CHT 4th Quarterly Member Meeting

The Center for Health Transformation’s 4th quarterly member meeting was unique as it was held in conjunction with three extremely popular and highly respected conferences: The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Congress (TETHIC), the Consumer Directed Health Care Congress (CDHCC), and the Health Care Research and Innovations Congress (HCRIC). Because of the importance of the topics discussed, CHT supported these conferences through a platinum sponsorship. The networking, educational, and visibility opportunities made this event an all-around success for all those involved.

VIP RECEPTION & SUMMIT. CHT co-sponsored a VIP summit where leading healthcare executives in technology, innovation, consumer directed healthcare, research and clinical trials joined in a high level, invitation-only, think-tank discussion designed to address the healthcare empowerment of the consumer, the impact and promise of technology on the future of healthcare and the acceleration of innovation to practice. Discussion was let by our CHT Founder, Newt Gingrich, in addition to CHT members; Van Johnson, CEO, Sutter Health, Heidi Margulis, Senior VP of Government Relations, Humana and Craig Fuller, President and CEO , National Association of Chain Drug Stores.

CHT SPONSORED PANEL SESSIONS. CHT hosted three panel sessions featuring select Center members discussing transformational topics appropriate for the conference. These panel sessions were open to the general audience of the conference. Among those panels were the following:

The 2005 Transformation Checklist for Government Leaders: Actionable Items to Advance Transformation in Health this Year
Moderator: Newt Gingrich, Founder, CHT
CHT Member Panel Participants:
Dale Brown, Senior VP, Medimpact
Chris Ryan, VP of Market Research and Strategy, SHPS
Mike Raymer, General Manager and Senior VP, IDX

Current Trends and Future Direction of Consumer Driven Health Care
Moderator: Vince Haley, Project Director, CHT
CHT Member Panel Participants:
Laurel Douty, Consultant, Lumenos
Merrit L. Quarum, MD, CEO, QMedtrix Systems, Inc.

Accelerating Clinical Research to Improve Health Outcomes
Moderator: Jon Zimmerman, VP, Health Connections, Siemens Medical Soulutions
CHT Member Panel Participants:
Don Fisher, President and CEO, AMGA
Christopher Yoo, Ph.D, Information Based Medicine EBO, IBM Healthcare and Life Science
Piet C. de Groen, M.D., Project Director, Mayo Clinic

CHT MEMBER ONLY LUNCH & MEETING. This portion of the day was reserved for CHT’s Charter, Premier, and Associate members only. Alan Levine spoke to our members, giving us an update on Florida happenings. In addition, CEO Nancy Desmond gave a quarterly update on CHT happenings, followed by Founder, Newt Gingrich giving his quarterly update on health and healthcare transformation.

CONFERENCE KEYNOTES. CHT members came together with the attendees of all three conferences for an afternoon of dynamic keynote presentations. CHT Founder, Newt Gingrich spoke during the opening keynote session with Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA).

EXPO HALL RECEPTION & NEWT GINGRICH BOOK SIGNING AT CHT PAVILION. The exhibit hall featured companies in all three of the conference areas. During Monday evening’s opening night reception, authors, Newt Gingrich, Dana Pavey and Anne Woodbury were all there signing copies of Saving Lives & Saving Money.