Speakers

1. 
   Adams, Laura

   President and CEO, Rhode Island Quality Institute

   "Leap and the net will appear."

   As president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, Laura Adams leads a group of top leadership of health care stakeholders working to transform the health care system in the state.

2. 
   Danger, Tane

   Co-creator, The Theater of Public Policy

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   "The most fun you'll have thinking and talking about public policy."

   The Theater of Public Policy, co-created by Tane Danger and Brandon Boat, is a mix of serious issues and laugh-out-loud sketches. In its first two seasons, the show tackled questions ranging from biofuels to long-term health care and from the farm bill to college affordability.

3. 
   Darkins, Adam, M.D.

   Chief Consultant, Care Coordination Services, Department of Veterans Affairs

   Under the leadership of Adam Darkins, M.D., the Department of Veterans Affairs has developed the clinical, technology and business underpinnings to successfully implement and sustain successful enterprisewide telehealth-based services.

4. 
   Fabian, Christopher

   Co-lead, Innovation Unit, UNICEF

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   As co-lead of UNICEF's Innovation Unit, Christopher Fabian focuses on how technology for development can benefit the organization and improve the lives of children. This work is thematically centered on health, education, child protection and nutrition.

5. 
   Fernandopulle, Rushika, M.D.

   Co-founder and CEO, Iora Health

   "There is an important difference between innovation and improvement, and we should be doing both if we want to fix health care."

   Rushika Fernandopulle, M.D., is a practicing physician and co-founder and CEO of Iora Health, a health care services firm based in Cambridge, Mass., whose mission is to build a radically new model of primary care.

6. 
   Gephardt, Richard A.

   President and CEO, Gephardt Government Affairs

   Richard A. Gephardt, who served for 28 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, provides strategic advice to clients on issues before the House, Senate and executive branch.

7. 
   Jadad, Alex, M.D.

   Chief Innovator and Founder, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation

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   "Do we really know what we mean by 'health'?''

   Alex Jadad, M.D., a physician, innovator, educator and public advocate, is the Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network, where he is the chief innovator and founder of the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation.

8. 
   Kochi, Erica

   Co-lead, Tech Innovations Team, UNICEF

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   Most recently, Erica Kochi's team has been responsible for the development of RapidSMS, a system that uses basic mobile phones and text (SMS) messages to collect information from field workers and improve the speed and quality of data collection.

9. 
   Kumbera, Patty

   Chief Operating Officer, Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care

   Patty Kumbera has been active and influential in the evolution of Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services since they were introduced in 2006.