2024 Agenda





Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit West

February 6 - 7, 2024

Join leading healthcare innovators and investors at the 3rd Annual West Coast Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (DHIS) in La Jolla, CA. We’ll examine and discuss the most timely and important issues facing the field now. Catch lively panels, take part in interactive breakouts, and network with industry leaders throughout. Investors, startups & emerging companies, tech companies, payers, providers, and veteran advisors will all be attending this premier boutique event. Be a part of the community fueling healthcare innovation!

Tuesday, February 6

2:00 pm

Registration

3:00 pm

Organizer's Welcome Remarks

3:05 pm
Talk Title to be Announced

Jenny Ismert, Senior Vice President of Strategy Operations, UnitedHealthcare Community & State

3:10 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION:

Landing Commercial Contracts with Large Healthcare Enterprises

PANEL MODERATOR:

Christine Brocato, System Vice President, Strategic Innovation, CommonSpirit Health

Landing contracts with large healthcare organizations is more challenging than ever in this tight economic environment. And yet some companies are managing to pull it off. This panel will consist of perspectives from experts on both sides of the negotiation table to discuss what healthcare organizations are looking for when considering an enterprise contract, and practical advice and tips from companies who are successfully attaining enterprise contracts.

PANELISTS:

Connie Chen, MD, COO, Lyra Health

Michael B. Roaldi, Senior Vice President, Growth at UnitedHealthcare Community & State, UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Kristina Saffran, Co-Founder & CEO, Equip

Sara Vaezy, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Digital Officer, Providence

3:50 pm
Cooley Capital Call (Pitch Contest)
Cooley Capital Call at DHIS-West connects investors to high-potential companies seeking funding. Pre-selected innovative companies will pitch to a panel of judges. The winner will be featured in a fireside chat with Josh Seidenfeld, Partner and Chair, Digital Health at Cooley on February 7th.​


Digital Health Regulatory Roundup: What is Coming in 2024

Sonia Nath, Partner, Cooley


Judges:

Carly Stockdale, Board Member, Fertilitas

Jenny Ismert, SVP, Strategy & Innovation, UnitedHealth 

Josh Seidenfeld, Partner & Chair, Digital Health, Cooley 

Kristina Saffran, CEO, Equip  

Matt Blum, Principal, Cigna Ventures 

Max Owen, Partner, Wavemaker 360 

Ricardo dos Santos, Partner, Takeda Digital Ventures 

Shawn Ellis, Managing Director, Distributed Ventures

    Presenters:

    Jeff Beck, CEO & CO-Founder, AnswersNow

    Todd Roberts, Co-Founder & CEO, ATDev​

    Navid Alipour, CEO, CureMetrix 

    Kenzie Butera Davis, Founder & CEO, Maro

    Judith Nowlin, CEO, Nest Collaborative

    Kim Petty, Co-Founder & CEO, Onward Health 

    Dean Sawyer, Co-Founder & CEO, Rheumission 

    Rajesh Khosla, Founder & CEO, riskLD 

    Peter Emigh, Founder and CEO, Savoy Life 

    5:30 pm

    Welcome Networking Reception

    7:00 pm

    Close of Day

    Wednesday, February 7

    7:30 am

    Registration and Morning Coffee

    8:30 am

    Organizer's Welcome Remarks

    Nandini Kashyap, M.Pharm., Senior Director, Conferences and Social Media Strategy, Cambridge Innovation Institute

    Benjamin Lakin, PhD, CEO, Cambridge Innovation Institute

    8:35 am

    Co-Chair Remarks

    Daniel G. Gebremedhin, MD, Partner, Flare Capital Partners

    8:40 am

    Healthcare Investments and Exits – 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Outlook

    Milo Bissin, Southwest & Central US Market Manager, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Silicon Valley Bank

    Silicon Valley Bank, now a division of First Citizens Bank, will be sharing some key takeaways from their Healthcare Investments and Exits 2023 Annual Report and highlighting data and insights from its Future of Healthtech and Innovation in Women’s Health reports published in Q4’23. They'll be commenting on VC dollars raised, investments made relative to prior periods and areas of investment focus within the Digital Health space.

    9:00 am

    KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT: Healthcare Executive Interview

    Sanjay K. Shetty, President, CenterWell, Humana, Inc.

    Interviewed By:

    Andrew Donlan, Editor, Home Health Care News

    9:30 am
    PANEL DISCUSSION:

    The Reinvention of Clinical Trials by Digital Health

    PANEL MODERATOR:

    Vinay M Shah, Partner and Founding Team Member, Transformation Capital

    This panel offers a comprehensive look at how digital health technologies are reshaping clinical trial processes. The discussion will focus on how tech-enabled approaches enhance trial efficiency and patient engagement. We will also examine the challenges and opportunities presented by this digital shift, including its impact on data collection methods and the evolving regulatory landscape

    PANELISTS:

    Stephen Buck, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Trial Library

    Edward Cox, Head & General Manager, Digital Health & Medicines (DHM), Pfizer, Inc.

    10:10 am

    Networking Coffee Break

    BREAKOUT SESSIONS

    10:40 am
    Dyna - Generative AI for Fast, Trustworthy Clinical Answers

    Julia Colpitts, Vice President, Product Management, EBSCO Clinical Decisions

    Sarah McKinley, MD, Physician Consultant, DynaMedex, EBSCO Clinical Decisions

    Katherine Eisenberg, MD, PhD, FAAFP, Senior Medical Director, DynaMed Decisions, Product Management, EBSCO Clinical Decisions

    Dyna is a retrieval augmented generation (RAG)-based capability which offers instantaneous answers to clinical questions from within our “walled garden” of evidence-based, expert-curated information and tools. Our walled garden is the DynaMedex® and Dynamic Health clinical content collections designed for physicians, advanced providers, pharmacists, nurses, and health professionals.

