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January 23, 2012: Sg2 Appoints Eric Louie as Chief Medical Officer

September 14, 2011: Sg2 Chairman and CEO Keynote Speaker at SHSMD Annual Conference

August 16, 2011: Erlanger Health System Selects Sg2’s Growth and Value Solutions

August 11, 2011: Sg2 Expands Leadership Team

July 11, 2011: Advocate Christ Medical Center Supplements Professional Development of Physicians With Sg2’s Training Program

June 28, 2011: St. John Health System to Collaborate With Sg2 for Long-term Strategic Planning Initiative

June 27, 2011: Sg2 to Showcase Growth and Value Solutions at National Accountable Care Organization Conference

June 20, 2011: Tri-City Medical Center Selects Sg2 INSIGHT to Help Deliver Low-Cost, Quality Services Across the Care Continuum

June 8, 2011: Sg2 Kicks Off 8th Annual Business and Technology Forecast Conference

June 1, 2011: St Mary Medical Center Selects Sg2’s Smart Growth Planning System to Meet Health Care Reform Challenges

May 10, 2011: Meritus Health Collaborates With Sg2 for Facility Planning and Care Redesign Project

April 11, 2011: Steve Lefar Joins Sg2 as President

March 29, 2011: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Selects Sg2’s Smart Growth Planning System

March 17, 2011: Provena Health System Extends Partnership With Sg2 for Smart Growth Planning System

February 17, 2011: Trinity Regional Health System to Utilize Sg2’s EDGE Growth Planning System

November 10, 2010: Sg2 Tackles Business Model Transformation as a Path to Growth

October 25, 2010: Sg2 to Showcase Reform-Ready Solutions at National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Conference

September 14, 2010: Unity Health System Selects Sg2’s Smart Growth System for Strategic Planning Initiatives

September 13, 2010: Sg2 to Showcase Smart Growth Solution at SHSMD’s Annual Conference

August 19, 2010: Sg2’s Reform-Ready Performance Solution Addresses Advocate Health Care’s Mission

July 14, 2010: Health Providers Must Cut Costs by 14% per Case to Break Even if Paid at Medicare Rates

June 21, 2010: Sg2 Showcases Its Health Reform Solutions at HFMA’s Annual Conference

June 21, 2010: CaroMont Health to Collaborate with Sg2 and GE Healthcare for New Health Delivery Initiatives

June 9, 2010: Sg2 Forecasts Inpatient Services to Decline 1.9% and Outpatient Services to Grow 30% Over the Next Decade

June 2, 2010: Future-Focused Performance Solution Aligns With Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare’s Clinical Excellence Mission

May 18, 2010: Henry Ford Health System Extends Partnership With Sg2

April 6, 2010: Sg2's Expert-Led, Future-Focused Solutions Resonate in Market

February 4, 2010: Sebastian Ferrero Foundation and Shands HealthCare Select Sg2 to Conduct Needs Assessment

January 5, 2010: Sg2's Disease-Based Forecast Predicts a Dramatic Shift to Outpatient Health Care Services Over the Next Decade

November 18, 2009: Sg2 Issues Landmark Report on Health Care Year 2020: Tomorrow's Clinical Enterprise

November 4, 2009: Sg2 Announces Its INSIGHT System to Improve Hospitals' Clinical Performance and Bottom Line Results

August 26, 2009: Sg2 Announces New Reform Readiness Analysis to Prepare Hospitals for Impending Payment Changes

May 27, 2009: Steve Miff, PhD, Appointed Examiner for 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award


Selected Articles: Sg2 in the News

Health Care Innovation Zones: An ACO for AMCs?
Accountable Care News, November 21, 2011

Medical Campus Sees Growth in Synergy
Buffalo News, September 25, 2011

The Rising Risk Tide
H&HN, August 10, 2011

Understanding Bundled Payments
HealthLeaders, July 22, 2011

Forecast Reveals 3% Decline in Inpatient-Utilization Over Next 10 Years
Becker's Hospital Review, July 21, 2011

