The World Health Care Congress
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress recently concluded in Washington, D.C. and featured dynamic presentations John Mackey, Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market, US Surgeon General, Regina Benjamin, US Senator from Maryland, Benjamin Cardin, Former Governor of Tennessee, Phil Bredesen, Douglas Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office, Todd Park, CTO, DHHS, Gail Boudreaux, CEO, UnitedHealthcare, Gary Lauer, Chairman and CEO, eHealth, Inc., Scott Armstrong, President and CEO, Group Health Cooperative, Bob Blendon, Senior Associate Dean, Harvard School of Public Health, Joe Jimenez, CEO, Novartis, Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, Mark T. Bertolini, CEO and President, Aetna, and many more! WHCC was honored to welcome over 1,400 CEOs and senior level delegates, including an extensive speaker roster of over 240 industry thought leaders to foster solutions to improve quality, cost and coverage. The 9th Annual World Health Care Congress will be held April 16-18, 2012 in Washington, D.C.!
This has been such a great event in covering employer [health] issues.
Cheryl Larson, VP, Midwest Business Group on Health
Interviews from WHCC 2011
Correspondent Mabel Jong interviews some of the industry's key leaders at this year's World Health Care Congress. View all interviews »
Interview at WHCC with Thomas D. Underwood - Alere Health
Interview at WHCC with Donald Kemper - Healthwise
Interview at WHCC with Andrew Gold - Pitney BowesLive Media Coverage from WHCC!
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress is also pleased to announce it attracted yet another robust press corps, including live onsite coverage from CNBC, Bloomberg TV and C-SPAN. Other coverage included NPR and the Financial Times. Additionally, over 60 video interviews were conducted with our featured speakers as part of the WorldHealthTalks programs including interviews with John Mackey, Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market; Toby Cosgrove, MD, CEO, Cleveland Clinic; Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen; NIH Director Francis Collins, and many others. To view media coverage highlights from WHCC visit www.worldhealthcarecongress.com/2011media. To view our World Health Talks interviews, visit www.worldhealthtalks.com.
Bloomberg TV—Fred Hassan, chairman of Bausch & Lomb, talks about the outlook for the pharmaceutical industry and his turnaround efforts at Bausch & Lomb. He spoke with Shannon Pettypiece on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart" during the 8th Annual World Health Care Congress.
Bloomberg TV—David Cutler, a professor and health economist at Harvard University, discusses the impact of the Obama health-care law on jobs and the prospects for lowering health costs in the U.S. with Bloomberg Television's Shannon Pettypiece from the Annual 8th World Health Care Congress.
CNBC Video—Inside Health Overhaul 2.0
CNBC Video—Counting on China
CNBC Video—NIH to Help Develop Drugs
C-SPAN—C-SPAN coverage of World Health Care Congress
More media coverage of WHCC 2011 >>
What to Expect at the 8th Annual WHCC
- Keynote Sessions—Multi-perspective, high-level panel discussions featuring leaders that deliver expert opinion on post-reform implementation, innovation and collaboration
- The Most Timely Program Agenda—10 Co-Located Executive Summits and Emerging Trend Forums that convene executives from multiple sectors to address innovative models and strategies to improve the cost and quality of care
- 2nd Annual World Health Innovation Summit that explores extremely affordable, sustainable health innovations from developing countries that can be applied in the U.S. and developed markets
- Expanded Networking hours with over 1,800 health care, government and corporate leaders— Enjoy the rare opportunity to attend receptions, luncheons and invitational dinners to build relationships with health care leaders to formulate solutions to the challenges of health care costs, quality and delivery of care
The Congress exceeded all of our expectations – our goal was to meet with as many high level hospital executives as possible to discuss best practices – many were willing to share their knowledge and experience with us.
Prof. XU Shaoyong, Vice President, Yunyang Medical College (China)
