At West Health's Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit on February 21, panelists and presenters discussed value-based care, the cost of unnecessary treatment and how America's broken political system is impacting healthcare.
A fireside chat at MedCity's ENGAGE conference explored how to improve geriatric care in the ER from using ambient lighting and reducing noise levels to providing support for stressed family caregivers.
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.
Seniors require different type of emergency care, and that is leading UCSD to create a geriatric ER dedicated to them. Two physicians involved in the project will speak at MedCity ENGAGE in San Diego in October.
Nick Valeriani will retire as CEO of West Health in September, and be replaced by current COO Shelley Lyford, who also is president and CEO the Gary and Mary West Foundation, the entity that sponsors West Health.
The West Health Investment Fund is way more mission-driven than your standard VC, or so says CEO Nick Valeriani. The fund cherrypicks startups aimed at lowering the costs of healthcare, he says – and while financial gains are great, it’s more about the impact than the exits. The San Diego-based fund, launched in 2011 with $100 million from […]
It used to be that patients would wait for the physician or the health system to engage them, but increasingly the patient is charting their own course, having grown tired of the slow-moving behemoth of our healthcare system and enabled by advances in technology that have been applied to other industries. Dr. Joseph Smith, chief […]
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.
Healthcare reform is encouraging a lot of experimentation with health insurance, particularly as payers try to reduce healthcare costs, particularly among patients with chronic conditions. A new study led by West Health Policy Center, with researchers from Harvard University Medical School and the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, will explore the feasibility […]