Conflicts of interest pose many challenges to health care professionals. They raise concerns about the objectivity and trustworthiness of health care professionals acting in the best interests of patients as well as research projects and publications.

Attend this free webinar to review and dissect recent headlines related to conflict-of-interests in research and healthcare. We will review the regulations and participants will learn practical strategies and tactics for identifying conflicts of interest, developing and implementing management plans, tracking those plans, and making self-disclosures as required by NIH. The application of information technology to facilitate these processes will be discussed throughout.

Attendees will learn about:

• Specific risks created by conflicts of interest in healthcare
• The differences between individual and institutional conflicts of interest
• How to establish and administer policies and procedures to address conflicts of interest
• How to proactively evaluate the effectiveness of your conflicts of interest management program
• Examine future trends in managing conflicts of interest – what can we expect and how you can ensure compliance and effective governance.

Who Should Attend

• Internal Auditor
• Chief Compliance Officer
• CFO, CEO
• Chief Risk Officer
• Director of Regulatory Affairs
• Hospital Legal/Regulatory Counsel

About the Presenter

Huron Consulting Group’s healthcare practice is the premier provider of integrated performance improvement solutions for hospitals, health systems, children’s hospitals and academic medical centers.

Stuart Horowitz, PhD, MBA, CHC, CHRC, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group. Stuart has more than 20 years of experience establishing and managing operations in healthcare. His focus includes:

• Conflict of interests management
• Human research protections
• Compliance with federal contracts
• Clinical research billing
• Time and effort reporting


Prior to joining Huron, Stuart was director of the Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute, where he established an infrastructure to comprehensively manage research compliance and risks and developed and implemented policies and procedures for all clinical research activities including cooperative groups, investigator-initiated research, and corporate-sponsored research.