This post is sponsored by MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum.
April’s MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum will touch on every issue critical to anyone investing in healthcare: from analytics and retail healthcare to digital health and new trends in venture capital. But it’s the speakers – the thinkers driving these discussions – who will leave the biggest impression.
The MidAmerica keynotes and one-on-one “fireside chats” feature four innovative thought-leaders discussing topics that will help navigate what’s next in healthcare. Executives from GE Healthcare, Mayo Clinic, Walgreens and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will deliver some of the most powerful and actionable insights on what’s coming next for the investors and innovators in healthcare.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
You can see these speakers, dozens more, plus a showcase of 30 investment-ready healthcare companies in person April 22-23 in Chicago at the MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum. Buy your tickets now.
With changing market conditions and industry dynamics, never before has the additional balance of managing operational outcomes been such a critical focus for healthcare executives. Mike Swinford, President and CEO, Global Services, GE Healthcare, will discuss Building a Strategy and Portfolio Aligned to Operational Outcomes in his keynote address.
Swinford is responsible for driving GE Healthcare’s global service strategy, including creating new growth platforms across product lines and expanding the reach of this global enterprise. He will discuss the perspective of GE Healthcare, and the journey they have been on to invest in building out a portfolio that addresses this market need and delivers relevant outcomes to clients.
James Rogers, chairman of Mayo Clinic Ventures, will discuss Healthcare Investing and Company Creation: A View from the Front Lines in his keynote. Jim leads Mayo Clinic’s technology transfer, startup and economic development function and is a member of the oversight committee for Mayo’s $100 Million Venture and Growth Fund.
A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Rogers will look at trends in investing, starting companies, and licensing intellectual property.
As we strive to improve the health and welfare of Americans, what works? Where can we improve? Pamela Peele, chief analytics officer in UPMC Insurance Services Division, will discuss The Analytics of Healthcare in one of the two one-on-one firesides that help answer these questions.
Peele will address data analytics activities, economic modeling and statistical analysis in healthcare. Peele brings 13 years of patient care experience along with 12 years of academic research experience to her position as the leader of health care analytics at the Health Plan.
We encourage you to register soon for the best price.
Retail Health Reinvention is the topic of the second Fireside Chat, as Brad Fluegel, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Walgreens. Fluegel is responsible for corporate strategy, business development, project management and the corporate consulting team at Walgreens, while also working on venture capital efforts.
Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, is pushing further into becoming a provider of healthcare services from its decades-old drugstore business to having its pharmacists become more involved in actual patient care. Fluegel will answer the questions: How does this fit in the expansion of health benefits under the Affordable Care Act and the move away from fee-for-service medicine? What else does Walgreens plan to expand its health business?
We also have the MidAmerica Showcase, featuring 30 of the most promising startups, panels on digital health, the state of venture investing and a live broadcast on Crowdfunding and the JOBs Act, and more. I hope you can join us.
MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum will be held April 22-23 in Chicago, at the J.W. Marriott. MedCityNews.com has partnered with MidAmerica Healthcare Investors Network to produce the event that unites active investors with the most promising Midwest startups and is now the premier healthcare investing conference in the Midwest.
Find out more here. Register for the event here and reserve your hotel room before the hotel rates go up on April 7.
