Agenda

"The Future of Healthcare "

Session Summaries

12:30 - 1 pm

• Check-In (second floor of American Swedish Institute)

1 - 1:15 pm 

• Welcome
  • Remarks from Laurel Ries, MD, MMA president

1:15 - 2:15 pm

• Innovations in Medicine
  • Innovations in medicine have the potential to change medicine – from how we diagnose diseases, to how we treat those same diseases.  In this session, you will hear from the CEO and founder of Q-rounds – a virtual queue that sends real-time notifications of when to arrive for rounds – an innovation that is “taking the waiting around, out of rounds.” The session will also include other innovators who will share what they are doing to improve (and maybe even change) the practice of medicine.  
    • Faculty: Mike Pitt, MD, FAAP

2:15 - 2:45 pm Break

2:45 to 4:15 pm

• Hands-on skills-building workshop

4:15 to 6 pm

• Remarks from incoming MMA President, Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA
• Reception/networking with a cash bar and hors d'oeuvres
• Poster Symposium

• Tours of the American Swedish Institute will be available during this time

6 to 8 pm 

• Closing keynote and dinner

  • Faculty: Dr. Glaucomflecken (a.k.a William E. Flanary, MD)