CHICAGO, March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Becker’s Hospital Review welcomes 170-plus talented medical professionals as speakers for its Health IT + Clinical Leadership + Pharmacy Conference, held May 2-4 at the Swissotel in Chicago.

Three keynote speakers at the event include Marjorie Bessel, MD, Rebecca Kaul, and Rasu Shrestha, MD.

Marjorie Bessel, MD, chief clinical officer of Banner Health, joined the health system 12 years ago and has served in leadership positions of increasing responsibility. She was CMO for several hospitals, before becoming vice president for continuum management and clinical integration. Dr. Bessel will participate on a keynote panel Thursday, May 2, to discuss the best business and clinical technology for healthcare.

Rebecca Kaul, vice president and the chief innovation officer for strategy and innovation at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, will also deliver a keynote presentation at the event. In her current role, Ms. Kaul identifies creative, effective strategies for delivering exceptional patient outcomes. On Friday, May 3, Ms. Kaul will deliver a keynote presentation on leveraging innovation to optimize experience.

Rasu Shrestha, MD, director of Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health’s enterprise strategy will participate in a keynote panel presentation on Thursday, May 2. Dr. Shrestha is responsible for implementing innovative ideas to benefit the health system’s patients and their communities. Previously, he served as UPMC’s CIO and helped lead the system’s venture arm, UPMC Enterprises.

Finally, hear celebrity keynotes by Terry Bradshaw, NFL legend and co-host and analyst for Fox NFL Sunday; Bobbi Brown, makeup artist, author, entrepreneur and founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Beauty Evolution; and Kevin Pho, MD, internal medicine physician and founder of KevinMD.com, at the event.

More than 1,450 hospital attendees, including 200-plus C-suite and vice president-level attendees from the top 200 hospitals and health systems, will join Becker’s Hospital Review at the Health IT + Clinical Leadership + Pharmacy Conference May 2-4. The sessions cover key trends in telehealth, artificial intelligence, clinical analytics, pharmacy and organizational transformation.

Exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities are still available for this event. To learn more, contact Jessica Cole at jcole(at)beckershealthcare(dot)5com or 312-929-3675.

Becker’s thanks its platinum partners for their support of this event: Allscripts, Accelerate Diagnostics, Change Healthcare, Canon USA, HP, Intuitive, M*Modal, MobileSmith, Nuance, Owens & Minor, PatientSafe and Real Time Medical Systems.

For the complete conference brochure and registration information, click here: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/health-it-clinical-leadership-pharmacy-conference/

About Becker’s Hospital Review
Becker’s Hospital Review is a monthly publication offering up-to-date business and healthcare news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. Articles are geared toward high-level hospital leaders, and we work to provide valuable information, including hospital and health system news, best practices and guidance specifically for those decision-makers. Each issue of Becker’s Hospital Review reaches more than 20,000 people, primarily acute care hospital CEOs, CFOs, COOs and CIOs.

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