NGPX 2026

NGPX 2026 takes place at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in California.

The organizer identifies patient experience professionals, health systems, executives, directors and vice presidents, specialists, and managers as attendees.

It is most useful for patient experience professionals at health systems, from managers and specialists up to C-level, since the format leans on design thinking roundtables and live innovation showcases, and the speakers include clinicians such as Carol Lewis, MD MPH FACS CPXP and Thomas G. Howell, MD. People outside hospital and health system patient experience work would find little directly relevant, and those wanting a large exhibit-driven show may find this peer-exchange format less suited to them.

Healthcare leadership conferences at desert resorts usually call for business casual by day, with light layers for air conditioning and casual resort wear for the golf outing and wellness activities.