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DEAN’S LIST: BRINGING THE LESSONS OF COVID-19 INTO THE CLASSROOM 
What to teach a new generation of public health officials to help us prevent the next pandemic—or at least thrive better in it. 

REENGINEERING THE PATIENT JOURNEY 
Let us state an uncomfortable fact: every patient journey is an unwanted one. But how can we make that experience less agonizing, less confusing, and less traumatic? How do we make sure that journey is at least headed to the right destination—with fewer detours, delays, and disappointments along the way? It is the great quest for health care leaders and policymakers everywhere. 

A RECIPE FOR REBUILDING 
COVID-19 sent the restaurant industry into an unprecedented decline, but the CEO of the Union Square Hospitality Group, Danny Meyer, isn’t giving up on eating out. He’s keeping his teams motivated, making safety the new ambience, and taking his “culture-first” philosophy beyond the hospitality industry. Here’s what resilience looks like in the post-pandemic era. 

UP IN THE AIR: RESILIENCY RISING 
Oscar Munoz knows a lot about bouncing back. When the vegan triathlete required a heart transplant shortly after taking the reins at United, it was a shock to the system. After his own recovery, he turned around what had been a struggling and divided airline. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic having grounded flights on an unprecedented global scale and the travel industry facing uncertainty about when business will return, he is applying the same resilience to the future of his industry.

Sessions include: REENGINEERING THE PATIENT JOURNEY; A RECIPE FOR REBUILDING WITH DANNY MEYER; UP IN THE AIR: RESILIENCY RISING WITH OSCAR MUNOZ

MAINSTAGE SESSIONS

HEALTH EQUITY: WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW WE GET THERE 
For decades, disparities in care have plagued our health care system and the COVID-19 pandemic thrust these divisions under a national spotlight. For underserved communities, there’s still much work to be done when it comes to the affordability of and access to care. A conversation to address how the industry can improve community health and affect change at a systematic level. 

SOLVING THE LAST MILE 

FORGED IN CRISIS: LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP 

WE HAVE A DIVERSITY PROBLEM IN MEDICINE. HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT. 
COVID-19 shined a glaring spotlight on an issue we knew was there but is now impossible to ignore: only 5% of active physicians in the U.S. are Black, and fewer than 6% are Hispanic. With the virus ravaging communities of color disproportionately, and with vaccine distribution lagging among these same groups, it’s clear that rebuilding trust between the medical community and communities of color is paramount. Step one: bring more doctors of color into the pipeline. Join us for this extraordinary spoken-word performance, followed by a conversation.

Sessions include: HEALTH EQUITY: WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW WE GET THERE; SOLVING THE LAST MILE; FORGED IN CRISIS: LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP; and WE HAVE A DIVERSITY PROBLEM IN MEDICINE. HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT.

THE PANDEMIC IS GLOBAL. SO IS OUR SUPPLY CHAIN. 

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN OURSELVES 

HOW TO SUPPORT A MORE RESILIENT WORKFORCE 
Call it the great turning point. For millions of us, remote working has gone from novel idea to everyday reality, private domains become crowded workspaces, and close collaborations happen through small windows on our computer screens and phones. For all of the virtual face time, we’ve lost critical face-to-face time. And that has presented all of us with a profound set of challenges as “work” returns to its new normal. The good news: it’s also a chance for leaders across the business realm to define a healthier normal. Some insights for supporting the physical and mental well-being of our returning corporate families. 

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SCREEN

Sessions Include: THE PANDEMIC IS GLOBAL. SO IS OUR SUPPLY CHAIN.; HOW TO SUPPORT A MORE RESILIENT WORKFORCE; and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SCREEN

WELCOME AND BUILDING RESILIENCE 
COVID-19 has caused immense suffering throughout the world, but it has also provided us with some hard-earned lessons. Over the next two days, we’ll explore the key innovations and inspirational collaborations that have emerged during the past year—and examine the lessons that ought to stick with us if we’re smart. The fundamental question for us all: How can we build resilience into a health care system that has been strained to the breaking point? And how can we make ourselves more resilient in the process? 
 
PIVOTING IN A PANDEMIC: HOW TO ADAPT A BUSINESS IN THE MIDST OF A STORM 
The health care landscape was changing rapidly before COVID-19. The pandemic sped up that transformation to warp level. From fast-evolving supply chains to virtual office visits to an unprecedented acceleration in the process for drug development, the lessons of 2020 are reshaping 2021 and beyond. We sit down with top leaders to address how they are pivoting their businesses to become more resilient in a time of sea change. 

INVESTING IN RESILIENCE 

COVID AND THE CLOUD: GETTING THE DATA WE NEED WHEN WE NEED IT 
As lightning fast as the development of COVID vaccines was, critical gaps sometimes emerged in our ability to contact trace, test, and disseminate information on coronavirus variants—and these gaps have impacted our ability to contain them. In other words, we got tripped up on the data. And yet this is a problem that technology seems on the precipice of solving. In this conversation, we’ll hear from champions of digital transformation about how close we are to eliminating those gaps and having the most critical health care data at our fingertips. 

COULD mRNA BE THE SECRET WEAPON AGAINST BOTH COVID AND CANCER? 

RESILIENCY FOR THE SOUL: THE POWER OF MUSIC TO HEAL AND SUSTAIN

Sessions Include: BUILDING RESILIENCE, PIVOTING IN A PANDEMIC: HOW TO ADAPT A BUSINESS IN THE MIDST OF A STORM, COVID AND THE CLOUD: GETTING THE DATA WE NEED WHEN WE NEED IT, and RESILIENCY FOR THE SOUL: THE POWER OF MUSIC TO HEAL AND SUSTAIN

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