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9 ASCOA Half Page (below publisher's letter) November issue. is is the Benchmarking Issue of Becker's Hospital Review, featuring our annual edition of "200 Hospital Benchmarks." is list includes some of the most important met- rics executives need day to day, including those related to qual- ity, patient satisfaction, operations, utilization and finance. e issue also contains a story about EHR rollouts bleeding beyond hospitals' budgets — an event that seems increasingly common — as well as a colorful compilation of feedback from physicians about their EHR experiences. Finally, with the anksgiving hol- iday around the corner, we are happy to share a duo of stories about gratitude in healthcare. Read thank-you notes personally written by eight health system CEOs to their teams, families and colleagues. Refresh your own sense of gratitude as a leader with the feature story by Tamara Rosin, "e Two Words You Need to Say More in Your Hospital." I hope you enjoy reading. Becker's Hospital Review 7th Annual Meeting. April 27-30, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. We are thrilled to have some magnificent speakers like George W. Bush, 43rd president of the U.S., John Noseworthy, MD, CEO of Mayo Clinic, Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health, Lloyd Dean, president and CEO of Dignity Health, Joel Allison, CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health, Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, Teri Fontenot, president and CEO of Woman's Hospital, Michael Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System, Senator Howard Dean, MD, former governor and chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, David Feinberg, MD, president and CEO of Geisinger Health System, Steven Goldstein, president and CEO of Strong Memorial Hospital, Stephen Mansfield PhD, president and CEO of Methodist Health System and Randy Oostra, president and CEO of ProMedica. It should be a great meeting. 2nd Annual HIT-CIO + Revenue Cycle Conference. In July, we will again host close to 100+ hospital and health system CIOs and revenue cycle speakers and a keynote panel with coaches Mike Ditka and Bobby Knight, who will diversify the event with some entertaining anecdotes. e event will be held July 27-28 at Fair- mont Chicago. We hope you will join us. To learn more and register, please visit: http://www.beckershospi- talreview.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@beckershealth- care.com. I can also be reached at (800) 417-2035. ank you, as always, for reading. Very truly yours, Scott Becker Case volume flatlining? ASCOA can help you regain your rhythm. If you're losing market share and surgeons to competitors, we at ASCOA can help give you new life. And we'll make a difference. STAT. Retain Surgeons | Increase Market Share | Protect Case Volume (866) 982-7262 / www.ascoa.com /JointVenture Operate Better development@ascoa.com Publisher's Letter