November 7, 2008
hosted by:
The Griffith Leadership Center in Health Management and Policy
and the
Center for Law, Ethics, and Health
at the
University of Michigan School of Public Health
The following symposium documents and information are available:
More than 150 people attended the 2008 Symposium - Health Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Health Care and Public Health. Attendees were policy makers, health care executives, lawyers, public health officials, students, and faculty members.
The one day event examined how entrepreneurship is changing health care policy and delivery. From private investments in specialty hospitals and media-driven health promotion to rapidly globalizing social-enterprise networks, the current escalation in entrepreneurial activity challenges us to think creatively about new opportunities for our health care and public health systems.
But is entrepreneurial risk-taking actually transforming the delivery of medical care in ways that will improve the public's health? Does health entrepreneurship enhance quality, improve efficiency, expand access, and control or reduce cost? Will it change how public health services are delivered? How can leaders in health care better understand and apply innovation and entrepreneurial processes and products? Our speakers and audience attempted to address these issues and our speakers motivated all in attendance to think differently. See video of speakers below.
Patricia Gabow, MD
Chief Executive OfficerDenver Health
“Entrepreneurship for Public Health Within an Integrated Health Care System”
(Video) (Presentation, PDF)
George Leahy
Director of Research and Policy Social Enterprise Coalition, London, UK
“Social Enterprise: Business Model for the 21st Century?”
(Video) (Presentation, PDF)
Keynote speaker: Mark Vachon
Chief Executive of G.E. Healthcare for the United States
"Innovation & Entrepreneurs: The Future of Health Care"
(Video)
Questions? Contact Linda Grosh MHSA, Managing Director of the Griffith Leadership Center at lgrosh@umich.edu, 734.936.5556 or by FAX at 734.764.4338.
|
