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Upcoming Events

Coffee & Controversy, March 25, "Advancing Equity in Care:  Are We Getting Better in Addressing Disparities in Care?"  Click here to register.

Coffee & Controversy, April 20, "Accountable Care Organizations" Click here to register.

Health Futures Conference, May 4, "The Reinvention Convention:  Rethinking Healthcare Transformation" Click here to register.

Networking Reception and Annual Business Meeting, September 16.  Registration begins July 1.

Salute! To Healthcare in Southeastern Michigan!  October 7.  Join the who's who in healthcare ... see the events page for more information.


GDAHC Mission


As the region's leading health care coalition of leaders in business, labor, health care, health plans, government and consumers, GDAHC strives for continuous improvement in the quality, cost-effectiveness and accessibility of health care. We provide the forum for multi-stakeholder collaboration and partnerships to plan, develop and execute solutions for the future.

GDAHC Events

The following is a list of our upcoming events.

GDAHC Coffee & Controversy
03/25/10

GDAHC and the Skyline Club present Coffee & Controversy

Sponsored by:  Trinity Health 

Topic:  "Advancing Equity in Care:  Are We Getting Better in Addressing Disparities in Care?"

The Skyline Club, 2000 Town Center, Southfield, MI  48075, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.

$35 GDAHC Members, $50 Non-Members

To register, click here.


GDAHC Coffee & Controversy
04/20/10

GDAHC and the Skyline Club present Coffee & Controversy

Sponsored by:  Astrazeneca 

Topic:  "Accountable Care Organizations (ACO):  Winners and Losers.  Hospitals versus physicians.  Will the consumer be a winner in terms of cost and quality?"

The Skyline Club, 2000 Town Center, Southfield, MI  48075, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.

$35 GDAHC Members, $50 Non-Members

To register, click here


GDAHC Annual Health Futures Conference 
05/04/10

"The Reinvention Convention:  Rethinking Healthcare Trasnformation"

Keynote Speaker:  Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), US Department of Health and Human Services

7: 30 a.m. - 2 p.m., The Dearborn Inn, Dearborn

$99 GDAHC Members, $120 Non-Members

Registration begins March 13.  Sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are available.


 

GDAHC Networking Reception and Annual Business Meeting
09/16/10

NextEnergy Facility located at 461 Burroughs St., Detroit

Registration will begin in July.  Sponsorship opportunities available.


Salute! to Healthcare in Southeastern Michigan 
10/07/10

Join the who's who in healthcare for this 1st Annual Dinner and Awards program. 

Strolling dinner, awards presentation.  Individual tickets:  $100

Sponsorship opportunities available.


RECENTLY HELD:GDAHC Coffee & Controversy
02/18/10

GDAHC and the Skyline Club present Coffee & Controversy

Sponsored by:  Sanofi Aventis 

Topic:  "Hospital Admissions and Transitions of Care"

The Skyline Club, 2000 Town Center, Southfield, MI  48075

$35 GDAHC Members, $50 Non-Members

To register, click here.


 

 GDAHC Board of Directors Meeting (Board Members Only)
01/26/10, Hospice of Michigan


GDAHC Board Orientation (Board Members Only)
01/26/10, Hospice of Michigan


GDAHC Coffee & Controversy
01/12/10

GDAHC and the Skyline Club present Coffee & Controversy

Sponsored by:  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute 

Topic:  "At Risk?  The Controversy Around the New Mammography Guidelines"

The Skyline Club, 2000 Town Center, Southfield, MI  48075

$35 GDAHC Members, $50 Non-Members

To register, click here


GDAHC Coffee & Controversy
10/14/2009

GDAHC and the Skyline Club presents Coffee & Controversy

Sponsored by:  Dynamic Computer Corporation 

"Meaningful Use Beyond EMRs:  New Trends to Improve Quality and Patient Safety."


GDAHC Coffee & Controversy
9/30/2009

GDAHC and the Skyline Club presents Coffee & Controversy

Sponsored by:  Sanofi Aventis 

"VEBA:  How will Implementation Impact Health Plans, Providers, and Participants?"


 

 GDAHC Annual Business Meeting
9/21/2009

 


 

3rd Annual Whack 'n Hack for GDAHC Golf Outing
9/21/2009


GDAHC Coffee and Controversy
3/17/2009

Presented by GDAHC and Michigan Business Review

Sponsored by:  Sanofi-Aventis

"Emergency Department Utilization:  Preventing Inappropriate ED Use, Whose Responsibility is It?

Speakers:

Sanford J. Vieder, DO, FACOEP -- Chairman and Medical Director, Botsford Emergency Center

Bruce Niebylski, MD -- Associate Vice President, Medical Affairs, Priority Health

Robert Takla, MD -- Vice President, Emergency Department, St. John Health


GDAHC Coffee and Controversy
2/12/2009

Presented by GDAHC and Michigan Business Review

Sponsored by:  Merck, Inc.

"From Concept to Reality:  The Patient-Centered Medical Home and the Chronic Care Model"

Speakers:

Caryl Heaton, DO -- Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine at New Jersey Medical School

Mary Ellen Benzik, MD -- Physician and Past Chair, Family Practice Department, Battle Creek Health System

Moderated by:  Ewa Matuszewski, CEO, Medical Network One


GDAHC Coffee and Controversy -- Genomics and Health: What is the Future of Personalized Medicine?
1/22/2009

Presented by:  GDAHC and Michigan Business Review

Sponsored by:  Genomic Health, Inc.

Speakers:

David Decker, MD; Director of Medical Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital

Karen Lewis, MS, MM, CGC; Medical Policy and Technology Administrator, Priority Health

Steven Hillenberg, National Account Manager, Genomic Health, Inc.