Conference Program

GetConnected2008 will provide our community with an expanded, client-centered program featuring a variety of sessions led by GetWellNetwork clients, staff, and partners. The program will offer robust content and exciting networking opportunities for the client community.

Keynote Speakers

Fawn Lopez
Publisher & Vice President
Modern Healthcare

John Babiarz
Group President
ARAMARK Healthcare
Michael O’Neil, Jr.
Founder and CEO
GetWellNetwork, Inc

 

Sunday, April 6, 2008 See Detail for Sunday Events
11:00 am - 7:00 pm Registration Desk Open
  Concurrent GetWellNetwork Sessions
1:00 - 2:00 pm The Next Generation of Patient Education Training: Management Console Maximizing GetWellNetwork Client Services
2:00 - 2:30 pm Networking Break
2:30 - 3:30 pm Four Factors of Service Excellence Training: Leveraging System Reporting System Interfacing and Patient Pathway Design
3:30 - 4:00 pm Networking Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm The Next Generation of Patient Education Maximizing GetWellNetwork Client Services System Interfacing and Patient Pathway Design
5:30 - 7:00 pm Opening Reception

 

Monday, April 7, 2008 See Detail for Monday Events
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Desk Open
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 am Welcome and Opening Keynote: Fawn Lopez, Publisher & Vice President, Modern Healthcare
9:30 - 10:00 am Networking Break
  Track One: Track Two: Track Three:
  Patient Education & Safety Patient Satisfaction & Service Excellence Success Planning & Outcomes
10:00 - 11:00 am Facilitating GetWellNetwork Education Implementation for the Healthcare Team Maximizing the Gifts of Technology in a Patient Focused Environment Constructing the New Window of Healthcare: Implementing an Interactive Patient Care Solution in a New Facility
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Automating Patient Education - Interfacing GetWellNetwork with Clinical Systems Get CONNECTED with the Voice of the Customer Hospital Trends & Continuity of Care: A Discharge Planning Process
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 pm GetWellNetwork Keynote: Michael O'Neil, Jr., Founder and CEO, GetWellNetwork, Inc
3:00 - 3:30 pm Networking Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm Engaging Patients in Fall Prevention Closing the Loop on Patient Satisfaction Using GetWellNetwork to Enhance Hospital Bed Flow
5:30 - 10:00 pm Client Appreciation Event
  Spies Like Us: An Evening of Intrigue, Espionage, and Fun
Special tour of the International Spy Museum followed by dinner at the historic Hotel Monaco

 

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 See Detail for Tuesday Events
7:00 am - 3:00 pm Registration Desk Open
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
  Track One: Track Two: Track Three:
  Patient Education & Safety Patient Satisfaction & Service Excellence Success Planning & Outcomes
8:30 - 9:30 am The Importance of Heart Failure Education: A Staff Nurse's Perspective Environmental Services: "Am I Just a Housekeeper?" The Potential of GetWellNetwork to Improve Hospital Safety
9:30 - 10:00 am Networking Break
10:00 - 11:00 am Patient Education at Your Fingertips Four Factors of Service Excellence The Power of Partnership- Engaging the Workforce and Increasing Utilization
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Birds of a Feather
12:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch and Closing Keynote: John Babiarz, Group President, ARAMARK Healthcare