Setting the Stage: Venturing through the Unknown

Many sectors play a role in delivering health care around the world: government, NGOs, philanthropy. When these partners come together, they can make progress faster. A conversation on the need for public-–private partnerships, and how they can help ameliorate some of the globe’s most vexing health care challenges.

From assessing the risks of Covid to trumpeting the perils of long Covid, Dr. Robert Wachter doesn’t shy from making his views known, whether in a tweet or op-ed. An expert on clinical, public health, and policy issues related to the pandemic, Dr. Wachter provides a view from the top as well as the bedside. A candid conversation with this academic physician, thought leader, and author.

Women have higher morbidity rates than men for cardiovascular disease, cancer and other conditions. There are also significant inequities in reproductive health care. The overturn of Roe v Wade particularly exacerbated health disparities, especially for women of color. We discuss the factors that contribute to health care disparities across genders, and what can be done to alleviate the problem.

Convenient, comprehensive care at an affordable price is a top goal for healthcare companies. As more care is delivered in the home, providers are customizing their offerings and integrating wellness into health services, wherever they are delivered. We talk to CEOs about the future of care, plus how they are disrupting their markets and managing growth at their companies.

After the industry's meteoric growth over the last few years, multiple compressions and macro realities have contributed to what some are calling a digital health downturn -- while others say the industry's growth is just beginning. We hear from leaders in the space about the current and future state of digital health investing.

By combining one of the most ubiquitous medical tools and machine learning, Eko Health aims to help doctors catch the early signs of heart disease. Trained on a library of nearly 80,000 unique heart sounds, we’ll see Eko's A.I. in action—identifying murmurs from valvular heart disease that may otherwise go undiagnosed.

As tech evolves, the need for sensible regulation becomes even more important so leaders know the rules of the road. While tech is known for its “go fast and break things” motto, responsible health AI requires a “go slow and test” approach to prove the innovation is safe, equitable and most useful.

A rising demand for care. Burnout professionals leaving the industry. The shortfall of faculty to teach the next wave of workers. The shortage of healthcare staff was only exacerbated by the pandemic. We dig into the causes of the problem and the latest efforts to address the crisis.

Rewarding good outcomes sounds like a no-brainer. But the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care is impacting providers, employers and insurers, and patients. And Medicare has said it wants every beneficiary in value-based care by 2030. In this session, we explore how to improve quality, leverage tech, increase patient access and satisfaction, and reduce costs under this growing health care financing and delivery system.

The increasing use of artificial intelligence can move our health care forward by leaps and bounds. In this session, we dig into how AI and digital can accelerate whole health and social drivers, and how to bolster cybersecurity to ensure our data stay safe.

The New York Stock Exchange is home to emerging healthcare companies, as well as many of the world’s largest and most well-known brands. Tech is helping these innovative companies tap capital to fuel growth and change the world. NYSE’s president and CEOs of two NYSE-listed companies at the forefront of healthtech innovation discuss the power of the public markets and the role of public companies in this space. We dive into the power of the public markets and the role of public companies in this space.

What does it really take to succeed at top levels? How can you develop a mindset of resilience and high performance for yourself and your team? The most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history shares insight about motivation and mental stamina for handling all the pivots we need to make.