November 4, 2022 • Chapel Hill, NC
2022 Business of Healthcare
The Role of Innovation in Value-Based Health
The standard formula for value-based healthcare is premised on lowering cost and improving the quality of care to result in better outcomes. The universal aim of value in healthcare is more complex in practice and looks different depending on which part of the healthcare industry is in focus, but what seems increasingly common across the healthcare eco system is a deep investment and a relentless commitment to innovation as a core mechanism for achieving value.
The COVID-19 pandemic required a rapid creation and deployment of innovative services, care delivery, business models, and of course life-saving vaccines and drugs, in order to meet the significant needs of the moment. But is innovation always the mechanism to improving value in healthcare? What incremental progress or solutions are missed when innovation becomes a panacea? With the ubiquitous proclamation of “no going back” following the pandemic, now is the time to reexamine what it means for the healthcare industry to truly move toward value and what role innovation plays in the equation. The 2022 UNC Business of Healthcare Conference will explore this complex relationship between value and innovation in healthcare, with a focus on the major challenges and opportunities future healthcare industry leaders must consider.
The standard formula for value-based healthcare is premised on lowering cost and improving the quality of care to result in better outcomes. The universal aim of value in healthcare is more complex in practice and looks different depending on which part of the healthcare industry is in focus, but what seems increasingly common across the healthcare eco system is a deep investment and a relentless commitment to innovation as a core mechanism for achieving value.
UNC Center for the Business of Health
The Center for the Business of Health is a multidisciplinary initiative that brings together resources and expertise from across UNC and our region to create knowledge, prepare business leaders, and launch important discussions around the business of healthcare.
Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise is a nonpartisan business policy think tank affiliated with the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Founded in 1985, the nonprofit institute facilitates collaboration between the private, public and nonprofit sectors to build a greater understanding of how entrepreneurship, economic development and global commerce can work for the public good. It leverages best-in-class research to develop market-based solutions to today’s most complex economic challenges; in doing so, the Kenan Institute aims to better the lives of people in North Carolina, across the country and around the world.
UNC Kenan-Flagler Healthcare Club
The UNC Kenan-Flagler Healthcare Club is a student-run organization with a mission is to give MBA students pursuing a variety of functional roles the education, networking opportunities and job-finding skills they need to succeed in the healthcare industry.