NextGen Health New York City, March 29-30, 2012
This looks like a fantastic meeting with some great speakers from organisations such as the Mayo Clinic, MIT media Lab and Harvard Medical School. You can apply to attend via the website here.
Further details about the programme:
NextGen:Health brings together top innovators, practitioners and executives from all aspects of healthcare to share innovative ideas on increasing patient wellbeing, improving experiences of the doctors, staff, patients, and families, and enabling better research and data-sharing. Talks are short, engaging and entertaining. The topics are game-changing BIG ideas.
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Nicholas LaRusso, MD : Mayo Clinic
Learning from Failure:Lessons from the Center for Innovation at Mayo Clinic
Where does innovation come from? How do successful institutions and physicians maintain their standing in these rocky times? Dr. Nicholas LaRusso, head of the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, will teach the attendees how the single most important force behind innovation is knowing how to learn from failure.
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Douglas Drossman, MD : UNC
Effective communication skills to improve physician-patient relationship
Modern healthcare has driven a wedge between doctor and patient. Physicians have only several minutes to take a history, diagnose, and treat a patient. Even with all the incredible advances in medical technology patients feel a disconnect with their doctor, and that their care is suboptimal. Dr. Douglas Drossman, a world expert in treating the toughest GI diseases, will teach the audience how effective communication with patients can heal the doctor patient-relationship, decrease the likelihood of malpractice, and improve a physicians likelihood of diagnosing and treating what really ails patients.
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Joseph Ravenell MD : NYU
The healthcare barbershop buzz: Taking healthcare to the patient
Changes in patients health takes place outside of the doctors office. How can a physician/health system improve the health of the community they serve? Dr. Joseph Ravenell of the NYU School of Medicine and a leader in community health will share his innovative experience effecting patients outside the walls of the hospital, and teach attendees how they can expand their reach, and influence their patients to make healthy choices.
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Juhan Sonin : MIT
Hacking Health: Designing for and understanding your health
It is apparent that the current design of our hospitals, clinics, and health information neither meets the needs of patients or physicians. Juhan Sonin, of MIT and Involution studios, will show attendees how design can be used to improve physician efficiency and patient outcomes.
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Scott Johnson : Mylin Repair Foundation
Breaking from the Past to Breakthrough to Cures-Accelerated Collaboration Model
The current proposal, peer review, and grant research system is inefficient and costly. Scott Johnson, founder of the myelin Repair foundation, will describe how the Accelerated Collaboration Model exemplified by the Myelin Repair Foundation, results in focused research, improved collaboration, and faster results. Using these methodologies as an example, those in attendance will learn how to translate their research, and the research of their institutions into tangible results
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Brian Forrest, MD : UNC
Keeping it Simple: How to Run a Private Practice in the 21st century and Thrive
The medical payment system has become increasingly complex and burdensome to physicians. The current private practice model is not improving patient outcomes, or meeting physicians needs despite increasing costs of care. Dr. Brian Forrest, a recognized leader in practice management, will teach attendees to assess whether their own practice is running efficiently, and show them that if they decrease overhead and improve collections, they can reduce fees, increase revenue, and focus on patient care
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Howard Luks, MD : Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, Doximity
Social Media and health care: Empowering patients and doctors around the world, are you next?
Dr. Howard Luks, of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, will teach attendees the benefits of social media for their practice, and how they can begin developing a social media presence immediately.
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Herbert Chase, MD : Columbia / IBM Watson Project
Your new co-pilot. Using algorithms and AI to help patients faster.
Medical information is growing at a rapid pace. In spite of their best efforts clinicians have a difficult time mobilizing the vast amount of data published worldwide. Dr. Herbert Chase, of Columbia University and the IBM Watson Project, will teach attendees to understand how the basic workflow of IBM Watson can aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Dr. Chase will then teach attendees how to integrate the lessons from IBM’s Watson to assess medical literature and patient information quickly and effectively.
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Jason Hwang, MD
The Innovators Prescription
The revolution will not be televised…but it will be narrated by Dr. Hwang, co-author of the bestselling Innovators Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care. Prepare yourself, your practice and your organization for disruptive changes in the medical industry.
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John Ratey, MD : Harvard
Spark: How Excercise Heals and Helps the Brain
John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer’s.
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John Moore, MD : MIT Media Lab
Utilizing technology to improve health outcomes and patient experience.
The traditional paternalistic and episodic approach to medical care is not meeting the needs of patients. The distance between doctor and patient is growing. Dr. John Moore, of the MIT Media Lab, will show how collaborative decision making improves patient compliance and the doctor-patient relationship
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Sandeep Jauhar, MD : NY Times & NS/LIJ
Reinventing the Doctor’s Workplace
From an inside look at the workings of the medical internship system, Dr. Jauhar discusses healthy work environments, for doctors and patients.
Day 2:
mHealth Summit by
New York Healhcare Business Leaders (NYCHBL) and
The Drapin Group LLC
Can mHealth Improve Healthcare Delivery & Outcomes?
NYC Health Business Leaders and Lois Drapin of The Drapin Group present a symposium to discuss and debate mobile health (mHealth), particularly its role in improving healthcare delivery and influencing better outcomes. While optimism abounds, there are many issues that must be considered for mHealth to reach its potential. Which applications bear the greatest potential for real change, and who should pay for them? How do mobile devices and mHealth impact the patient-physician relationship? Will mHealth do a better job of keeping patients motivated to change behavior than the many other methodologies and technologies that have largely failed to do so? Which categories of applications bear the greatest potential for disruptive change, and who should pay for them?
During this program, you hear from industry CEO’s, strategists and visionaries as well as experience innovative mobile applications with documented outcomes. This dynamic program will be highly interactive. You will have the opportunity to voice your opinions about the future direction of mobile health.
