Medical and literary luminaries at general sessions.Dr. Lucian Leape Dr. Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been very active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error. In 1994 he had an article Error in Medicine published in JAMA. , professor of Health Policy at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. will speak at the Meeting of the Members on Saturday, April 22. He is an outspoken advocate of the non-punitive systems approach to the prevention of medical errors and will talk about critical importance of disclosure and performance assessment. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Daniel Pink is the author of the hot new book, A Whole New Mind that focuses on the six essential aptitudes that all professionals must master to survive and thrive in an outsourced, automated, upside-down world. A former White House speech writer, his most recent articles on business and technology appeared in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and , Fast Company, and other publications. Pink will deliver the Institute's Keynote Address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. on Sunday, April 23. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Brent James is the executive director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research at Intermountain in·ter·moun·tain adj. Located between mountains or mountain systems, especially lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada or Cascade Range in the western United States. Health Care. A national expert in statistical quality improvement, James will be inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the College and will deliver the Induction Address on Monday, April 24. James will focus on the essential role of physician executives as the advocate for safer medical care and improving the quality of patient outcomes. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New Vanguard Meeting at the Spring Institute. A select group of ACPE ACPE Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education ACPE American Council on Pharmaceutical Education ACPE American College of Physician Executives ACPE Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. members will receive invitations to participate in the new Vanguard Meeting debuting April 22-25. Those who hold the Vanguard designation (Fellows and Distinguished Fellows, CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment and those members with advanced degrees in management) will be personally invited by the Board of Directors to attend. Vanguard delegates will receive special recognition throughout the Institute, attend exclusive sessions with our featured speakers and participate in team learning and team competitions. The content and flow of the Vanguard Meeting was tailored with the input of Vanguard Members during needs assessment surveys and focus groups. Among the topics and sessions at the 2006 Vanguard Meeting are: * Critical trends in U.S. health policy * Assessing and improving personal leadership skills * How to write for publication, speak for impact and deliver more powerful and meaningful group presentations * Panel presentations by physicians who have attained executive status within and outside of traditional health care settings * An up-close and personal workshop with best-selling writer, Joseph Grenny, co-author of Crucial Conversations and its sequel, Crucial Confrontations. For more information or to register, watch your mail for the ACPE Spring Institute brochure, check our Web site at www.acpe.org/spring or call 800-562-8088. |
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