Nick Jacobs, FACHE
As some of you may have noticed, last year was a tough year for education, travel, and some forms of consulting. It was “the economy, stupid.” A number of our major public speaking engagements were canceled or postponed, because hospitals stopped sending employees to educational conferences. In fact, at one of the leadership conferences where we spoke last year, there were only 90 people in attendance. The previous year, there had been nearly 500.
Well, thank goodness, things have picked up a bit, and we will be speaking a few more times over the next several months. The following is an up-to-date list of locations, dates, and topics currently scheduled:
- Lake Erie Regional Cooperative/Amerinet Conference, Toledo, OH, May 7th, 2010
“Redesigning the Patient Experience” - Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute, Lansing, Michigan, August 27, 2010
“Blogging and Transparency -Increasing Patient Satisfaction through Web 2.0” - Planetree Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 8th, 2010
“Navigating the challenges faced while transitioning to the Planetree model of care” - Central Peninsula Hospital, Soldotna Alaska, October 14, 15th
“Planetree” - Waverly Health Center, Waverly, Iowa, October 20-22,
Topic: To be announced
