DaVita CEO Kent Thiry to Receive ABLs Leadership in Innovation" Award - ABL Organization Honors Innovators at Annual Innovations in Healthcare" Event
The 2005 Leadership in Innovation" Award will be presented to Kent Thiry, Chairman and CEO of DaVita Inc., by the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization, on May 18 in Newport Beach, California, as ABL hosts its Seventh Annual Innovations in HealthcareSM Awards and Event. Also to be showcased at this event will be nine companies selected by ABLs Technology Advisory Board from an array of organizations nominated for their innovative medical products, systems, processes and services designed to improve healthcare outcomes, while reducing the cost of providing quality care. Three of these honorees will be selected at the event to receive the ABBY Awards. This year, a record 35 semi-finalists have been nominated for ABBY Award consideration.
Orange, CA (PRWEB) March 21, 2005 -- The 2005 Leadership in Innovation" Award will be presented to Kent Thiry, Chairman and CEO of DaVita Inc., by the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization, on May 18th at The Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach, California, as ABL hosts its Seventh Annual Innovations in HealthcareSM Awards and Event.
In recognition of the dramatic turnaround and leadership that Thiry has brought to DaVita, he will headline the ABL event that honors Californias healthcare innovators who are dramatically improving the timely delivery of cost-effective, quality healthcare. DaVita currently provides kidney dialysis to some 54,000 patients with end stage renal disease in nearly 1000 dialysis centers located in outpatient centers and hospitals in 37 states and the District of Columbia.
When Thiry joined DaVita in October 1999, the company was basically bankrupt. Today, it enjoys annual revenue of nearly $2.3 billion and net income of more than $222 million. And last December, DaVita entered into an agreement (pending approval) to acquire Gambro Healthcare, Inc., which is among the nation's largest dialysis service providers, for approximately $3.05 billion in cash.
Thirys leadership in DaVita's dramatic turnaround has created a close-knit team of caregivers, physicians and patients. The company operates on seven core values: service excellence, integrity, team, continuous improvement, accountability, fulfillment, and fun. These values are exemplified in team-building measures such as profit sharing for virtually every employee; a significant investment in their personal and professional growth, including flexible work schedules and college scholarship programs; and annual reviews of all senior executives, including Thiry. DaVita is also notable for being the only national dialysis company with a wholly owned research facility, advancing the cause of better dialysis care. Further, patients can join DaVita Patient Citizens, an interest group designed to influence public policy on dialysis treatment issues.
Also to be showcased at ABLs Innovations in Healthcare will be nine companies selected by ABLs Technology Advisory Board from an array of organizations nominated for their innovative medical products, systems, processes and services designed to improve healthcare outcomes, while reducing the cost of providing quality care. Three of these honorees will be selected at the May 18th event to receive the ABBY Awards.
This year, a record 35 semi-finalists have been nominated for ABBY Award consideration.
They are:
Althea Technologies, Inc.;
AMN Healthcare;
Applied Biosystems;
Bridgeport Financial;
CalOPTIMA;
CaliforniaChoice;
Care Level Management;
Cogent Healthcare;
Convaid;
eGene, Inc.;
FoxHollow Technologies;
Genomic Health;
Health Hero Network;
HeartMath, LLC;
Ibis Therapeutics;
IGP Technologies, Inc.;
iMetrikus;
IntraLase;
Irvine Biomedical;
Kaiser Permanente-CMSS;
LivHOME;
MedAssets;
MemorialCare Medical Centers;
Midwest Center for Stress;
Neoforma;
Ophthonix;
Patient Care Technologies;
Prime Clinical Systems;
REDmedic;
Refractec;
Satori Labs;
SeeBeyond;
Signature Genomic Labs;
Skylight-GetWell TV;
Triage Wireless
Founded in 1983, ABL Organization is a membership organization for CEOs and Presidents of healthcare and technology firms. Attendance at Innovations in Healthcare is open to ABL Members, as well as senior executives of therapeutic, diagnostic, medical device and healthcare information and services firms. At the events conclusion, following presentations by the senior executive of each of the nominees, attendees votes will decide who will take home the Platinum, Gold and Silver ABBY Awards.
For more information about this event, the nominees, and/or the ABL Organization, please contact Laura Grant, Director of Member Services of ABL Organization, at (714) 245-1427.
About the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization:
For 22 years, through its array of monthly Round Tables, the ABL Organization has facilitated forums and leveraged connections enabling the continuing development of healthcare and technology chief executives. Through focused, confidential, monthly Round Tables and regularly-scheduled Conferences and Events, Members help each other capitalize on market trends and generally assure they are well positioned for corporate and personal success.
About Kent Thiry, Chairman and CEO of DaVita Inc.:
Kent Thiry is the Chairman and CEO of DaVita Inc., the nations second largest -- and largest independent -- provider of integrated dialysis services for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. In December 2004, DaVita entered into an agreement to acquire Gambro Healthcare, one of the largest dialysis service providers in the U.S., with 565 centers serving 43,000 patients. Kent was previously Chairman and CEO of Vivra Incorporated, another major U.S. dialysis provider, until it sold to Gambro. Earlier, Kent was a Partner at Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm, and was a Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting. Kent currently sits on the Board of Oxford Health Plans.
For more information about this event and/or ABL Organization, contact:
Mimi Grant, President
ABL Organization
(714) 245-1425
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