Video Report 2014 WHARTON HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Healthcare Transformation: The Dance of Disruptors, Incumbents, and Rule-Makers
The business opportunities and challenges presented by the sweeping reinvention of the U.S. health care system were the focus of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School's 2014 Healthcare Management Alumni Association (WHCMAA) annual conference. The one-day event brought together panels of government officials, top medical authorities, health care delivery system CEOs and executives from various segments of the medical device industry. Above left, Bryan Bushick, MD, MBA, co-chair of the conference, moderates the first session featuring Wharton Alumni Mitchell Blutt, MD, MBA, CEO of health care-focused investment firm Consonance Capital and Mark Smith, MD, MBA, Founding President of the California HealthCare Foundation and Senior Policy Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health.
In thought-provoking presentations, Mitchell Blutt, MD, MBA, and Mark Smith, MD, MBA, open the conference with a discussions of whether U.S. health care is really transforming. Click for larger screen view
Exploring the blurring lines of payers and providers were Bill Winkenwerder, MD, former Highmark CEO; Joseph Schulman, MPA, Executive Director of the North Shore-LIJ Health System's Care Solutions; and Aran Ron, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Oscar. Click for larger screen view
In a panel discussion on medical device trends were Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria; Luciana Soares, Director of Marketing at Direct Flow Medical; and Hjalmar Pompe van Meerdervoort, CEO of Visionscope Technologies. Click for larger screen view
Providing insights from programs aimed at transforming primary care were A. John Blair III, MD, FACS, CEO of MedAllies and President of Taconic IPA; and Rushika Fernadopulle, MD, MPP, CEO of Iora Health. Click for larger screen view
Reviewing the latest trends in mHealth technologies were Jonathan Schaffer, MD, MBA, Managing Director of the eCleveland Clinic; Jon Brilliant, Founding Board Member & Former CFO, WellDoc; and
Jay Rosan, MD, Vice President of Health Innovation at Walgreens. Click for larger screen view
Offering insider insights on Congressional health care issues such as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) was Elizabeth Jurinka, Chief Policy Adviser of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Click for larger screen view
