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September 16-18, 2024 |  Boston, MA.

8th Annual Patient Experience Symposium

September 16-18, 2024 |  Boston, MA.

Nurturing Progress: Planting the Seeds of Change for Patient Experience

Cultivating People, Processes and Technology to Evolve Healthcare for All

Save $500 with early bird rates through May 31, 2024.

Proven & Innovative Strategies for Human-Centric Healthcare

Designed to connect, exchange, inspire, educate, and empower healthcare professionals to enact meaningful change within their organizations.

Top 5 Reasons to Attend

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Communication and Trust: Cultivate empathy and strengthen communication skills to build trust, rapport, and meaningful connections among patients, families, and healthcare teams
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Equity and Inclusion: Promote health equity and inclusion to enable access, enhance outcomes, and uphold the dignity and rights of all persons in the healthcare ecosystem
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Team Well-being and Engagement: Prioritize staff and clinician well-being while nurturing team behaviors around communication and coordination to enhance patient experience
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Technology and Innovation: Harness the power of technology and innovation to streamline processes, improve access to care, and enhance the overall patient experience
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Value-Based Care and Measurement: Define and measure “value” by focusing on the health and experience outcomes that matter most to patients, while optimizing clinical outcomes, reducing errors, managing costs, and fostering a culture of safety and excellence

Agenda

September 16, 2024
9:15 am – 9:45 am
Leading transformation: Reshaping Healthcare through Artificial Intelligence

John Halamka, M.D., M.S., President, Mayo Clinic Platform

Platform operating models and AI are transforming our healthcare system. Powered by large, de-identified data sets, platforms are solving some of healthcare’s most intractable problems, improving care delivery experiences for both patients and staff, and democratizing access to care and knowledge. In this session, Dr. Halamka will describe the current state of AI in healthcare and how leaders and their teams must navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity to seize the unique opportunities that digital transformation presents.

  • Name five characteristics of the digital health care system of 2030
  • Enumerate four examples of how platform approaches will improve health care experiences for both patients and providers
  • Describe three leadership attributes that foster high-functioning teams
9:45 am - 10:15 am
“Drum it Out” Putting Purpose to Pain

Josh Robinson, Drummer

Award-winning presenter and percussionist Josh Robinson will deliver an exhilarating, unifying, and interactive presentation called “Drum in, Drum out.” Josh will share some of his personal wayfinding story of how music helped him navigate trauma and loss, and ultimately find his purpose on the planet helping others. Josh will share and demonstrate how he uses drumming in the health space and in the world to build authentic connections, explore improvisation in real-time, increase empathy and communication, and improve both self and group awareness necessary in teamwork and everyone’s role and value in a community setting.

  • Discover team and community building through rhythm
  • Understand how drumming is a tool for stress reduction and wellness
  • Improve improvisation “muscles”
  • Cultivate joy through a shared rhythm
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Facilitated Roundtable Discussions

Laura Cooley, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Patient Experience

As a unique element of the symposium, delegates will engage in interactive roundtable discussions in response to the opening session. A “PX Host” will guide each roundtable group to enable meaningful exchanges. Attendees will form connections, exchange ideas, and share goals for attending the symposium.

10:45 am – 11:20 am
Proven Premise: Healthy + Engaged Staff = Better Patient Experience

Jeremy Segall, MA, RDT, LCAT, FPCC, System Chief Wellness Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals

The burden and impact of prioritizing engagement and wellness of the workforce are twofold; balancing the ability to care for and needing to be cared for means that when our employees feel supported our patients receive high-quality and safe care. Learn how to adopt an improvement framework to operationalize wellness, employee engagement, and patient experience using unit-level data.

  • Leverage employee wellness and engagement as vehicles to enhance patient experience
  • Design your own human experience (HX) improvement tools
  • Apply the tools, resources, and best practices across the domains of well-being, resilience, safety culture, engagement, diversity, and patient experience to verify the premise of the human experience
11:20 am – 12:00 pm
Hope for Henry: Transforming Pediatric Care with Compassion and Innovation

Laurie Strongin, Founder & CEO, Hope for Henry Foundation

Discover the incredible story of a mother who fought tirelessly to save her son from a rare genetic disease. Spending countless nights in hospitals, Laurie realized the unmet emotional needs of young patients and their families. In response, she revolutionized pediatric care by introducing innovative programs that educate, reduce stress, and improve medical plan adherence. Brace yourself for an emotional rollercoaster; prepare to be inspired as Laurie’s unwavering commitment unveils a world where love, understanding, and innovation combine to create an environment where children can heal physically and emotionally. Her story will ignite a fire within you, sparking your desire to make a difference and bring hope to those in need.

