*Agenda   *CE Credit   *Course Directors & Faculty   *Registration  

Course Description and Target Audience
This course covers topics and information that is a vital part of the role and function of the expected participants. The course content will focus on recent and current hospital mergers, successful and unsuccessful, as well as issues related to capital investments, hospital construction in landlocked urban environments and hospital competition. 

The target audience includes academic healthcare facility administrators, hospital administrators, and healthcare facility board members.

Agenda
7:30 – 8:00am     
Registration, breakfast is served

8:00 – 8:30am     
The Rise and Fall of the American Jewish Hospital 
Edward Halperin

8:30 – 8:50am    
Trends in the National and New York City Health Care Markets
Edward Halperin

8:50 – 9:00am    
Break

9:00 – 9:50am      
Ethical Issues and Practical Solutions When Hospital Mergers Involve Roman Catholic and Secular Hospital
Daniel P. Sulmasy

10:00am –                   
Board the buses and travel to the Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine

10:30am – 12:30       
Arrive at Mount Sinai Medical Center where we will have a tour and hear from the leadership of the medical center about the competitive hospital market in New York, strategic planning and implementation in academic medicine, and hospital construction in a urban environment.
Dennis S. Charney.

Course Directors
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Professor and Dean
U of L School of Medicine
Louisville, KY

Faculty
Dennis S. Charney, M.D.   
Dean
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D.   
Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago SOM
Chicago, IL


Learning Objectives
1. Describe the main challenges to hospital mergers involving secular and faith-based systems.
2. Identify the primary public and political objections to a hospital merger.
3. Discuss the critical elements necessary to establishing a working relationship between secular and faith-based hospital systems.

Continuing Education Credit
Physician Credit - The American College of Emergency Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Registration
To attend this event please contact Susan Pfeifer in the Office of the Dean at (502) 852-1499.


Special Services
Continuing Health Sciences Education fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.


Accreditation
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.