Best in Class Organizations Selected to Present at Studer Group's 11th Annual What's Right in Health Care®

GULF BREEZE, Fla., July 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Studer Group^®, a Gulf Breeze, Florida-based outcomes firm, is excited to announce the 30 highly reliable organizations that have been selected to present at the 11^th annual What's Right in Health Care® conference, taking place October 21-23, 2013, in Atlanta, GA, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on Peachtree Street. 

Over 80 partner organizations met the criteria to be nominated to share their best in class results with others in the industry. The organizations were selected based on outstanding results across the organization, including benchmark HCAHPS results, improved employee engagement, enhanced physician integration, reduced readmissions, increased patient safety and quality and more. These top performing organizations offer insight and best practices so others can hear exactly what they have done to achieve and sustain results. Presenters for the breakout sessions are as follows:

• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, IL)
• Advocate Sherman Hospital (Elgin, IL)
• Alegent Creighton Health (Omaha, NE)
• Baptist Hospital of Miami (Miami, FL)
• CarolinaEast Medical Center (New Bern, NC)
• Carolinas HealthCare System - Metro Group (Charlotte, NC)
• Centegra Health System (McHenry, IL)
• Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (Cheyenne, WY)
• Citizens Memorial Hospital (Bolivar, MO)
• Franklin Foundation Hospital (Franklin, LA)
• Glendale Adventist Medical Center (Glendale, CA)
• John Peter Smith Health Network (Ft. Worth, TX)
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Diego (San Diego, CA)
• Medical City Dallas Hospital (Dallas, TX)
• Methodist Children's Hospital (San Antonio, TX)
• Newton Wellesley Hospital (Newton, MA)
• Parkview Regional Medical Center (Fort Wayne, IN)
• Regional Medical Center at Memphis (Memphis, TN)
• Roper St. Francis Healthcare (Charleston, SC)
• Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (Barrie, ON, CAN)
• St. Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates, IL)
• The Ottawa Hospital (Ottawa, ON, CAN)
• UnitingCare Health (Brisbane, Queensland, AUS)
• Wamego City Hospital (Wamego, KS)

In addition to the breakout sessions, this year Studer Group is providing a private C-Suite track for high level topics focused on top C-Suite concerns. Organizations presenting in this track include:

• Columbus Regional Health System (Columbus, IN)
• Hawai'i Pacific Health- Pali Momi Medical Center (Aiea, HI)
• Intermountain Healthcare Urban South Region (Provo, UT)
• St. Vincent Healthcare (Billings, MT)
• UAB Medicine (Birmingham, AL)
• UW Medicine (Seattle, WA) 

Studer Group extends their thanks and appreciation to all presenters for agreeing to share the excellent curriculum and tactics that allow them to succeed and provide top quality care. By sharing their best practices and insights, these highly reliable organizations are making healthcare better for patients across the nation.

What's Right in Health Care® is one of the largest peer-to-peer networking conferences in the nation where attendees get state-of-the-industry insights from powerhouse keynote speakers, learn best practices from high-impact breakout sessions, and is a time to celebrate and reconnect to the passion that drew us to healthcare in the first place. 

NOTE TO EDITOR: For more information about What's Right in Health Care, visit www.whatsrightinhealthcare.com.

About Studer Group^®: 
Studer Group's mission is to change the face of healthcare by creating a better place for employees to work, physicians to practice medicine, and patients to receive care. A recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Studer Group is an outcomes-based healthcare performance improvement firm that works with over 850 healthcare organizations in the U.S. and beyond, teaching them how to achieve, sustain, and accelerate exceptional clinical, operational, and financial results. Studer Group has a scaled approach that is proven to be effective from large healthcare systems, academic medical centers, emergency departments, stand-alone community healthcare organizations to rural hospitals. Working together, we help to get the foundation right—using aligned goals, behaviors and processes as building blocks—so organizations can build a sustainable culture that promotes accountability, fosters innovation, and consistently delivers a great patient experience and the best quality outcomes over time. To learn more about Studer Group, visit www.studergroup.com.

For more information,
please contact Laura Koontz,
Studer Group
at (850) 934.1099 or laura.koontz@studergroup.com  

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