  • Learn how empathy, resilience, and personal experiences can transform patient experiences, cultivating compassionate healthcare settings
  • Apply award-winning leadership principles to elevate patient care standards, fostering excellence in healthcare leadership
  • Explore advocacy on ethical medical issues to guide strategic integration of ethics into hospital frameworks
September 17, 2024
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Hit the EASE button to Transform the Patient Experience

Judy Wolfe, MD, Chief Experience Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Explore Cleveland Clinic’s transformative “Ease to Get Care” metric, designed to assess healthcare processes across the entire care journey: Inpatient, Emergency, Medical Practice, and Outpatient settings. This innovative approach addresses challenges like extended wait times and communication gaps. In this talk, Dr. Judy Wolfe will delve into the strategic deployment of streamlined scheduling, digital communication platforms, and collaborative initiatives, showcasing how Cleveland Clinic is redefining the healthcare experience. Listening to the patient’s voice using large language models and AI is central to guiding the improvement effort.  Ease is not just a metric; it’s a strategic commitment to operational excellence.

  • Identify the critical components of Cleveland Clinic’s approach to improving the ease of getting care
  • Describe practical strategies to enhance the ease of getting care at the Cleveland Clinic, considering factors such as wait times, communication effectiveness, and overall patient experience
  • Assess the impact of proposed improvements on patient satisfaction and accessibility metrics, employing measurable criteria to gauge the success of initiatives to enhance ease of getting care

Facilitated Roundtable Discussions

Laura Cooley, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Patient Experience

As a unique element of the symposium, delegates will engage in interactive roundtable discussions in response to the opening session. A “PX Host” will guide each roundtable group to enable meaningful exchanges. Attendees will form connections, exchange ideas, and share goals for attending the symposium.

Harmonizing Quality, Safety, and Experience in Healthcare

Toni Land, BSN, MBA, CPXP, Founder/CXO, Landing Exceptional Experiences, LLC

Nurses face risks every hour, with 1 in 5 hospitalized patients experiencing medication errors. Despite advancements in quality measures, Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades show stagnant patient experiences over the past 2 years. Our commitment to patient care should go beyond mere customer service and excellence. It should prioritize creating a safe environment for our team, patients, and their families. This presentation will explore the transformative power of music and strategies for seamlessly integrating quality, safety, and patient experience. The goal is to cultivate a healthcare environment that is devoid of harm, resonating with the symphony of these vital elements.

  • Appreciate the power of music in healing and enhancing well-being
  • Understand the importance of unity and collaboration in healthcare for a holistic patient experience
  • Explore the synergies between safety, quality, and experience in healthcare delivery for optimal outcomes

Delivering a Sustainable Acute Care Patient Experience Strategy in a Large, Complex Health System

Sasha Perez-Loor, MSHSA, PMP, CPXP, CCMP, Director, Experience Sustainment and Improvement, AdventHealth Julie Rish, PhD, Vice President of Consumer Experience, AdventHealth

In this session, you will learn AdventHealth’s framework for implementing an improvement and sustainment patient experience strategy across a 52-hospital system spanning nine states. Getting back to basics was essential. A strategy will be shared to get there including the tools and the mechanisms utilized to foster collaboration and a learning culture. Presenters will also share their progress to standardizing how they define and deliver an exceptional and consistent experience across settings. This comprehensive approach may serve as a blueprint for healthcare institutions seeking to elevate patient experience and foster organizational excellence.

  • Describe an approach to drive system-wide patient experience strategy in a large, complex health system
  • Identify key strategies for building a culture of collaboration and learning
  • Define key partnerships and corresponding roles in driving evidence-based practices

Impact of Physician Leadership Style on Internal and External Outcomes – and How to Influence

Alison Soileau, PhD, FACHE, System Vice President, Patient Experience & Service Excellence, Ochsner Health Nigel Girgrah MD PhD, Chief Wellness Officer, Ochsner Health System; Medical Director, Liver Transplantation, Ochsner Medical Center

The Wellness-Centered Leadership (WCL) framework is a leadership style just for physicians. The explanatory power of WCL is directly linked to well-being and leadership with Shanafelt et al.’s (2021) research of over 70 years of leadership philosophies documented in their original WCL article. We have been testing physician leader WCL training and the impact on outcomes in our health system, including on patient experience. We have adjusted our model throughout the past year+, and we are excited to share our latest results.

