An inaugural meeting of the American Association of Strategic Regional Organizations (AASRO) was held in Philadelphia on Oct. 17 to Oct. 18. A pre-meeting event of 15 SROs, representing more than 200 hospitals, was held on Oct. 17, to discuss the purposes and structure of the organization. An educational program on a growing number of population health and economies of scale opportunities to produce value in SROs were presented on Oct. 18.
Those interested in the organization may join the LinkedIn site of AASRO. All of the educational programs from the AASRO conference are posted on this site. Alternatively, direct expressions of interest in participating in the formative activities of this organization may be directed to Howard Peterson (hpeterson@trghealthcare.com), managing partner of TRG Healthcare, or Darin Libby (dlibby@ecgmc.com), principal at ECG.
Howard J. Peterson is the founder and managing partner of TRG Healthcare, a management consulting firm with offices in Philadelphia and Southfield, Mich.
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