6 Worcester Business Journal | November 22, 2021 | wbjournal.com
Health Care Disruptions and Innovations - What's to come?
Health care systems have been facing disruption over the years from insurance changes
to access challenges to digital transformations, not to mention the disruptions and
challenges that the global pandemic brought on over the past year.
Please join us for this special virtual forum to hear from healthcare leaders about how
they are addressing these disruptions and the new trends and innovations that are
shaping health care in our region and the State, and what we can expect for the future.
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
HealthCare
FORUM
A Worcester Business Journal Event
November 30, 2021
8:30 - 10:00AM • Zoom - Free - Pre-registration is required.
To register go to:
www.wbjournal.com/healthcareforum
Presenting sponsor:
Corporate sponsor: Media partner:
PANELISTS:
Kenneth J. Bates
President &
CEO, Open Sky
Community Services
Richard Burke
President and CEO,
Fallon Health
Dr. Jonathan Gruber
Ford Professor of
Economics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and
former Health Care Program
Director, National Bureau of
Economic Research
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Lisa M. Colombo,
DNP, MHA, RN
Executive Vice Chancellor
of Commonwealth
Medicine at University
of Massachusetts Chan
Medical School
Discussion areas:
• Vaccine challenges and updates - what does it mean for the region and the State?
• Workforce challenges - What is being done to help alleviate workforce burnout
and prevent the loss of talent?
• How do we tackle public health concerns such as capacity issues, disparities
in health care, mental and behavioral health system challenges, and an aging
population?
• Will telehealth and technology continue to transform the delivery of care?
• What will the delivery of care look like moving forward?
