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Global Health Connector Summit

The first Global Health Connector Partnership Summit will take place in Boston, MA during the HLTH 2021 Conference and Expo hybrid event, 17 - 20 October 2021.

Transforming Health in the Post Pandemic World

Transforming Health in the Post Pandemic World,” brought to you by AHA at HLTH, will examine how provider-led innovation and partnerships are transforming the health care ecosystem and creating new approaches to managing the health of patient populations. Hospital and health system leaders will share their experiences in a series of “story slam sessions,” framing the problems they addressed, solutions they developed and the results they achieved. Each story slam will explore how hospitals and health systems are working with solution companies, community organizations and other stakeholders to address such key issues as workforce resiliency, increasing access to care and improving health equity.

Moving Forward Together: Beyond the Pandemic

Moving Forward Together: Beyond the Pandemic, brought to you by ATA at HLTH 2021, will explore the expanded role of virtual care as a true modality of modern, hybrid care delivery and highlight technologies and stakeholders pioneering integrated healthcare for patients and providers. The agenda will explore what’s next for telehealth post-pandemic and what this industry needs to address in its expanding role to define a unified approach to addressing health equity and bridging gaps in healthcare access, patient inclusion and experience, balancing challenges between providers and payers, harmonizing state and federal policy, standardizing practice and coordinating care across settings, and uncovering emerging trends in research and telehealth solutions.

Ann Mond Johnson, CEO, ATA, @AnnMondJohnson

Welcome and ATA Update

In 2020, telehealth was on the top of a mountain. The virtual visit became a universally understood concept and for the first time in history, patients experienced the convenience of having the doctor’s office brought into their home. However, common themes are emerging that could bring us back to an in-person-dominant care model, including the threat of lower reimbursement for telehealth visits compared to in-person. The choices we make in the next few months will determine the landscape for telehealth in the US for at least a decade. For telehealth to survive, we must create logical, financially sound reasons for providers to pivot long term. Simply saying that telehealth is the right thing to do or that patients demand it does not seem good enough as we look at our future. Healthcare providers, payers, suppliers and innovators, and patients all have a role, a choice to make telehealth part of the solution. Speaker: Joseph Kvedar, MD, Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Chair of the Board, AmericanTelemedicine Association (ATA), Professor, Harvard Medical School, Editor,npj Digital Medicine, @jkvedar

The Lessons Learned from 2020 Provide a Springboard for Increased Telehealth Adoption

The pandemic brought an almost overnight shift to virtual and digital healthcare delivery, but it also brought to light myriad inequities in vulnerable and hard to reach populations. This session will explore how telehealth can help us understand, engage with and provide care to the underserved communities that have had limited access. What are organizations doing to address and what are the tools for network capacity and infrastructure needed to help bridge the digital divide in tech and policy? What are the barriers in the industry’s way and what is large tech provider’s obligation in addressing the digital divide and making tech accessible to ensure no one is left behind? Moderator: Abner Mason, Founder and CEO, ConsejoSano, @abnermason Speakers:<ul><li>Lea Sims, Marketing Strategy Lead, Healthcare, Insurance &amp; Life Sciences, Enterprise Field Marketing, Verizon Business Group, @Verizon_Lea</li><li>Ed Deming, Healthcare Strategist, VMWare, @endeming</li></ul>

Panel: Conquering the Digital Divide

Technology developments make their way into every aspect of human lives andindustry – and Healthcare is no exception. Bret Larsen, Co-Founder and CEO ofeVisit, the leading Virtual Care technology solution, will cover how the use ofTelehealth and HealthTech is helping providers practice at the top of their licenseand how HealthTech is helping HCOs/IDNs bridge the gap in care to mitigate risksenterprise wide. Technology advancements are happening every day, everynanosecond and those that embrace these approaches to work smarter help drivethe change needed in Healthcare. Technology has been given a bad rap as a keydriver in provider burnout; however, when embraced properly, it can mitigateburn-out and help professionals become better. From providers and nursing staffto care coordinators and admin team members – technology is becoming a morecrucial aspect in advancing patient care delivery. This presentation will givepowerful examples of HealthTech advancements throughout history that haveenabled major strides forward in patient care, as well as address ways to removeusage barriers to HealthTech such as culture shifts, Medical School curricula andon-the-job training and online tools. <ul><li> Bret Larsen, CEO and Co-Founder, eVisit, @BretALarsen</li></ul>

