Provost Seminar: The Future of Health Systems

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Thursday, June 28
3-4 p.m.
Instructional Building, L112

SEMINAR
The Future of Health Systems
Health Systems are going through major change brought on by different market entrants and disruptors. In addition, significant changes in regulation and policy at the state and national levels have added to the complexity. A case study will illustrate how these changes are happening amid an industry that is being digitized and focused on the consumer.

SPEAKER
ROD HOCHMAN, MD (BUSM’79)COM-hochman
Rod Hochman is the president and CEO of Providence St. Joseph Health, a diverse family of organizations that has served the Western U.S. for more than 160 years. The organization comprises 111,000 caregivers who serve in 51 hospitals, 829 clinics and hundreds of programs and services in Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

Under Dr. Hochman’s leadership, Providence St. Joseph Health is transforming health care for the future through digital innovation, population health, mental health, genomics, whole person care and outreach to the poor and vulnerable.

He is a board member for the American Hospital Association (AHA), chair of AHA’s Regional Policy Board 9 and chair of the board of trustees for the Catholic Health Association. He was named the 2015 Innovator of the Year by Press Ganey. He also is the recipient of the 2017 Partners in Care Foundation Vision and Excellence in Health Care Leadership Award. He was ranked the fourth most influential physician executive and the 25th most influential person in health care in 2017 by Modern Health Care.

Dr. Hochman served as a clinical fellow in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dartmouth Medical School. In addition, he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology. He received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Boston University.

Co-sponsored by BUSM and the BU Institute of Health System Innovation and Policy

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