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Publisher's Letter
June Issue. is issue of Becker's Hospital Review features
a list of 67 critical access hospitals to know in 2019 and a
look at how much time healthcare boards should spend
on care quality in relation to financial performance. e
issue also contains a list of five common questions about
HIPAA, answered; a guest column on turning value-
based expectations into reality from St. Louis-based SSM
Health's chief transformation officer; and a Corner Office
interview with Joanne Conroy, MD, CEO and president
of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock. I hope
you enjoy the issue.
Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Health IT +
Revenue Cycle Conference (Oct. 9-12 at the Hyatt
Regency in Chicago). is four-day conference will
feature more than 150 sessions and 315 total speakers
discussing various health IT and finance topics,
including cybersecurity, mobile health and revenue
cycle optimization. e event will also feature a two-
day Innovation eater and half-day Blockchain
Summit. We're honored to welcome NFL legend Peyton
Manning and Kevin O'Leary, chairman of O'Shares ETF
Investments and star of ABC's Shark Tank, as celebrity
keynotes.
Becker's Hospital Review 8th Annual CEO + CFO
Roundtable (Nov. 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency in
Chicago). is conference will feature three days of great
sessions on strategy, leadership, finance, health IT and
more. We're excited to welcome more than 150 hospital
and health system speakers, along with the following
celebrity keynotes: former President George W. Bush;
NFL legend Peyton Manning and Nikki Haley, former
U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and former governor of
South Carolina. It should be a great conference!
To learn more and register, please visit:
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conferences-and-
events.html.
Should you have any questions or if I can be of help
in any manner, please do not hesitate to contact me at
sbecker@beckershealthcare.com. I can also be reached at
(800) 417-2035. ank you, as always, for reading.
Very truly yours,
Scott Becker
