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Regional healthcare facilities symposium

Ogunquit, ME – The annual Compass Healthcare Facilities Symposium will be held at The Cliff House Resort and Spa in Ogunquit on Thursday, September 18, 2014. In its fourth year, Compass brings healthcare executives, managers, directors, and educators together to share challenges and best practices in an informal, picturesque environment along Maine’s coast.

The focus of the symposium will be The Affordable Care Act: Adjusting to the Transition.

This fourth Compass Healthcare Facilities Symposium introduces two new components:

· Round Table Discussion featuring CEOs, COOs, and facility managers from across the healthcare sector to provide practical solutions and best practices actively in use in our region. Attendees will be able to learn from and interact with participants.

· Expanded Exhibitor Presentations Two dedicated spaces to hear from providers of innovative products and services for healthcare-specific facilities

The symposium, organized by WBRC Architects • Engineers, is available free to healthcare facility executives and managers. Pre-registration is required. (www.compass-symposium.com).

Speakers include the following healthcare leaders:

Dr. Thomas Graf AIA, chief medical officer for Population Health and Longitudinal Care Service Lines, Geisinger Health System; Ted Hood B. Arch., senior VP  and COO, Gene Burton and Associates, Inc. and  George F. Lewis AIA, LEED AP BD+C, principal, planner/healthcare architect, URS Health Advanced Planning Group.