Archived Events

(November 10, 2020)

Recording 

Zipnosis CEO Jonathan Pearce and digital health attorney Ryan S. Johnson, Esq. of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., discussed the current state and future of the rapidly evolving telemedicine and digital health industry.

(November 6, 2020)

Recording

Dr. Siatta Dunbar (Physician, MHealth Fairview), Kathy Tune (Board Chair & CFO/COO, Odonata Health), Kwame Ulmer (Venture Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health), and Martha Sewall (Executive in Residence, Discovery LaunchPad, UMN Office of Technology Commercialization) discuss how to overcome barriers for entering the healthcare industry and encourage innovation within underrepresented groups in order to diversify the pool of innovators. 

(October 28, 2020)

Recording 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to legislative mandates required pharmacy benefit managers and payers to change how they manage pharmaceutical claims. David Lassen, PharmD (Chief Clinical Officer, Prime Therapeutics) and Randall Hanna, R.Ph (Vice President for Pharmacy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota) shared how their organizations worked together to make decisions on utilization management and adapted to emerging clinical evidence and regulatory guidance. 

(October 7, 2020)

Recording 

Researchers share their work related to COVID-19 including the COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project (Minnesota Carlson); social determinants of health and resilience in communities during COVID-19 (School of Nursing); disparities and continuity of care during COVID-19 (Minnesota Carlson); the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients and oncology physicians (School of Public Health); and removing bias from ML algorithms to ensure proper medical attention and care for all during COVID-19 (Virtusa).  

(September 22, 2020) 

Recording

Kurt Waltenbaugh (Founder & CEO, Carrot Health Inc) examines how business investments in the drivers of social determinants of health (SDoH) can lead to reductions in overall health care costs, and discusses research and programs at Carrot Health targeting consumer health behavior and outcomes.

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(August 3, 2020)

Recording

The leaders of the Coventor team from the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UnitedHealth Group, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific tell the story of the Coventor's development, discuss key factors to its success, examine implications moving forward, and reflected on the lessons learned.

(April 27, 2020) 

Recording

Industry experts from Allina Health, Prime West Health, UnitedHealth Group, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota examine unique best practices and discuss the social & business value of measuring and addressing social determinants of health.