Symposium 2008 at The Conference Center at Harvard Medical

October 27-28, 2008
The Conference Center at Harvard Medical

Who Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays: Consumers, Clinicians and Business Models in the Connected Care Era

In 2008 we’re organizing the Symposium around a specific mission and a unique capability, to bring MDs and nurses into a conversation about information technology and practical economics that is always about them but not always welcoming to them. In this connected age patients and their loved ones will engage deeply in managing their own healthcare, a serious shift in the consumer role that means profound changes for clinicians, too. Be with us when the issues are joined in October.

 

Symposium 2007 Highlights

Podcast Link

  

Read the 2007 Symposium Proceedings here.

  

Symposium Interviews - NextGenWeb spoke with Jon Linkous, Joe Ternullo, Karen Bell, Dena Puskin and Thomas Gustafson at the 2007 Symposium. Click here to view the interviews.

  

View the 2007 Symposium photo gallery here.
 

New Speakers Announced: 

  • Cass Sunstein, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and co-author of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wellness and Happiness
  • Carol Diamond, MD, Managing Director of the Markle Foundation and Chair of Connecting for Health
  • U.S. Sen. John Kerry, (D-Mass.) is chief Senate sponsor of legislation to make ePrescribing required standard practice for Medicare providers, a proposal that has growing bipartisan support and will, if enacted, mark a radical breakthrough for health care IT. He was the 2004 Democratic nominee for U.S. President.
  • Regina Herzlinger, the leading intellectual force behind the concept of consumer-driven health care; Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School; author, Market-Driven Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses in the Transformation of America's Largest Service Industry
  • Grad Conn, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Microsoft Health Solutions
  • Adam Darkins, MD, Chief Consultant for Care Coordination, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
  • Matthew Holt, The Health Care Blog and co-organizer, Health 2.0
  • Jerry Lin, Product Manager, Google Health
  • Micky Tripathi, President and CEO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative

Symposium 2008