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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3  
Thursday, April 16, 2009
8:00 am -
9:00 am
PREVENTION
Experts shift focus to health, not health care…including in-depth results from UK’s and Dow Chemical’s prevention programs.
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Employer View:
  • Health has a powerful impact on sustainability
  • Dow Chemical's global health and wellness program and results from tracking employee health status on global basis
  • Implications for health reform and other employers regarding prevention programs
Catherine M. Baase - Speaker Photo Catherine M. Baase, MD
Global Director of Health Services
The Dow Chemical Company

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Global View:
  • The National Health Service’s approach to health and well-being to address rising chronic care expenditures
  • The use of regulation and policy making to impact health outcomes
  • Tackling lifestyle disease – What is the measurable impact of the NHS prevention program thus far?
Will Cavendish - Speaker Photo Will Cavendish, PhD
Director, Health and Wellbeing
UK Department of Health

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Government View:
  • The CDC’s view on health reform to focus on health status and overall outcomes, rather than the health care industry
  • The CDC’s innovative approaches to prevention and initiatives to engage employers in the prevention movement, including how employers can earn a healthy employer designation
Bradley Perkins - Speaker Photo Bradley Perkins, MD, MBA, Capt, USPHS
Chief, Officer of Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Director
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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Moderator:
Karen Tumulty - Speaker Photo Karen Tumulty
National Political Correspondent
TIME

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9:00 am -
10:10 am
INFRASTRUCTURE
Government and private sector leaders share opportunities to achieve innovation through Federal and market-based initiatives for health IT
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Government View:
  • Latest updates from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on new federal funding and timelines for a national health infrastructure
  • Challenges of the public and private sectors collaborating on a unified infrastructure
Charles P. Friedman - Speaker Photo Charles P. Friedman, PhD
Deputy National Coordinator
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Department of Health and Human Services

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Global View:
  • Lessons learned from the UK in building an EMR and the costly and avoidable investments that were made
  • Applying the UK’s strategies and aligning incentives for physician adoption
Michael Thick - Speaker Photo Professor Michael Thick, MA, MB, Bchir, FRCS
Chief Clinical Officer
National Health Service (United Kingdom)

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Insider View:
  • Kaiser’s investments in health IT and an analysis of improved health care outcomes and efficiencies
  • Identification of challenges for the fragmented system to build a health care infrastructure for the 21st century
George C. Halvorson - Speaker Photo George C. Halvorson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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Stimulus View:
  • What have we learned about "Getting Health IT Right"
  • What is the critical success path for stimulus investments in health IT
  • What approach to health IT will support our broader health reform objectives
Carol Diamond - Speaker Photo Carol Diamond, MD, MPH
Managing Director, Health Program, Markle Foundation;
Chair, Connecting for Health

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Moderator:
William Winkenwerder - Speaker Photo William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA
Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions;
former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

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Government and Market Innovators TBA
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
DISCOVERY
Experts explore discovery in medicine and the impact of innovation on health care outcomes and costs
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Insider View:
  • Insights from a leading provider CEO on the essential advances made within academic medical centers
  • Current and future collaborations between and among providers, biotech and other players to make broad-scale medical advances
Edward D. Miller - Speaker Photo Edward D. Miller, MD
Dean of the Medical Faculty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;
Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Innovator View:
  • Exploring innovative technologies that dramatically improve clinical precision at every point of patient care
  • Technology innovations and centers that deliver a continuous stream of new clinical applications
  • Balancing the affordability of new devices and therapies vs. the global market for new innovations
Omar Ishrak - Speaker Photo Omar Ishrak
President & Chief Executive Officer
GE Healthcare Systems

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Consumer View:
  • Empowering the consumer with genetic information
  • Changing the research model by engaging consumers
  • Personalizing medicine with genetics
Anne Wojcicki - Speaker Photo Anne Wojcicki
Co-Founder
23andMe

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Moderator:
Vijay Vaitheeswaran - Speaker Photo Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Healthcare Correspondent
The Economist

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Leading Biotech CEO TBA
12:00 pm -
12:45 pm
TRANSFORMATION
Expert View:
  • Scaling to meet demand for services – optimizing resources and redefining access
  • Managing information in the era of social networking – where Facebook meets electronic health records and genetic information
  • Managing health – health coaches and experts
  • Brand equity and care delivery
Nicholas Augustinos - Speaker Photo Nicholas Augustinos
Senior Director, Global Healthcare Solutions, IBSG
Cisco

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  • Space Lab Medicine – Challenges of the International Space Station through the eyes of an astronaut
  • Demonstration of Aquarius, NASA's under sea research station 67 feet below the ocean's surface, for telemedicine techniques that can be used on the International
Richard Williams - Speaker Photo Richard Williams, MD
Chief Health and Medical Officer
NASA

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