-- 2-Day Summit Will Bring Together Top Hospital Executives and Focus on 
Patient Safety and Service Excellence

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, in 
collaboration with Singapore Management University, will host the fourth annual 
Ortho-SMU C-Suite Summit. The two-day conference, May 14-15 in Singapore, is 
tailored specifically to senior hospital leadership in Asia-Pacific countries 
and will focus on the most important factor to any health care organization: 
patients.  

During this year's summit, titled "The CEO Agenda on Patient Centricity," 
hospital executives will have the opportunity to participate in two days of 
thought-provoking discussions around three key themes, including:

    -- Patient safety: How to ensure patient safety through error management 
       and reporting. 

    -- Patient service excellence: How to improve quality of overall service 
       delivery and patient satisfaction by measuring and constantly 
       improving service levels. 

    -- The internal and external financial perspective: Making the case for 
       investing in patient safety and service quality. 

"We're thrilled to collaborate with SMU Executive Development to host another 
thought-provoking summit for hospital executives in Asia-Pacific," said Zachary 
Ballard, head of regions LATAM, Japan and ASPAC, and Ortho Care(TM). "Patients 
are a top priority in any health care organization, especially a hospital, so 
it's important for decision makers to come together to discuss key topics, 
share best practices and, most importantly, push boundaries to improve overall 
patient safety and service quality." 

Now in its fourth year, the Ortho-SMU C-Suite Summit has grown tremendously 
since its inception in 2015. Featuring focused groups of attendees and 
speakers, hospital executives will have the opportunity to network with senior 
leaders from different industries, listen to thought leaders from world-class 
faculty, and participate in interactive programs and workshops designed to 
leverage every participant's expertise.

"Patients trust health care professionals with their lives, so it's critical 
for hospital executives to come together and discuss important topics and 
issues around patient safety, quality and overall experience," said Katharina 
Lange Ph.D., executive director at SMU Executive Development. "This summit is 
important to us, and we're proud to collaborate with Ortho to bring together 
top executives for a productive and rewarding networking and learning event."

The Ortho-SMU C-Suite Summit is by invitation only. For more information or to 
express interest in attending future events, hospital executives can click here 
( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2465300-1&h=154134009&u=http%3A%2F%2Fexdmarketing.smu.edu.sg%2Facton%2Fmedia%2F11523%2Fortho-clinical-diagnostics-summit-2019&a=click+here 
) or contact Jasmine Tan ( wbtan@smu.edu.sg ) at SMU. 

About Singapore Management University
Established in 2000, Singapore Management University is recognized for its 
high-impact multi-disciplinary research that addresses Asian issues of global 
relevance, and for its innovations in experiential learning.  With over 10,000 
students, SMU offers bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in 
accountancy, business, economics, information systems, law and social sciences, 
and executive development programs.  Through its city campus, SMU enjoys 
strategic linkages with business, government and the wider community in 
Singapore and beyond. For more information, visit www.smu.edu.sg.

About SMU Executive Development 
SMU-Executive Development supports executives throughout their careers -- from 
individual contributors gaining self understanding, empowerment and 
foundational skills through to seasoned CEOs and c-suite executives leading 
multinational organizations with purpose and mission. We support global 
executives managing the complexities in Asia, and Asian executives navigating 
in local and international firms and contexts. Our pedagogy of 
Knowledge-Application-Empowerment transforms personal development, while the 
pool of 350 faculty, from across the six schools of SMU, provides both depth 
and breadth of insight to match the needs and context of each participant and 
corporate client. https://exd.smu.edu.sg/ 

About Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics serving 
the clinical laboratory and immunohematology communities. Across hospitals, 
hospital networks, blood banks and labs in more than 125 countries and 
territories, Ortho's high-quality products and services enable health care 
professionals to make better-informed treatment decisions. For the 
immunohematology community, Ortho's blood typing products help ensure every 
patient receives blood that is safe, the right type and the right unit. Ortho 
brings sophisticated testing technologies, automation, information management 
and interpretation tools to clinical laboratories around the world to help them 
run more efficiently and effectively and improve patient care. Ortho's purpose 
is to improve and save lives with diagnostics, and it does that by reimagining 
what's possible. This is what has defined Ortho for more than 75 years, and 
it's what drives Ortho forward. For more information, visit 
www.orthoclinicaldiagnostics.com. 

(c) Ortho Clinical Diagnostics 2019

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SOURCE Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

CONTACT: Press Contact: Michael James, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, +1 908 285 
0175, michael.james@orthoclinicaldiagnostics.com