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Discover key takeaways from industry experts during #DigitalHealthWeek2024

In Episode 2 of our Converge Cast series, healthcare innovator Amir Dan Rubin spoke with Michael Castleman and Shelly Carolan about the evolving and increasingly convergent forces of value-based care, new healthcare entrants, and digital health, as well as opportunities and challenges of start-ups in today’s market. Amir has spent his storied career seeking novel ways to increase access to care, improve care efficiency, and promote population health, including through top leadership roles with One Medical, Stanford Health, and Optum/United Health, among others. Currently he is the CEO and Founding Managing Partner of Healthier Capital. Here's the link to the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/greXau83 WittKieffer's Converge Cast series is dedicated to exploring important, meaningful ideas that bring people and organizations together across the Quality of Life Ecosystem – which spans the broader life sciences, healthcare, and education sectors. We aim to make the world better by fostering fresh insights into today's most fundamental issues and challenges. #convergecast #impactfulleadership

🎉 We are proud to announce our selection as one of ten finalists in the HLTH Foundation’s 2nd Annual Techquity for Health Case Study Competition. This recognition highlights Engagys’ dedication to leveraging innovative digital health strategies to address health disparities and promote equity. Engagys’ nominated project addresses a critical challenge faced by multiple clients, including regional and national health plans: improving the accessibility and effectiveness of member-facing communications to bridge gaps in health literacy. We're leveraging our cutting-edge AI solution, Engagys AI, to optimize member-facing communications to enhance clarity, improve comprehension, and promote equitable health outcomes.  Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ea7asXdE #healthequity #techquity #ViVE2025 #healthcareAI #artificialintelligence #digitalhealth #healthcareinnovation #healthliteracy

Last week's announcement that Hyve Group acquired HLTH Inc. drew my attention back to some personal takeaways from an excellent #HLTH experience, my first representing Manatt Health: *Over-hyped* The AI Tech Stack While boatloads of speakers and digital ink (and gobs of VC money) were spilt on sky high valuations for AI-enabled [insert here], Daniel Yang, MD rightly points out that it is the "human stack" that will deliver outcomes based on people (earning the trust of patients and clinicians), process (think about upstream and downstream constraints before deploying new tech), policy (huge and widening AI regulatory gap between what we can do and what is properly regulated), and problems (thoughtful problem shapers over tech looking for problems to solve. I'll add basic human capital infrastructure like medical ethicists and prompt/testing engineers to Daniel's human stack. *Under-hyped* Women's health is population health If we don't take the decades long crisis in women's health seriously we might as well throw in the towel on population health. For decades women, and yes mostly women, have been fighting for their bodies to be treated equally when it comes to medical research and clinical care. It's about time that everywhere I turned I saw action focused on putting women on even footing with men when it comes to what healthcare can accomplish. Champions like Lisa Suennen, GCB.D, Jessica J. Federer, Deena Shakir, Carolee Lee, Sanskriti Thakur, and our First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to name a few are moving us forward on issues ranging from research into equitable efficacy of existing drugs and devices to benefits and product/service models to address caregiver demands that fall disproportionately on women in the United States. Let's compound these gains because we've got a long way to go. *Just right* Companies shaping products/services around life stages Whether it is the long overdue mainstreaming of menopause and perimenopause treatment, or mental health companies listening when it comes to connecting the seams between pediatric/adolescent/young adult/adult/aging/geriatric care model options (I foresee this coming via M&A activity), the theme of understanding that we all have different needs at different life stages is catching on. With a little humility and a lot of work on product market fit I am excited about many of the conversations I had about working with builders from early stage through incumbent health systems to meet people where they are physically in both space and lifetime. I'd love to hear about others' personal takeaways on what's over-hyped, under-hyped, or just right in the comments. Let 'er rip.

As we observe Juneteenth today, we celebrate the victories of the past, recognize the challenges of the present, and commit to a better, more equitable future for all. Here at athenahealth, we are proud to have athenaMosaic as one of our employee resource groups that aims to advance a diverse and inclusive work environment. We also wanted to extend our warmest thanks to Dr. Sarrah T. Johnson and Victor Freeman, MD, MPP, CHCQM for joining our panel sponsored by athenaMosaic, “Deconstruct healthcare inequities through technology and VBC”, which discussed the various factors contributing to healthcare inequities and explore strategies to resolve them. We appreciate your dedication to the important conversation around solving inequities in healthcare— and how we can use tech to facilitate change.

Today's Innovation Roundtable, A World 50 Group Community Pharmacy Deep Dive was a great event. Dr. Melani Cheers, Corporate Medical Director at U.S. Steel, and Florencia Halperin, Chief Medical Officer at Form Health, had a great discussion on GLP-1s and obesity medicine while providing insights about selecting and implementing a clinical obesity solution. Evan Richardson, Form Health CEO, moderated the lively conversation which dove into understanding the risks of compounded medications, navigating challenges with PBMs when introducing an obesity COE, and leveraging clinical data to drive sustainable patient outcomes and ROI. Looking for an evidence-based obesity solution that delivers life changing weight loss and health improvements while maximizing ROI? Contact employers@formhealth.co to learn more.

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Highlander Health’s Co-founder Amy Abernethy will be speaking at the Forbes Healthcare Summit on December 4th. The event brings together top leaders across the health care industry to give insight into the entrepreneurship, investment and new thinking that's driving the future of health care. Amy will be discussing the complex challenges facing hospitals and health care systems today and how health care leaders can leverage the latest technology innovations for improved patient care. Amy will be joining a panel of industry experts including Michael J. Alkire, President & Chief Executive Officer, Premier Inc. and Karen DeSalvo, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Health Officer, Google. She’ll also discuss how Highlander Health is working with leading academic institutions, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, Baylor Scott & White Health Research Institute, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, to improve clinical trial innovation and evidence generation. It is sure to be a thought-provoking day with industry leaders. Join us -  https://bit.ly/4fvhM8k #ForbesHealth #clinicaltrials

📢1 Hour Away: If you enjoyed DigiPharma Connect, this is another conversation you can't miss - the best part: it's free! Sign up for our webinar and hear from heavy-hitters from Acxiom and DeepIntent who will be sharing in-depth insights on Data's Pivotal Role in Building Health Equity. Drop a 🚀if we'll see you there!