Meeting brought 90 of their most senior managers together for a long range planning session

Abu Dhabi, UAE.  08 April 2010. Recently, the entire senior management team of the SEHA HealthSystem took a long working weekend to meet together and help plan the company's 2011 - 2015 business plan.  Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, known as SEHA for short and the developer of the SEHA HealthSystem, is the independent PJSC healthcare company that owns and operates the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. 

The meeting, was for three full days over the weekend at the Park Rotana in Abu Dhabi, assembled the leadership teams of each of SEHA business entities which includes its 12 hospitals, its Ambulatory Healthcare Services company that operates about 25 full service ambulatory healthcare centers plus and 37 family, dental and primary care clinics affiliated with the hospitals.  The company also owns and operates the two large blood banks of Abu Dhabi, one on the Island in Khalidiya run by SKMC and the other in Al Ain affiliated with Tawam Hospital.  About 90 managers will attend and participate

H.E. Saif Bader Al Qubaisi, SEHA Chairman said, "Our vision is to create a world class healthcare system for our patients.  To do that requires planning and commitment.  The objective of this retreat is to ensure that all those who are part of management, as a high performance team, are aligned with the SEHA HealthSystem operational priorities for 2010 and 2011 and that these form the basis of our long term vision of what we see as possible for 2015.

Carl Stanifer, CEO of SEHA added, "In January, the executive management group met for another long weekend to develop the strategic planning framework for 2011 - 2015.  At this event, we are expanding the traditional strategic planning session model and focusing on the development of strategic objectives for budget development.  But more importantly, this retreat invited us to elevate our capacity as an aligned organization.  We had the opportunity to look into issues that can impact our performance, strengthen our capacity to work together as a high performance team across all business entities and ensure all are committed to the transformation of health care in Abu-Dhabi and to the development of our capacity for effective leadership."

As part of SEHA's commitment to the success of the retreat, they have contracted facilitators from Vanto Group, a noted international consulting firm specializing in breakthrough performance development.  Facilitators will include CEO, Steve Zaffron, author of the leadership book, The Three Laws of Performance, Dr Olga Loffredi, VP of International Business Development, and Ruy Castelan, a consultant in performance enhancement with Vanto Group.

Steve Zaffron, CEO of Vanto Group said, "High performance organizations leverage The Three Laws of Performance to rewrite the future of their organization.  We are here to support Abu Dhabi Health Services Company build their future of world class healthcare services for the people of Abu Dhabi."

"Our system is based on understanding the dynamics of communication," added Olga Loffredi, Vice President, Business Development with Vanto Group.  "You can't communicate unless you understand the perspective of your listener, the language of the situation and recast your situation with a perspective on the future.  SEHA knows they have a great future.  They are aligning their perspectives to meet their future vision."

The SEHA HealthSystem business entities involved include Ambulatory Healthcare Services, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City managed by Cleveland Clinic, Al Corniche Hosptial, managed by Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHMI), Al Rahba Hospital, also managed by JHMI, Al Mafraq Hospital managed by Bumrungrad International, Al Ain Hospital managed by Medical University of Vienna and VAMED, the six hospitals of Al Gharbiya including Madinat Zayed, Al Ghayathai, AL Sila, Al Mirfa and Delma, and Al Wagan and Tawam Hospitals, managed by JHMI.

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About SEHA
SEHA is health in Arabic.  The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company - whose corporate identity is SEHA - is an independent, public joint stock company created to manage and develop the curative activities of the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.  It was launched officially on 1 January 2008 following Emiri Decree #10 in April 2007 which separated hospital operations from healthcare regulation by making Health Authority - Abu Dhabi a pure regulatory government agency and SEHA the owner operator and independent PJSC over hospital operations of the public hospitals and clinics.  SEHA is committed to providing quality, cost effective healthcare on par with international standards measured through accessibility, affordability, choice and satisfaction.  SEHA owns and operates 12 hospitals, 2,644 licensed beds, 62 Ambulatory and Primary Health Clinics and employs 16,500 healthcare professionals.  SEHA is one of the largest employers in the Middle East and is a recipient of numerous quality and recognition accreditations. Six SEHA facilities are accredited by Joint Commission International, SKMC is one of only12 hospitals in the world accredited as a Class III Chest Pain Center, and SEHA facilities dominated the awards for the past two years at Arab Health Awards with four of the eight awards and 11 of the 24 nominations from a pool of 200 submissions from 13 countries.

For further information, contact James S Ferrier, Marketing Manager, 02-410-2363 jferrier@seha.ae or Salama Al Mazrouei, Marketing Specialist, 02-41-2317 salmazrouei@seha.ae.

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