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PURCHASER SYMPOSIUM Driving transformation in healthcare Concrete solutions for purchasers The fifth annual HealthPartners Purchaser Symposium focused on programs, strategies and tools that can drive transformation in healthcare. This year's event was held on June 4, 2008 at the RiverCentre in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. Keynote presentations Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH This year's keynote speaker, Dr. Arnold Milstein, steered guests through the roads that lead to improving healthcare efficiency, quality and affordability to "incubate a 60 mpg healthcare system." View his presentation. Mary Brainerd HealthPartners President and CEO, Mary Brainerd, shared what HealthPartners is doing to deliver better value in healthcare and discussed how we can work together to accelerate transformation in healthcare. View her presentation. Employer panel The employer panel focused on concrete solutions for controlling trend while keeping employee morale high. The panel was moderated by HealthPartners Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Andrea Walsh, and featured: Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health Chief Physician, Mercer Health & Benefits Matt Podhradsky, Assistant City Administrator, City of Chaska Kathy Prondzinski, Compensation and Benefits Manager, Andersen Windows Marcus Thygeson, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, HealthPartners Learn more about the panel and about this year's event in the 2008 Purchaser Symposium program. We hope to see you at next year's Purchaser Symposium!