Dr. Jack Cochran is the retired Executive Director (CEO) of the Permanente Federation of Kaiser Permanente which supports the 8 regional medical groups. Dr. Cochran graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School and completed residencies at Stanford University and University of Wisconsin and is board certified in Head and Neck Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
He entered private practice at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver in 1981 where her also served as a board member, chief of surgery and President of the Medical Staff. In 1991, he joined Kaiser Permanente to establish the Plastic Surgery department. In addition to practicing surgery, he became a member of the Colorado Permanente Medical Group’s Board of Directors, becoming Chairman and selected as President of the Medical Group from 1999 to 2007. He was then selected to lead the Permanente Federation from 2007 to 2015 during a period of major innovation in care delivery and improvement in clinical quality including the implementation of the largest civilian electronic health record. He was frequently consulted to advise in healthcare reform design and was named Top 50 U.S. Physician Leaders in 2009, 2010, and 2012 by Modern Healthcare.
Dr. Cochran lectures globally on transforming health care with a focus on physician accountability. In 2014, he co-authored The Doctor Crisis: How Physicians Can, and Must, Lead the Way to Better Health Care and has since published its sequel, Healer Leader Partner (2018), a “manual” to prepare physicians to take up the challenge of transforming healthcare. He is a Clinical Professor at The CU School of Medicine and regularly volunteers as a surgeon in East Africa.
Jean Drouin, MD, is the founder and CEO of Clarify Health Solutions, which enables health systems and payers to deliver more satisfying and efficient care through advanced analytics, machine learning, and digital care optimization solutions. Prior to Clarify, Jean was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, where his roles included leading the global Healthcare IT and Digital Practice, setting up the UK and Australian Healthcare Practices, and serving as the founding Head of McKinsey Advanced Healthcare Analytics (MAHA). He also served as Head of Strategy for NHS London, which oversaw London’s $15B hospital and primary care system. In these roles, he served over 20 countries and 100 health systems and payers on engagements that generated over $1B in efficiency and quality improvements.
Jean is passionate about transforming healthcare delivery across the continuum of care. He has written and spoken extensively on value-based care, population health, new payment models and the role of big data and analytics in delivering better outcomes. He is an investor and advisor to several startups, including Roam Analytics, Kodiak Sciences, HaloNeuro, and OrthoBullets. Jean holds MD and MBA degrees from Stanford and an AB in Molecular Biology from Princeton. He is the former Vice Chair of Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific.
Todd Gottula is Chief Product Officer, President, and co-Founder of Clarify Health Solutions. A visionary with over 20 years of achievement driving growth, innovation, and profitability in the high-tech sector, he brings that expertise to Clarify to deliver insights and digital solutions that empower physicians, health systems, and payers to optimize care and thrive in a value-based world. Todd fundamentally believes that through the deployment of technology and expertise, we can improve the lives of patients and those that care for them.
Prior to founding Clarify Health, Todd was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Advent Software, where he led cutting-edge development efforts from ideation through revenue generation, serving as the critical bridge between business and engineering. Advent grew to service customers in 60 countries and over $18 trillion in assets before being acquired for $2.7B in 2015. Todd holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
When the Houston Astros famously became World Series Champions only a few years after being ranked one of the worst teams in baseball, they did so in part by embracing the latest science in predictive analytics. The lesson can be applied to healthcare.