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We are beyond thrilled to be back in 2025! This year's Summit is going to rock. Hear from Healthcare Innovation's Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland as he provides a critical update on the healthcare landscape. Reporting for nearly 35 years in healthcare, Mark has covered every aspect of the US Healthcare industry, from federal and state healthcare policy, to operational issues across the industry, to quality improvement, to strategic information technology issues.
 

In this fast-paced, 5-minute session, learn key  strategies for driving impactful changes at your organization.

 

Mark Hagland will lead an extensive discussion with the leaders of the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative’s Payment Model Demonstration Project, on their breakthrough around advancing quality through a comprehensive and coordinated initiative among three major health plans, a health improvement organization, a provider convener, and numerous medical groups across California. What’s being learned, and what’s been learned so far? We’ll explore all the dimensions involved.
 

Patient Centricity in healthcare. A buzz word or an essential part of any digital health strategy?  Adam Cherrington the Vice President of Digital Health and Patient Voice will share insights from the Patient Centric Playbook, recently created by industry provider, vendor and patient leaders.
•    What does Patient Centricity look like?
•    What can vendors do to ensure they are aligned with patient needs and expectations?
•    What are ramifications of misalignment with patient expectations?
•    What are some of the assumptions that we make about patients regarding technology?

Dr. Nicole Barnett, currently CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern California, will share her perspectives on the current moment in advancing the movement to bring equity and inclusion to patient care delivery.
 

In this fast-paced, 5-minute session, learn key strategies for driving impactful changes at your organization.

Impact Advisors’ John Klare shares his perspectives on his challenging moment in hospital and healthcare finance.
 

Internationally recognized cybersecurity expert Richard Staynings will lead a panel discussion around the biggest threats facing the leaders of patient care organizations in a moment in which cyber threats are intensifying, and the panel will discuss which advanced incident response strategies are working in patient care organizations nationwide.
 

With a nationwide shortage of neurologists growing by the day, the leaders at Mayo Clinic were facing a problem that a huge number of patient care organizations nationwide are facing these days: difficulty managing the increasing demand for visits with neurologists. How to triage referrals from primary care physicians in order to prioritize the most urgent cases? Two Mayo Clinic leaders—neurologist James Klaas, M.D., and neurology department operations manager Dale Hardin, M.P.H.—will share their learnings from their team’s highly successful implementation of an analytics solution to their organization’s capacity problem.
 

Leaders in the health information exchange space will share their perspectives on the current moment in health data exchange and interoperability. Where is this train headed? It’s a moment of challenge and opportunity in HIE nationwide, and California’s landscape is unique.