Applying Cost-Conscious Models to the Organization
Executive Insight, July 14, 2011

The Quiet Takeover: Insurers Buying Physicians and Hospitals
Becker's Hospital Review, July 11, 2011

Re-evaluation of Procedures Paying Off For Meritus Medical Center
The Herald-Mail , July 7, 2011

5 Questions to Determine Readmission Rate Effectiveness
HealthLeaders, June 30, 2011

Thoughts on Reform: When ACOs, Vectors, and Spin Collide
HealthLeaders, June 16, 2011

Orthopedics: The Next Five Years
Becker's Hospital Review, June 13, 2011

What Value-Based Purchasing Will Mean for Hospitals, Other Providers
Becker's Hospital Review, May 27, 2011

How to Manage Patient Flow
HealthLeaders, May 16, 2011

10 Key Factors for Hospital CEO Success in Era of Reform
Becker's Hospital Review, May 6, 2011

A New Road Map For Health Care Business Success
hfm, May 3, 2011

Cardiac Patients Get Pumped Up, Avoid Readmissions
H&HN, April 15, 2011

Who's Accountable?
HealthLeaders, April 14, 2011

Long-Term Care: Your New Priority
H&HN, April 12, 2011

Health Care Innovation Zones: An ACO for AMCs?
HealthLeaders, April 7, 2011

CaroMont Health and BCBSNC Announce Bundled Payment Program for Knee Replacement
Healthcare Finance News, March 22, 2011

3 Readmissions to Reduce Now
HealthLeaders, March 15, 2011

Oncology Drug Shortage Rising
HealthLeaders, February 18, 2011

ACO Development: What’s in it for Nurses?
Accountable Care News, February 9, 2011

8 Mistakes Your Hospital is Making Right Now
Becker's Hospital Review, December 21, 2010

The Race for Health Reform Enters a Whole New Stage
H&HN, December 14, 2010

£800m Savings Identified Through Better COPD Care
Health Service Journal (HSJ), November 16, 2010

Start With a Targeted Accountable Care Arrangement Before Jumping Into an ACO
Becker's Hospital Review, November 15, 2010

Recruit, Reward, Reengineer
Trustee Magazine, November 9, 2010

Creating a Cardiac Care Continuum
H&HN, September 15, 2010

As Reimbursements Shrink, Heart Specialists Mull Sale to Hospitals
Crain's Chicago Business, August 9, 2010

A New Round of Reform in the U.K.
Modern Healthcare, July 26, 2010

North Carolina Health System Launches Bundled Payment Pilot
Healthcare Finance News, July 16, 2010

Providers Must Cut Costs 14% to Break Even, Study Says
HealthLeaders, July 14, 2010

The Impact of Health Reform: Prepare Now for Three Distinct Phases
HFMA First Illinois Chapter, July 5, 2010

Hospital Seeks to Add NICU
The Roanoke Times, June 3, 2010

Outpatient Care: Strategic Growth Lives Here
HealthLeaders, May 12, 2010

The Future of Care: The Patient Experience
H&HN, April 7, 2010

Countdown to Reform: Plumbing the Meaning of the Health Care Summit
HealthLeaders Media, February 24, 2010

Chicago's Medical Center Giants Battle for Turf in the Suburbs
Crain's Chicago Business, February 22, 2010

New Payment Models Redefine Health System Performance
HealthLeaders Media, February 12, 2010

Payment Reform: How Should Your Organization Prepare?
Health Financial Management, January 1, 2010

Bad Economy Leads Patients to Put Off Surgery, or Rush It
New York Times, March 13, 2009

Analysis: Stimulus Law Spends on Healthcare Today to Save for Tomorrow
HealthLeaders Media, February 18, 2009

Can Midlevels Save Primary Care?
HealthLeaders Media, November 20, 2008

Fundamentals of Healthcare Will Change by 2020
HealthLeaders Media, November 19, 2008

Michael Sachs, Sg2 Chairman and CEO, featured as one of the "24 Hospital Leaders to Know"
The Hospital Review, August 28, 2008