World Health-Care Leaders Address Global Health Issues And Practices At The Economist's Health Care Forum On September 17th 2014 In Boston

Full-day Conference Explores Innovations, Growth Strategies and Investments on a Global Scale

High-profile health-care leaders from the US and around the world will gather at The Economist’s Health Care Forum on September 17^th in Boston to discuss the outlook for the global health-care industry.

The full-day conference - chaired by Charles Goddard, Global editorial director for The Economist Events and editorial director, Asia Pacific, for The Economist Intelligence Unit -- is designed for senior-level executives to explore how health-care systems around the world are being disrupted due to transformational demographic shifts, cutting-edge technology and a global demand for transparency and efficiency.

Speakers at the conference include many of the industry’s top minds, including:

• Leah Binder, President and chief executive, The Leapfrog Group
• Bruce Broussard, Chief executive, Humana
• Jonathan Bush, Chairman and chief executive, athenahealth
• Walter Capone, President, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
• Tim Murphy, Chief executive officer, Beacon Health Strategies
• Victor Dzau, President, The Institute of Medicine
• Sandra Fenwick, Chief executive, Boston Children’s Hospital
• Helena Foulkes, President, CVS Pharmacy
• Dr. Anita Goel, Chairman and chief executive, Nanobiosym
• David Hare, Chief executive, NHS Partners Network
• Osnat Levtzion-Korach, Chief executive, Mount Scopus Hospital, Hadassah Medical Center
• Niven Narain, Co-founder, president and chief technology officer, Berg Health
• Dr. Stephen Ondra, Senior vice-president and chief medical officer, Health Care Service Corporation
• Dave Mason, Senior vice-president, RelayHealth Financial
• Mitch Rothschild, Chief executive, Vitals
• Charles W. Sorenson, MD, President and chief executive, Intermountain Healthcare
• Paula Wilson, President and chief executive, Joint Commission Resources and Joint Commission International

A full roster of speakers and topics is available online here (http://www.economist.com/events-conferences/americas/healthcare-2014).

The Economist’s public-policy correspondent and Health Care Forum moderator Roger McShane said rising incidences of chronic disease, aging populations and unsustainable cost structures are challenging the world’s health-care systems.

"This year’s forum will look at how health-care professionals around the world are trying to improve care and lower costs," McShane said. "The challenges posed to old models of care are daunting, but they present enormous opportunities for innovation. Anyone who works in health care right now will want to hear from the experts we gather in the room on September 17th.”

Charles Goddard’s opening remarks will be followed by the keynote panel “Global health care at a turning point,” featuring Broussard, Dzau, Sorenson and others. Joining Goddard as moderators throughout the day are McShane and Vivek Muthu, Director of health care at The Economist Intelligence Unit, and co-founder and chief executive of Bazian.

Additional panel sessions will cover product innovation, price transparency, foreign models and an Oxford-style debate on Obamacare. The Forum closes with a post-event networking reception.

Details are available online here (http://www.economist.com/events-conferences/americas/healthcare-2014).

Supporters of The Economist’s Health Care Forum include: Platinum sponsor Eli Lilly and Company, and several supporting associations including Disruptive Women in Health Care, Ellevate, Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association, Health Care Compliance Association, Healthcare Private Equity Association, Health Care M&A News, Medstro, MedTech Boston, National Center for Healthcare Leadership, and NEJM Group.

Registration for the conference can be found here (http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-economists-health-care-forum-tickets-10819993893).

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