Attendees

More than 870 people attended the 2012 Empathy and Innovation Summit. Attendees came from 34 states, 27 countries and 396 hospitals, healthcare systems and businesses.

Target Audience

  • Patient Experience Stakeholders and Advocates
  • Chief Executive Officers
  • Chief Experience Officers and Coordinators
  • Chief Nursing Officers, Directors and Managers
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Healthcare Executives
  • Marketing Directors and Managers
  • Caregivers
  • Provider Institutions
  • Professional Societies
  • Quality Customer Service Professionals
  • Architects
  • Philanthropists
  • Third Party Payors

Affiliations – 396 institutions, companies and providers represented

  • Akron General Hospital
  • Baystate Medical Center
  • Bostwick Design Partnership
  • Emmi Solutions
  • Emory Healthcare
  • Excela Health
  • Forrester Research
  • Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing
  • GE Healthcare
  • Genentech
  • GetWellNetwork
  • Healthstream Research
  • Intermountain Health Care
  • Janssen Biotech
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kent State College of Nursing
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Maine Medical Center
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • North Shore Medical Center
  • Novartis
  • Ohio State University Medical Center
  • Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin
  • Press Ganey Associates
  • Premier Health Partners
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers – Health Research Institute
  • ProMedica
  • RL Solutions
  • Shore Medical
  • University Hospitals of Cleveland – Ahuja Medical Center
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • University of Toledo Medical Center
  • William Beaumont Hospital
"I feel inspired to start new conversations about how we can enhance the patient experience."
"Many aspects discussed at this conference will be included in a comprehensive vision and plan to address my organization's culture and patient experience."
"Propagate the concept of "patient experience" in all that we do; collaborate with physicians to improve communication."