Dear Colleague,

I invite you to participate in Forces of Change: New Strategies for the Evolving Health Care Marketplace, taking place September 9-13, 2013 in Boston, MA. Forces addresses issues critical to your organization's success, such as the cost and quality of care, stakeholder management, health information technology, change management, and trust. I encourage you to register soon to ensure your participation in the program.

Forces of Change explores the most important issues facing health care leaders today and provides you with strategies and tactics for addressing these challenges. Recognizing that you only get credit for ideas you can implement, Forces explores the skills you need to apply what you learned upon completion of the program. Whether you are a new manager or an experienced CEO, you will leave Forces ready to improve your organization's performance.

Executives, administrators, and clinical leaders from top organizations such as Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, John Hopkins Health System, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UPMC, Mount Sinai, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have benefited from participating in this program. Through case studies, roundtable dialogues, and facilitated panel sessions, participants will:

• Learn key steps for successful clinical change
• Recognize and mitigate the early seeds of failure in the life cycle of change initiatives
• Overcome the limitations of current approaches to improving patient safety and developing systemic changes to health care services
• Consider multi-industry perspectives on the future of health care and what it means for your department and organization

Based on the feedback of past participants, I encourage you to experience Forces with members of your leadership team and governing body, and provide this unique opportunity to several of your high potentials. I look forward to welcoming you to the 2013 Forces of Change program.

Sincerely,

David A. Shore, PhD
Former Associate Dean

Director, Forces of Change Program and Trust Initiative
Director, Project Management in Health Care Programs
Harvard School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor, School of Business

University of Monterrey, Mexico