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After helping host the 29th Annual Forum of the HealthCare Executive Group held last September in Nashville, our board chair Ferris Taylor returned to Nashville last week to attend emids 2017 Healthcare Summit & CMA Celebration. And if those two trips to Nashville weren’t enough, HCEG will be returning to Nashville to host one of our Executive Leadership Roundtable events on Thursday, December 7th – immediately following AHIP’s 2017 Consumer Experience & Digital Health Forum. Nashville really does live up to its moniker of “The Healthcare Management Capital of the United States.”
More About the 2017 Healthcare Summit & CMA Celebration
The 4th Annual Healthcare Summit & CMA Celebration sponsored by emids was an invitation-only event that brought together CEOs and leading executives from the healthcare industry to discuss how they are balancing provider, payer and patient accountability to provide more value and better outcomes for the future healthcare consumer. In this post, we’ll share a short recap of the summit proceedings and set the stage for a following post where we’ll share specific information, ideas and opinions from four panels moderated by industry leaders Justin Roth of TripleTree Investments, Russ Thomas of Availity, Dr Emad Rizk of Verscend and Glen Tullman of Livongo.
Dominant Themes at the Summit
Summit keynotes and sessions addressed opportunities, challenges and issues that healthcare executives and industry leaders must individually and collectively address during this period of uncertain reform and digital transformation of the healthcare industry. These included:
Impact and Continued Entrance of “Outsiders”
There are a whole bunch of companies outside of healthcare looking at the industry and saying, “We can do it better!” Tomorrow’s healthcare innovations may very well come from outside of the industry… not just Amazon, Google, Lyft, Nike, Apple, etc.… but even other firms likely germinating in someone’s garage or one of the seeming 100’s of accelerators, incubators, or co-working spaces.
Importance of Data Liquidity and Exchange
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Data and strategies for using data to drive new modes of thinking for the entire ecosystem of healthcare were a common point of discussion. Advances in artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms that tap into unstructured data were a promising area widely discussed.
Engaging Healthcare Consumers & Patients
Just as successful innovations for providers need to fit into their existing “workflow,” consumer solutions need to fit into the consumer’s “Life Flow.” Consumers don’t want to be more engaged with their chronic conditions – they want to address their chronic conditions and get more engaged in living their lives.
Trust Among All Healthcare Constituents
All healthcare stakeholders – health plan members, patients, providers, and payers must work toward addressing the “trust” issue. Consumers don’t necessarily care about how much you know as much as how much you care.
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Come Back for More – And Going Back to Nashville
Be sure to check back for our next post where we’ll share information gleaned from the four panels presenting at the summit. And more about HCEG’s return to Nashville in December for our Executive Leadership Roundtable and how you can join other healthcare leaders after the AHIP Consumer Experience & Digital Health Forum on Thursday, December 7th.
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