  • Clarify the current state of burnout and well-being in physicians and the impact of physician leader behaviors on direct report outcomes
  • Define Wellness-Centered Leadership (WCL), which is a style created specifically for physicians, including the history and research built into the style
  • Identify specific impacts – outcomes – of utilizing the recommended WCL behaviors for the physician leader and their team

Loving Healthcare Organizations

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Zeev Neuwirth, Author, Beyond the Walls

The notion of ‘love’ as a core component of medical professionalism and as a core component of the mission statement in healthcare delivery organizations is relatively new. Join us for an insightful panel discussion delving into the transformative power of love within healthcare. Discover how pioneering organizations like ChenMed and NUKA are reshaping the patient experience by embracing love as a foundational element of medical professionalism. Luminaries such as Dr Don Berwick and Dr. Peter Pronovost have written about love as a core component of the doctor-patient relationship. More recently, hospital systems have begun to deploy ‘love’ as a core mission in healthcare delivery. We’ll explore the evolving landscape where hospitals are integrating love into their core mission. Dr. Apurv Gupta from Premier will share his expertise on this burgeoning movement, alongside healthcare executives who have successfully implemented this approach. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and be inspired by the profound impact of love in healthcare delivery.

  • Describe this new ‘love’ movement in healthcare and outline some of the key tenants
  • Discover a few examples of ‘loving’ organizations in healthcare
  • Gain an in-depth perspective on what the deployment of love means in a healthcare organization – including KPI’s and operational implications, leadership and cultural implications, benefits and challenges

September 18, 2024
How to Improve the Patient Experience: Best Practices Assimilated from the Trenches

Edward W. Marx, CEO, Marx Advisory

Mayo Clinic’s Cris Ross and Cleveland Clinic’s Ed Marx were longtime friends. This friendship helped them cope when they both were diagnosed with cancer. As they began to emerge from their patient journey, they decided to author a book based on their revelations as patients and healthcare executives. Their written for the public book, “Diagnosed”, is set to release in late 2023. It is meant to be a handbook or a hand you can hold in your healthcare journey. The aim is to allow patients the opportunity to have a great experience regardless of the hospital. Their research and writing also revealed key findings and best practices that will benefit all health systems immediately. This collection was turned into the booklet, “How to Improve the Patient Experience”.  Marx will share these findings and why they are critical to your organization’s future.

  • Learn a customer-centric framework for optimal patient experience
  • Understand the five best practices for all hospitals regardless of complexity
  • Identify three best practices you can implement without material resources
  • Hear the voice of the patient

Beyond The Walls of Patient Experience

Zeev Neuwirth, Author, Beyond the Walls; Kevin Mabbut - Chief Marketing, Consumer, and Experience Officer, Advocate Health

Join an enlightening discussion with Chief Experience/Chief Customer Officers who are reshaping patient experience in radically different ways – and for good reason – they come from outside of healthcare – from world-class, customer-obsessed organizations like Disney. Dr. Neuwirth, renowned healthcare executive, author & podcast host, will lead an example-filled dialogue on how these divergent consumer-oriented leaders are thinking; and how they’re catalyzing immediate solutions as well as long-term changes.

Dr. Neuwirth will lead a discussion on how their divergent backgrounds and learnings are bringing novel solutions to bear in their respective healthcare systems. This panel will also discuss some current challenges in employee/patient/consumer experience; the impact of health disparities on patient experience; and the use of digital technologies.  Conference delegates will come away with an understanding of how to deploy immediate real-time, local changes as well as longer-term foundational changes in patient experience.

  • Discover some of the critical challenges senior executives face in employee/patient/healthcare consumer experience
  • Explore divergent perspectives on the patient/consumer experience, with a focus on practical front-line approaches and longer-term enterprise-wide change
  • Understand how state-of-the-art digital technologies are being utilized to advance the healthcare consumer experience

