Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Satellite Broadcast: 20th Annual National Forum

Satellite Broadcast of the National Forum

As part of our ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the 20th Annual National Forum Keynote and Mini Keynote presentations on December 10 and 11. The real-time and tape-delayed broadcasts include all four keynote sessions, plus five mini keynote sessions. The broadcast is available in English only.

Download the Forum Satellite poster to promote the event at your organization.

Test Dates

Live US Broadcast (Ku & C band Analog –Test, Crawford Truck Uplink, Teleport Turnaround)

November 7 Test One 12:00 - 13:00 ET (1 hour) Ku & C band

November 14 Test Two 12:00 - 13:00 ET (1 hour) Ku & C band

December 5 Test Three 12:00 - 13:00 ET (1 hour) Ku & C band

December 9 Test Four 12:00 - 13:00 ET (1 hour) Ku & C band

December 10 Program Day 1 08:00 - 18:00 CT (10 hours, includes 30 minute test)

December 11 Program Day 2 08:30 - 15:45 CT (7.75 hours, includes 30 minute test)

We are pleased to announce the 20th National Forum keynote presentations:

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, and On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
John Kitzhaber, MD, President, Estes Park Institute, is also Director for the Center for Evidence-Based Policy at Oregon Health and Science University
Dr. Hippocrates Is Out: Please Leave a Message, a multimedia theatrical experience created by famed playwright Robert Brustein, and starring actors Tony Shalhoub (of Monk fame), Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), and Brooke Adams

Mini Keynote Presentations

Title: From Good to Great: How Some Have Created Systems for Rapid and Effective Change
- Maureen Bisognano, Executive Vice President and COO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Thomas Nolan, PhD, Statistician, Associates in Process Improvement

Title: In Common Cause for Quality: Engaging With Physicians
- James L. Reinertsen, MD, President, The Reinertsen Group
- Alice Gosfield, JD, President, Alice G. Gosfield & Associates PC

Title: Service Quality: Enduring Lessons from Mayo Clinic
- Leonard Berry, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Texas A&M University
- Kent Seltman, PhD, Senior Marketing Consultant, Mayo Clinic

Title: Transforming a Nation
- Carol Haraden, PhD, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Jason Leitch, DDS, MPH, National Clinical Lead for Safety and Improvement, Scottish Government

Title: Policy to Support Delivery System Reform: Accountable Care Organizations
- Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, Director, Health Policy Research, CECS, Professor of Medicine, Community & Family Health, Dartmouth Medical School, Codirector, VA Outcomes Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences

A Convenient Answer to an Inconvenient Truth

Sites in North America

A “carbon footprint” is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. One of the most effective ways to reduce your footprint is to decrease air travel. Health care professionals contribute to global warming by traveling thousands of air miles to attend international conferences. IHI offers the satellite as a convenient way to participate in the National Forum without the need for air travel.

Additional resources on “reducing your carbon footprint:”

Read a BMJ editorial, “Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Medical Conferences”
Calculate your carbon footprint

The satellite broadcast will be as follows:

December 10, 2007 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM EST

December 11, 2007 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM EST

To receive the broadcast, you must have the ability to downlink Analogue C-Band or Analogue KU-Band signals.

KU-Band Satellite Footprint

C-Band Satellite Footprint