The Talamo Topline October Edition: HLTH, EnVision, and HIT

Here we are mid-October the week before the HLTH 2024 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, which I can't wait to explore. This year's landmark event will focus on the future of healthcare including AI, emerging technologies, care delivery innovations, health policy impact, investment strategies, health equity, patient experience, and more. And Busta Rhymes is playing!

I love meetings such as these to connect with old colleagues, meet new partners, and network on new ideas. If you are headed to Las Vegas, send me a note and we can get together!

ALSO ICYMI --> Last week, we at MJH Life Sciences? announced the acquisition of the annual EnVision Summit, a premier CME conference for ophthalmologists, held annually in Puerto Rico. This acquisition supports one of our core pillars: Providing impactful educational experiences aimed at improving the care of patients. Read the full press release here!

Chart of the Week

REF: The Future of Healthtech Report 2024 | Silicon Valley Bank (svb.com)

The Headlines

• HLTH: the HLTH 2023 Post Event Report: with HLTH 2024 jut around the corner next week, now is a great time to recap last year's meeting and look towards future predictions. And if you are in Las Vegas, let me know!

• The New England Journal of Medicine: Addressing Health Care Cost Growth — Why and How States Should Lead: this perspective article explores that U.S. states, which are better positioned than the federal government to precisely and comprehensively address the drivers of low-value health care spending, should lead the way in establishing constraints.

• Forbes: How Automation Is Transforming an Age-Old Industry: automation is already revolutionizing patient care, from the moment we book an appointment to the development of our treatment plans. All this comes with a caveat, however: Patient privacy and data security.

From our MJH Life Sciences Network

• Managed Healthcare Executive: Use of Copay Offset Programs Expected to Rise: fust a small percentage of employers use alternative funding programs, including accumulators and maximizers. But approximately 60% of employers who do use these programs said in a survey they are effective at managing healthcare costs.

• Pharmacy Times: Building a Future Workforce: Pharmacies Partner with High Schools to Sponsor Students Through Pharmacy Tech Program: for health care providers, a projected shortage of trained staff in the years ahead demands looking beyond normal hiring channels.

• Ophthalmology Times: FLASHBACK 2023: How does the EnVision Summit Create the Perfect Educational Environment: with the recent news of MJH Life Sciences acquisition of the EnVision summit, this article in MJH's Ophthalmology Times highlights the unique style of the annual meeting

AI in Healthcare

• CNBC: Microsoft Announces New AI Tools to Help Ease Workload for Doctors and Nurses: Microsoft on Thursday announced new health-care data and artificial intelligence tools, including a collection of medical imaging models, a health-care agent service and an automated documentation solution for nurses.

• Reuters: Google's Nobel Prize Winners Stir Debate Over AI Research: last Wednesday, Demis Hassabis – co-founder of Google's AI unit DeepMind – and colleague John Jumper were awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry, alongside U.S. biochemist David Baker, for their work decoding the structures of microscopic proteins.

The Hill

Executive Gov: HHS Wants to Transform Healthcare Delivery via New IT Approach: the Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled the final copy of the 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategy. The plan focuses on 4 goals - promoting health and wellness, enhancing the delivery and experience of care, accelerating research and innovation and connecting health systems with health data.

Leadership & Professional Development

• Phys Org: Why Leadership Outweighs an Interdisciplinary Mix in the Effectiveness of a Research Team: This finding, which could help improve the future efficacy of large research teams everywhere, emerges from a Rutgers Health study of team dynamics amidst the planning of a major child health research initiative.

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Phil Talamo

Senior Vice President | Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Innovation

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