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Save the date! Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting — May 7-9, 2015 — Chicago. Please call 800-417-2035 to register. 7 February Issue. The February issue of Becker's Hospital Review has a special focus on compensa- tion. How much physicians and executives are paid is a nuanced topic. I hope the data-driven lists in this issue provide clarity and serve as a valuable resource for compensation matters at your organization. Perhaps this is the year to simplify your organi- zation's strategy by embracing the concepts that have proven themselves to work. The cover story "Healthcare Strategy 2015 — Back to Basics: 12 Key Thoughts" encourages leaders to refamiliarize themselves with the ins and outs of their business, recruit and retain the top talent, test new initiatives and not rely on one solution to succeed. The issue also contains a thought-provoking feature story that questions the nationwide physician shortage — a phenomenon that has engulfed the healthcare world for years but is becoming less accepted. The issue also contains a CFO roundtable, com- mentary on what makes for a sensible executive compensation package, a feature story on the les- sons we've learned from various health IT invest- ments so far and a column about election season in the C-suite. 6th Annual Meeting and CIO Summit. Beck- er's Hospital Review is hosting its 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago, May 7-9. More than 150 hos- pital and health system executives are speaking at the event, which will feature more than 100 sessions on hospital and health system strategy, finance, leadership, physician alignment, the patient expe- rience, health IT and much more. Keynote speak- ers include Joel Allison, CEO of Baylor Health Care System and Baylor Scott & White Health, Kevin Lofton, CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives, and Nancy Schlichting, CEO of Henry Ford Health Sys- tem, among many other bright minds and talented leaders. The meeting will be held at the Swissôtel in Chicago, just off Michigan Avenue. Also, please join us for the Becker's Chief Infor- mation Officer and Health IT Summit July 20- 21 at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago. We are thrilled to have more than 50 outstanding hospital and health system IT executives discuss the role of the CIO, social media, data analytics, mHealth and EMR issues. We will conclude the day with one terrific CIO panel and then have a cocktail reception with networking. Network with hospi- tal executives as our speakers discuss their biggest concerns and how they are addressing them. To learn more about these events and register, visit: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conference/. Should you have any questions or if I can be of help in any manner, please do not hesitate to con- tact me at sbecker@beckershealthcare.com. I can also be reached at (800) 417-2035. Thank you, as always, for reading. Very truly yours, Scott Becker Publisher's Letter It's a big ste p for any hos pital . But a Joint Venture can really pay of f if managed by the right team . A team like the one you'll f ind at ASCOA . We're res ponsible for more than 65 successf ul physician part ner centers and hos pital-physician J Vs. Lear n more at a scoa .com . And see how you could be our ne xt success stor y. Questions about Joint Ventures? Chances are, the answer is ASCOA. ASCOA.COM 866-98ASCOA AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS of AMERICA SM ASCOA-JV ad 7.5x5_Jan-2015_V3 .indd 1 2/4/15 12:19 PM BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW 2015 ADVISORY BOARD David Bernd, CEO, Sentara Healthcare Michael Dowling, President and CEO, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Teri Fontenot, President and CEO, Woman's Hospital Pat Fry, President and CEO, Sutter Health Steven I. Goldstein, President and CEO, Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital Jeff Hillebrand, Former COO, NorthShore University Health System Charles Lauer, Former Publisher, Modern Healthcare Stephen Mansfield, PhD, FACHE, President and CEO, Methodist Health System Michael Rowan, President of Health System Delivery and COO, Catholic Health Initiatives Paul Summerside, MD, MMM, CMO, BayCare Clinic Chris Van Gorder, FACHE, President and CEO, Scripps Health Rhoda Weiss, PhD, National Healthcare Consultant, Speaker, Author & Editor, Marketing Health Services