     

    11:20 am
    PANEL DISCUSSION:

    Exploring Current Financing Trends and the Evolving Landscape of Digital Health Investments

    PANEL MODERATOR:

    Josh Seidenfeld, Partner & Chair, Digital Health, Cooley

    Investors will divulge what shapes their investment criteria and how you can best position your company in the current funding climate. Discussion topics will include investment trends, peak areas of interest, and predictions for 2024. Learn what it takes to secure a lead investor and how to stand out while competing for capital. This session will be a candid conversation with decision-makers who are actively investing in the space!

    PANELISTS:

    Justin W Butler, Partner, Eclipse

    Christiana DelloRusso, PhD, Partner, LRVHealth

    Matt Emery, General Partner, JMI Equity

    12:00 pm

    Networking Lunch

    1:00 pm

    Co-Chair Remarks

    Jenny Ismert, Senior Vice President of Strategy Operations, UnitedHealthcare Community & State

    1:05 pm

    KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT: Interview with the Recipient of the 2024 West Coast Digital Healthcare Innovator Award

    Tom X. Lee, MD, CEO, Galileo

    Building a successful digital health company is hard. Creating two companies that have gone public and trying to redesign how care is provided – even harder! Hear from Tom Lee, our Healthcare Innovator Award winner, about his journey, lessons learned, and why he decided to do it again with Galileo.

    Interviewed By:

    Michelle Snyder, Partner, McKesson Ventures

    1:45 pm
    PANEL DISCUSSION:

    Town Hall—Which Topics Are Front-of-Mind?

    PANEL MODERATORS:

    Missy Krasner, Venture Chair, Redesign Health

    Fatima Paruk, MD, Senior Vice President & Chief Health Officer, Health & Life Sciences, Salesforce, Inc.

    Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures

    This session gives you the chance to address the biggest issues facing our industry.  Your moderators will prompt you on topics that could include:

    • How can we encourage health plans, health systems, self-insured employers, and government agencies to prioritize and invest in healthcare innovation?
    • How can we ensure that the adoption of healthcare innovation benefits all members of our community, including underserved populations?
    • Which incentives, financial or otherwise, can be put in place to motivate health plans and health systems to embrace innovation and preventive care, rather than a fee-for-service model?
    • Are there any regulatory barriers or challenges that are hindering the adoption of innovative healthcare practices, and how can we address them?
    • Which strategies can be implemented to promote data sharing and interoperability to improve patient care?
    • Which steps can be taken to address cybersecurity concerns and protect patient data as we embrace digital innovations in healthcare??
    • And AI, of course we have to discuss AI
    2:25 pm
    PANEL DISCUSSION:

    Stroke-of-the-Pen Risk: How Regulatory Landscape in Election Year Will Affect Digital Health

    PANEL MODERATOR:

    Anna Haghgooie, Managing Director, Valtruis; Operating Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS)

    Hear from a group of experienced leaders in the policy and regulatory circles about how focus and direction might shift, or stay the course, depending on the outcome of the election in November.

    PANELISTS:

    Adimika Arthur, Executive Director and CEO, HealthTech for Medicaid (HT4M)

    Mandira Singh, Fractional Executive and Advisor

    Micky Tripathi, PhD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    3:05 pm

    Networking Refreshment Break

    3:35 pm
    PANEL DISCUSSION:

    Breaking through Value-Based Care: Will Non-Medical Benefits Finally Do It?

    PANEL MODERATOR:

    Rajaie Batniji, MD, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Waymark

    Value-based care (VBC) is increasingly being discussed as a sustainable source of funding for evidence-based interventions that address social needs. What is required for these programs to successfully deliver whole-person care?  Forward-thinking payers and providers are experimenting with new approaches that place non-clinical staff at the center of care. In this session, you’ll learn: The challenges with the traditional “screen and refer” approach to addressing patients’ social needs. Why a 'Social ACO' model led by non-clinical staff can enable PCPs to move care outside the clinic.  The role of the health plan as an enabler of population health coordination

    PANELISTS:

    Scott Anders, MD, CMO, Value-Based Care, Providence Clinical Network

    Sanjiv Baxi, MD, PhD, MPH, FIDSA, Partner, McKinsey & Company

    Dipa D Patolia, Senior Director of Population Health & Clinical Operations, Health Net

    Irem Rami, Principal, Healthcare, Norwest Venture Partners

    4:15 pm

    Announcement of the Cooley Capital Call Winner & FIRESIDE CHAT

    Josh Seidenfeld, Partner & Chair, Digital Health, Cooley

    4:30 pm
    PANEL DISCUSSION:

    Generative AI in Healthcare: Hype or Hope

    PANEL MODERATOR:

    Julie Yoo, General Partner, a16z

    The AI revolution is here, and it’s poised to make a greater impact on healthcare than any other industry. But, is Dr. ChatGPT really on the horizon? During this interactive panel, industry leaders will discuss the tangible progress that’s been made, which tools are worth the hype (and which are not), and chart the realities—and sensationalism—around how generative AI will reshape the future of health systems, care delivery, personalized treatments, and more.

    PANELISTS:

    Ashok Chennuru, Global Chief Data & Insights Officer, Elevance Health

    Aabed Meer, MD, Partner, Questa Capital

    Tarun Mehra, Vice President Healthcare Strategy & Partnerships, Microsoft

    Munjal Shah, Co-Founder and CEO, Hippocratic AI

    5:10 pm

    Co-Chair Closing Remarks

    Ashwini Zenooz, MD, Board Director, Commure

    5:15 pm

    Networking Reception

    6:35 pm

    Close of Summit