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BACKGROUND

  • Scottsdale Institute is a not-for-profit association serving executive teams in leading healthcare systems.
  • Our mission is to share information and experiences in information technology enabled performance improvement.
  • Members are leading organizations who want to learn from peers and share successes and lessons learned; they use the Scottsdale Institute as a vehicle for collaboration.
  • Our focus is on solutions from an executive and clinical perspective, emphasizing the linkage of people, process and technology to achieve performance improvement.
  • Our programs involve collaboration, research, information exchange and networking.
  • We believe that solutions for healthcare involve comprehensive culture change and process redesign along with strategic information technology deployment.
  • We recognize that achievement in these areas requires the commitment of the entire executive team.

Stan Nelson, Chairman; Margaret Hahn, Administrative Assistant; Shelli Williamson, Executive Director; Jean Appleby, Conference Administrator; Chuck Appleby, Publication Editor; Don Wegmiller, Vice Chairman. Missing: Ricki Levitan, Teleconference Administrator; Nancy Navarrette, Webmaster; Cynthia Pratt, Communications Coordinator.

COLLABORATION AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

  • Annual executive team Spring Conferences in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  • Member hosted executive Fall Conferences, featuring tours and demonstrations of leading edge information technology adoption.
  • Weekly Teleconference presentations and discussions.
  • Inside Edge reports; executive reviews of the information technology aspects of strategic healthcare issues.
  • Collaborative activities, benchmarking, and information sharing tools.
  • Virtual Communities at SIWebII on key industry issues involving information technology.

PARTNERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stan Nelson
Chairman

Don Wegmiller
Vice Chairman

Gordon Sprenger
Secretary & Treasurer

BOARD MEMBERS

David Benfer
President & CEO
Saint Raphael
Healthcare System

David Campbell
Health Care Consultant

Bob Clarke
President Emeritus
Memorial Health System, Springfield, IL

Steve Heck
Managing Director
Navigant Consulting

Stan Hupfeld
CEO
Integris Health, Inc.

Lowell Kruse
President & CEO
Heartland Health

Scott Parker
Chairman Emeritus
Intermountain
Health Care

Tim Stack
President & CEO
Piedmont Hospital

Anthony Tersigni
President & CEO
Ascension Health

Kevin Wardell
President
Norton Hospital
Norton Healthcare