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2008 Small and Rural Hospital Conference

Co-sponsored by the North Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Hospital Association and The Duke Endowment. The 8th Annual Small and Rural Hospital Conference will be held on November 11-12, 2008, at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Designed to focus on current issues unique to small and rural health care executives, the conference is exclusively for hospital, health system, association and governmental employees and hospital and health system trustees. Please check back later in the year for details about the 2008 conference.



Rowland - Hite Health Planning Seminar

May 1-2, 2008, Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel, Charlotte, N.C.

The 35th Annual Rowland - Hite Health Planning Seminar provided educational sessions to hospital executives, trustees, medical staff leaders and professionals in the health care industry. To view three handouts from the event, click here:

  1. Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP - Passion, Purpose, Prescription: How to Inspire Change and Avoid Madness
  2. William H. Leonard - United We Stand - Divided We Fall
  3. Brian Wong, M.D. - Healthcare Leadership at "The Tipping Point": "A Unique and Universal Prescription"