““Realizing the Promise of Healthcare IT”
Hosted by Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Members create a call to action
Scottsdale Institute’s Annual
Fall Conference, held September
25-26 at the brand new
Prentice Women’s Hospital at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
in Chicago, blazed a new trail in
terms of speakers, content and
collegiality. Peter J. McCanna,
executive vice president, administration,
and chief financial officer of Northwestern
Memorial Hospital welcomed more than 90 executives
from SI member organizations and sponsors
to discuss how health systems can and are realizing
the promise of healthcare IT. Ensuring the conference
was a hit from the start, SI Chairman Stan
Nelson introduced a very notable keynote speaker,
Jim McNerney, chairman, president and CEO
of The Boeing Company and a board member of
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare. Jim McNerney’s
SI connection goes even deeper: Jim’s father and Stan
Nelson were long time colleagues and pioneers in
healthcare. Mr. McNerney challenged the group “to
move U.S healthcare to the next stage, to agree on
standards that will enable a secure and interoperable
national system of sharing medical records and data,
best practices protocols and cost/quality information.”