This post is sponsored by CONVERGE.
On July 15-16 in Philadelphia, the entire healthcare ecosystem will gather at MedCity CONVERGE Innovation Summit to discuss leading strategies and the latest innovations for the future of healthcare. Only CONVERGE attracts payers, providers, medtech, pharma, digital health, investors and more—providing the most accurate and actionable picture of where healthcare innovation is heading.
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Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Four powerful keynote speakers will discuss how their organizations are leading in healthcare innovation—how they did it and what their experience means for the future of healthcare:
Mike Swinford, President and CEO, GE Global Healthcare Services, speaks on Unlocking Innovation through Efficiency in Healthcare: how the path to modernizing healthcare is driven by relevant software, data, and analytics, ultimately resulting in reduced costs, better patient care and productivity that delivers ROI.
Mike 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.
Medtronic has been in the forefront of healthcare innovation, and its acquisition of Covidien last week highlighted some of the underlying trends in the medical device industry and healthcare reform.
Medtronic Director of IT Innovation, Paul Thompson, explains how Medtronic built a hospital of the future and the infrastructure to support it—and how the innovation strategies they tried worked—in his keynote talk, What I’ve Learned After Traveling to the Future.
Thompson is responsible for the identification and development of innovative IT solutions that will create a competitive advantage for Medtronic. In this role, Thompson has created a “Hospital of the Future” concept that has been placed in Medtronic Innovation Centers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tolochenaz, Switzerland and Shanghai, China.
Vivian Lee, M.D., CEO, University of Utah Health Care, discusses how to become a value-driven organization in her talk, The Transformation from Volume to Value, and the transformational power of transparency to both cost and patient satisfaction.
Dr. Lee is responsible for a healthcare system comprising four hospitals, numerous clinical and research specialty centers, 10 neighborhood health centers, an insurance plan and over 1,200 board-certified physicians.
Stephen K. Klasko, M.D., President & CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and TJUH System, shows what new technologies, physician and nurse changes, quality initiatives, and hospital culture changes are necessary to change the DNA of healthcare, in his talk, ACOs, the ACA and ADIDAS: Reinventing Healthcare is Impossible—and how to start today.
He will show how doctors and healthcare leaders can lead the future in healthcare, rather than wait for and react to revolutionary changes made by others.
CONVERGE features dozens more healthcare leaders and experts in panels, one-on-one chats and demos; plenty of networking opportunities and 24 hand-selected companies in the Startup Showcase.
Join us—and get your ticket by July 10, before the on-site price increase.
See you in Philly at CONVERGE.
Chris
P.S. Add $200 to your CONVERGE ticket and attend ENGAGE also—ends soon. See details.
MedCity CONVERGE will be held July 15-16 in Philadelphia, at the Sheraton Downtown. CONVERGE is the only event that brings together all sectors of healthcare—payers, providers, medtech, pharma, digital health, investors, policymakers and their support systems—providing a unique opportunity to fully understand and address the challenges of the future of healthcare innovation. Register today.