Executive Spotlight: Telehealth and HealthTech: Bridging the Gap

In 2020, telehealth became a household word, with unprecedented numbers of providers and patients turning to virtual care as a vital component of healthcare delivery. At the same time, healthcare providers and hospital systems experienced rapid transformation, creating a hybrid delivery system of in-person and virtual care to best serve the needs of their patients. This session will explore use cases from organizations and solution providers helping to move toward a hybrid model of care delivery, and placing the patient first within this model – yet establishing equilibrium for the provider for better decisions in triaging. What is the pathway for organizations to grow and what is the plan if the pandemic situation reverses, what does reimbursement look like? How has the evolution to hybrid grown to include remote monitoring, acute patient care, shared services and hospital at home? And what have been lessons learned and potential opportunity for this space in the next few months? Moderator: Kristi Henderson, DNP, NP-C, FAAN, FAEN, Senior Vice President, Center for Digital Health and CEO, MedExpress, Optum Health/United Health Group, Chair-Elect, the ATA, @KristiHendersonSpeakers:<ul><li>Zenobia Brown, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, Population Health, Northwell Health, @ZenobiaBrownMD</li><li>Wendy Deibert, SVP of Clinical Solutions, Caregility, @theteletweeter</li><li>Lou Silverman, CEO, Hicuity Health, @HicuityHealth</li></ul>

Healthcare's Future: Evolving to a Hybrid Model of Care

Healthcare is an environment where we are at our most vulnerable and trust counts the most. How a person engages, is related to the trust they have in their provider and the system. Learn how combining the foundation of telehealth with personalization, relevance, relationships and communication can change the course of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, which impact over 75% of US adults and make up 50% of COVID fatalities. Jan Berger, M.D., M.J., Chief Clinical Strategist, DayTwo, @jberger57

Executive Spotlight: Build TRUST with Telehealth to Change the Course of Chronic Disease

Since the 2020 pandemic, and the subsequent regulatory and reimbursementrelief, telehealth rapidly expanded its’ capabilities. Honorable Dr. David Shulkin,ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Strategic Advisor toSanford Health, will talk to telehealth adoption and evolution of technology instages. Dedi Gilad, CEO and Founder of TytoCare will share the new gateway forprimary care that provides a comprehensive platform for care delivery. <ul><li>Dr. David Shulkin, ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs and</li></ul>Strategic Advisor to Sanford Health, @DavidShulkin<ul><li>Dedi Gilad, CEO and Founder of TytoCare, @TytoCare</li></ul>

Executive Spotlight: Evolution of Telehealth: New Modalities for Primary Care

With all of the challenges we must tackle in making sure no one is left behind, how does A.I. help us with bias – or does it? Join this provocative conversation that explores how A.I. can help with bias in our brains and how this needs to be integrated into our healthcare platforms. Moderator: Joseph Kvedar, MD, Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Chair of the Board, American Telemedicine Association (ATA); Professor, Harvard Medical School; Editor, npj Digital Medicine; Senior Advisor, MGH Center for Innovation in Digital HealthCare, @jkvedar Speakers:<ul><li>Tom Lawry, National Director for Artificial Intelligence, Health &amp; Life Sciences, Microsoft, @TCLawry</li><li>Suchi Saria, PhD, Associate Professor of Machine Learning and Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University, CEO and Founder, Bayesian Health @suchisaria</li></ul>

A.I.'s Role in Bias and Equity

<ul><li>Ann Mond Johnson, CEO, ATA, @AnnMondJohnson</li><li>Joseph Kvedar, MD, Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Chair of the Board, American Telemedicine Association (ATA); Professor, Harvard Medical School; Editor, npj Digital Medicine; Senior Advisor, MGH Center for Innovation in Digital HealthCare, @jkvedar </li></ul>