Much of the transformative innovation taking place in healthcare is a result of the growing healthcare consumerism movement. So says Matt Brow, vice president for business development and public policy, McKesson. He participated in McKesson’s Better Health Portland event held March 5.
One such response is a risk insurance policy developed by Portland “Edison” Regi Schindler, who founded BLIS. BLIS offers a policy to qualified surgeons that cover the medical expenses of patients who suffer unexpected post-surgical complications. Read a profile of Schindler and BLIS.
The Better Health Tour
Like politics, all healthcare is local. But what can local businesses do to transform their organizations and the community in an ecosystem as complex as healthcare? The Better Health Tour is an opportunity for local healthcare leaders to engage in candid and meaningful conversations about the future of healthcare in select cities. The conferences in Portland, Boston and the Twin Cities enable an exchange of ideas between local leaders across organizational barriers, industry segments, traditional interests and points of view. The aim is to help broaden perspectives, to challenge and redefine priorities, and to catalyze the development of innovative approaches that will strengthen the local healthcare ecosystem.
That’s why McKesson is presenting the Better Health Tour. It’s not a marketing event or a trade show. We believe that the challenges of healthcare will only be solved by generating practical ideas, innovative approaches and new growth in the healthcare industry at the local level. The events have been designed to identify opportunities that will enable transformative innovation and provide participants with a new framework for thinking about the practical solutions that will lead to better health for both their own organizations and the community.