Compirion to present Webinar, Preparing Your Hospital for Healthcare Reform

ELM GROVE, WISCONSIN – A free 40-minute webinar, Preparing Your Hospital for the Impact of Healthcare Reform, is being sponsored by Compirion Healthcare Solutions. The webinar is premiering Wednesday, November 18th at 1:15 pm, CST. Registration information, can be found at http://www.compirion.com/webinars/seminar_healthcare_reform.cfm. This important webinar will help CEOs, CFOs and COOs gain historical perspective on how hospitals successfully coped with changes in healthcare reimbursement. It will also explore which proven techniques will apply in the current healthcare environment and specific areas where operational improvement can have a big impact. By the conclusion of the webinar, attendees will be able to develop an action plan applicable to the specific needs of their hospital for maintaining or increasing reimbursements, improving operational efficiencies, growing business and improving patient outcomes.

Preparing Your Hospital for the Impact of Healthcare Reform is being presented by Mark Brodeur, Senior Vice President at Compirion Healthcare Solutions. Prior to joining Compirion, Brodeur enjoyed over 17 years as CEO for community hospitals in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma. He is renowned for strengthening financial performance, growing services and redeveloping mission–driven culture. Mark brings a total of 30 years of experience in hospital senior management to his new role at Compirion. His background and knowledge base enable Mark to address real-world issues faced by client-hospitals trying to improve operational performance.

Brodeur holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from St. Louis University and is a Fellow at the American College of Healthcare Executives. He also maintains associations with the American Hospital Association, Illinois Hospital Association, Missouri Hospital Association and The Governance Institute. Throughout his career, Brodeur’s hospitals have received special recognition for superior performance. Awards include National Quality Healthcare Award, Foster McGaw Award and the Founders Award from Custom Learning Systems, plus recognition from Healthgrades.

Preparing Your Hospital for the Impact of Healthcare Reform is the eighth in a series of free webinars being offered to help educate hospital executives, managers and clinicians in strategies for optimizing processes and procedures. Compirion’s presenters are drawn from its pool of healthcare consultants, which includes registered nurses, former C-level executives, physicians, business managers and clinicians. The webinars average about 40 minutes each, with a question-and-answer session at the end.

According to Compirion management, “We are presenting this series of free webinars because we truly believe that efficiency in the hospital, especially the ED, not only saves time and money, it saves lives. The faster you can get a patient to treatment, the better the outcomes you can expect. It is the premise on which Compirion was founded.”

Compirion Healthcare Solutions, LLC is based in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. Compirion is a leader in healthcare consulting firms, focusing on hospital process improvement. Compirion works onsite, using a team approach, and offers a money-back guarantee that all goals are met. Client hospitals show sustainable performance improvements in Billable Volume, Patient Satisfaction, Core Measures, Length of Stay, Bed Control, Case Management, Patient Throughput and Staff Retention. Its experience includes Emergency Room, Surgical Services, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging, Materials Management, Inpatient, Outpatient and Nursing Care improvement projects. Compirion contracts only for measurable outcomes to help achieve patient satisfaction, staff loyalty and a better bottom line.

For more information on Compirion’s sustainable healthcare solutions, call 1-866-661-4677 or visit http://www.compirion.com/webinars.