Future of Health Care: Thought Leader & Facilitator
Dr. Kent Bottles has held a number of leadership positions in academia, biotechnology, and community health systems. At the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Iowa, Allegheny University of Health Sciences, and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, he has served as tenured professor, chair, medical director of managed care, corporate operations officer for ambulatory services, assistant dean, residency director, designated institutional officer, and elected medical school executive committee member.
He has led strategic planning exercises for the Department of Pathology at the University of Iowa, the clinical enterprise at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Consortium, and the quality programs at the Iowa Health System.
Dr. Bottles has facilitated medical staff and hospital system board retreats centered on physician integration and engagement in evidence-based medicine and quality initiatives, and he has lectured extensively for the Governance Institute on a variety of planning topics.
In biotechnology, Dr. Bottles has served as president of the Genomics Repository, chief knowledge officer, and managing director. During his tenure at Genomics Collaborative in Cambridge, Massachusetts he raised $36 million in venture capital.
Dr. Bottles served as president of the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) and as chief medical officer of the Iowa Health System, a $2 billion integrated community health system in the Midwest. At the Iowa Health System, Dr. Bottles developed and implemented a Physician Leadership Academy for over 200 physician leaders. He also was heavily involved in health information technology (HIT) implementation issues.
At ICSI he developed a physician leadership academy and also frequently lectured on leadership for St. Thomas University. Dr. Bottles currently serves on a National Quality Forum committee on quality.
Dr. Bottles has been active in lecturing and writing about leadership topics. He has contributed articles to the Physician Executive Journal of the American College of the Physician Executives, Trustee Magazine, and the op-ed page of The New York Times.
Dr. Bottles was awarded the Rodney T. West Literature Award for the most important medical management article published in 2001, and the Kaiser Teaching Award at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Talk Titles:
Healthcare Leadership
~Health Care Administrators and Physicians: Strangers Who Come from Different Worlds
~Ideal Health Care Provider for the 21st Century
~The Physician-Patient Relationship for the 21st Century
~Leadership for Chaotic and Rapidly Changing Times
~How Can We Lead When We Are All So Confused?
~Hospital Boards and 21st Century Medicine
~How to Not Get Fired from Your Physician or Nurse Executive Position
~Fail Often and Cheaply in Order to Succeed
The Future of American Health Care
~Comparative Effectiveness Research for Providers
~Accountable Care Organizations: The Practical Approach
~Health 2.0: Do You Use Twitter/FaceBook Effectively?
~Patient-Centered Medical Home
~Survival Tactics for Hospitals, Doctors, and Nurses in a Post-Reform World
~Payment Reform: Baskets of Care, Episode-Based Care, and Pay for Performance
~American Medical Schools Are Not Preparing Students for 21st Century Health Care
Lessons from the Healthcare Trenches
~Regional Collaboration: Minnesota`s 20-Year Experience
~How to Activate a Community Around Wellness
~How to Engage Physicians in Quality, Patient Safety, and Payment Reform
~How to Lead Across the Generational Divide of Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials
~How to Engage Physicians in Adopting and Using Health Information Technology
~One Hundred Years of Medical Science: From Snake Oil to the Love Gene
~Human Happiness: Why Bronze Medal Winners Are Happier Than Silver
Other Titles:
The Interplay of Quality, Cost, and Technology in Fully Integrated Systems -- Practical Strategies for Developing and Operating Your Accountable Care Organization
Why Failure and Teachers Are Both So Critical to Success
Robots, Smart Phones, Networks, and Avatars -- The Future of Healthcare
Speaking Topics:
Healthcare, Technology, Medical, Leadership, Ethics, Spirituality, Future
