The Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives (CAHE) presents the:
2008 Annual Educational Symposium and Networking Event

"Executive Leadership in Performance Transformation and Technology"

Friday, November 7, 2008
Evening Reception Thursday, November 6, 2008
at
The Village at Breckenridge
535 South Park Avenue, Breckenridge, CO 80424

Sponsored By:

Schedule of Events*

Thursday, November 6
     5:30 pm Registration
      6:30 pm Reception with Hors D'oeuvres & Cash Bar--
                               Sponsored by CAHE and CWFHA

Friday, November 7
     6:30 am  Registration
     7:30 am   Breakfast--Sponsored by Hammes Company
     8:30 am  Welcoming Remarks--Michael Heinrichs, President, CAHE
     8:35 am  "Emerging Technologies: The healthcare executive's toolkit
                         for responding to cost, quality and reimbursement 
                         issues"***
                    Kathleen Kimmel, VP Nursing Informatics,
                     McKesson Provider Technologies
     10:00 am Break
     10:15 am "The Healthcare Executive's Role in IT Decisions"**
                  John G Hill, FACHE, President & CEO, The Medical Center of Aurora
                  Lynne Eckendorf, Noblis
                  Steve Ward, FACHE, VP for Rural Health and Hospitals, CHA
                  Michael W Davis, Executive VP, Health Information Management 
                   & Systems Society
                  Chip Jackson, National Director for Healthcare & Life Sciences,
                    Oracle
     11:45 am Lunch--Sponsored by CHA
     1:00 pm "Making Sense of Performance Transformation
                        Methodologies"**
                   Bill Hejna, Senior Principal, Noblis--Moderator
                   Harriett Lineberger, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, Senior Operations
                    Manager, Hammes CO
                   Chris DeBeer, Managing Director, Percentix, Inc.
     2:30 pm   Break
     2:45 pm  "Leading Through Transformation" ***
                       Margo Karsten, COO Exempla St. Joseph Hospital
    

Dress is Business casual for Thursday, November 6th and Friday, November 7th.

The Village at Breckenridge has a block of rooms reserved at a special CAHE group rate of $92/night for Thursday, November 6th.  Call 1-888-525-1787 for reservations and mention the CAHE Group Code: BC5CH8.

Registration Cost:

If Paying Online
CAHE Members:  $100 (price includes Thursday reception)
                                  $80 if not attending reception
Non-Members: $115 (price includes Thursday reception)
                                        $95 if not attending reception
CAHE Student Members: $70 (price includes Thursday reception)
                                             $50 if not attending reception

If Paying On-site
CAHE Members: $105 (price includes Thursday reception)
                                  $85 if not attending reception
Non-Members: $120 (price includes Thursday reception)
                                        $100 if not attending reception
CAHE Student Members: $75 (price includes Thursday reception)
                                             $55 if not attending reception.

*Scheduled Events and speakers subject to change
**ACHE has awarded 1.5 Category I (ACHE education) credit hours to this
     program
***CAHE has awarded 1.5 Category II credit hours for this program toward
       ACHE advancement/recertification