizational change, and leadership building.