Speakers

Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, BScN, RN, DSW, FAAN, CGNC

Vice President

Health Equity, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Burnett

Toni Land, MBA, BSN, CPXP

Founder & Chief Experience Officer

Landing Exceptional Experiences

Land

Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD

Chief Wellness Officer

Oschner Health System

Girgrah

Edward Marx

Author, Podcast Host

DGTL Voices, CEO Unplugged

Marx

Cory Adams, RN, GDipPsych, MBA

Researcher

Australian Institute of Health Innovation

Adams

Rachyl Pines, PhD

Research Scientist

Stanford Health Care

Pines

Laura Kirk, MSPAS, PA-C, CPXP, DFAAPA, FACH

Vice President of External Education

The Academy of Communication in Healthcare

Kirk

Tom Tull

VP, Chief Experience Officer

Ballad Health

Tull

Thomas Howell, MD

Medical Director for Patient Experience

Mayo Clinic Health System

Howell

Namita Mohta, MD, MPH, MSHS

Executive Editor

NEJM Catalyst

Mohta

Susan Solman, DPM, RPh

Associate Professor

FIU College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program

Solman

Laura Cooley, PhD

Editor-in-Chief 

Journal of Patient Experience

Cooley

Zeev Neuwirth, MD

Healthcare Executive, Author, Podcast Host

Neuwirth

John Halamka, MD, MS

President

Mayo Clinic Platform

Halamka

Kedar Mate, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Mate

Josh Robinson

Award-winning presenter, educator, and percussionist

Robinson

Julie Rish, PhD

Vice President, Consumer Experience

Advent Health

Rish

Sasha Perez-Loor, MSHSA, PMP, CPXP, CCMP

Director

Experience Sustainment and Improvement

Perez-Loor

Judy Wolfe

Associate Chief Experience Officer

Cleveland Clinic

Wolfe

Jeremy Segall, MA, RDT, LCAT, FPCC

System Chief Wellness Officer

NYC Health + Hospitals

Segall

Laurie Strongin

Founder and CEO

Hope for Henry Foundation

Strongin

Alison Soileau, PhD, FACHE, CPXP-L

System Vice President of Patient Experience and Service Excellence

Ochsner Health

Soileau

Venue & Travel

We’ve Secured Exclusive Rates With Our Host Hotel for Your Stay.

Stay at the historic, award-winning Hilton Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Your backdrop to the Patient Experience Symposium is conveniently centered near the city’s most beloved dining, shopping, and entertainment attractions. Come early or stay later — have a little fun while you’re here.

Located downtown, the Park Plaza offers a unique combination of history, luxury, and modern comfort. The Public Garden and Boston Common are across the street, while the captivating Beacon Hill neighborhood and vibrant Theater District are a short distance away. First opened as the Statler Hotel in 1927, it became known as “America’s first grand hotel.” Since its opening, all but two US presidents have stayed at this hotel, and the regal destination has been graced by countless Hollywood royalty, including Katherine Hepburn and Judy Garland. The Park Plaza continues this tradition today with historic rooms, modern amenities, and unmatched city views.

Hilton Boston Park Plaza

50 Park Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(617) 426-2000

Deadline: August 24, 2024

Group Rate: $379 Per Night

Sponsorship

Meet the Decision Makers

We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality audience, which includes decision-makers, strategists, and executives all ready to meet you.

Brand Awareness & Thought Leadership

​We strive to provide an intimate environment for you to meet one-on-one with our highly qualified audience. We offer customized partnership opportunities to fit your budgetary needs.​

Network Opportunities

Connect with colleagues, share experiences, and build lasting relationships.

Why Sponsor the 8th Annual Patient Experience Symposium?

At ICD, our team takes a holistic approach that will maximize your investment and offer a dedication towards your success.

We strive to provide an intimate environment for you to meet one-on-one with our highly qualified audience. We offer customized partnership opportunities to fit your marketing objectives and budget. 

Be a part of a community of dedicated healthcare professionals striving to transform the industry.

Each sponsorship package is customized based on your organization’s marketing objectives and budget.

Each package includes virtual events and is designed to elevate your brand awareness, generate new leads and introduce your product and services to tap into this highly qualified and targeted group of decision makers at a time when they are most receptive.

Interested in Becoming a Sponsor?

Join us in Boston!

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Group Discount

Register 3 or more delegates from the same organization at the same time and receive a 15% discount on the registration fee. For larger group discounts, please email us at info@icdevents.com

Stand out in a competitive job market and show your dedication to lifelong learning. All delegates of the 8th Annual Patient Experience Symposium will receive a certificate of completion, recognizing your commitment to professional growth and affirming your industry expertise and credibility.

Validate Your Industry Knowledge and Credibility.​

Option NumberSuper Early Bird PriceEarly Bird PriceRegular Rate
Main Conference (no workshops)$1,195$1,395$1,695
Conference + ONE Workshop$1,395$1,595$1,895
Conference + TWO Workshops$1,495$1,695$1,995
Nurse/Govt./Student/Advocate Main Conference (no workshops)$395$595$895
Nurse/Govt./Student/Advocate Conference + ONE workshop$595$795$1,095
Nurse/Govt./Student/Advocate Conference + TWO workshops$695$895$1,195
Non-Sponsoring Vendor/Consultant $1,395.00$1,595$1,895

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Please make checks payable to:
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ICD
PO Box 651,
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Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend for any reason, kindly notify us IN WRITING before August 9, 2024, to receive a full refund. After August 9, 2024, a credit voucher for the full amount will be issued. Cancellations received on or after August 30, 2024, will not be eligible for credit vouchers. Substitutions of enrolled delegates are allowed at any time. Please note that program content and speakers are subject to change without notice.

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