Ecosystems in Healthcare–Amplifying Whole-person Health

The healthcare industry has long consisted of ecosystems of payors, providers, and regulators in a complex web to reach the end patient. As focus shifts from fragmented specialties to a holistic, whole-person view of healthcare, there is an opportunity to form and leverage these ecosystem relationships more intentionally. In this session, healthcare ecosystem practitioners, Claus Jensen, Chief Innovation Officer for Teladoc Health, Lieke van Kerkhoven, Co-founder of FLOOW2, and Sukanya Soderland, Chief Strategy Officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and moderator Claudio Garcia, President of the Outthinker Strategy Network, discuss how ecosystems can amplify the value of healthcare as they explore:
• The consumer needs that are driving the healthcare industry to an ecosystem-based model
• Why companies need to completely change their “everyone for themselves” mindset to succeed in an ecosystem
• How legacy companies can align on a shared purpose to make transformation more compelling
• The shifts in management, metrics, and incentives that are required to enter an ecosystem
• How to work with existing regulation and how to open new conversations with regulators
• Advice for healthcare players who want to become part of an ecosystem

COMPETITION IN THE AGE OF ECOSYSTEMS
Competition in the Age of Ecosystems is a two-day virtual event exploring the new realities of ecosystem-based competition, brought to you in partnership between the Business Ecosystem Alliance, Outthinker, Thinkers50 and the Haier Model Institute.

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There are some very interesting insights, BUT there are also opinions of your speakers that are totally misleading. The biggest problem in healthcare is not specialisation. you certainly do not want a pediatrician to treat your cancer or make a surgery. Thank God that there is regulation and specialisation! The problem is that people who have very little real experience and knowledge in healthcare want to push any new, shiny technology down the throat of clinicians and patients with no concern if what they offer puts lifes at risk... Both patients and doctors and regulators would be more than willing to adopt any new solution that really works AND is safe. That requires a level of maturity and responsibility that simply does not exist, especially when the financial gains are HUGE. Dealing with human life is totally different than releasing a new app or building google, facebook or any of the huge tech giants. Ethics in healthcare is not an afterthought but at the very centre of caring for another human being. There are certainly many things in healthcare that do not work for the benefit of patients and any new system would better block them altogether instead of trying to cooperate (in my opinion), but at the same time we sholuld be a little bit serious when talking about any subject that relates to human life...