On September 30, 2015, The Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health (@KPTotalHealth) hosted “Care Redesign: Creating the Future of Care Delivery” with The New England Journal of Medicine Group (@NEJMGroup) and Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz).
Featured speakers included Robert Pearl, MD (@RobertPearlMD), CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, who addressed “The Health Care Value Chain.” The event was broadcast to an estimated audience of 9,000 people worldwide, in addition to a smaller (obviously) in-person audience spanning the spectrum of health innovation locally and regionally. The nice thing about our collaboration with the New England Journal of Medicine Group is (a) the experience they bring in producing live events like this, (b) their extensive reach – including that of their parent, New England Journal of Medicine (@NEJM) and (c) their ability to put the multimedia together in a useful package. That’s what they’re going to do for this event, which will be published as a product of the NEJM Group, on the web. The presentations were tight, followed by panels, and carefully choreographed for the broadcast. In his comments, Dr. Pearl was emphatic and animated about the value for the amount of money spent on health care in the United States. Hint, it’s not high….
.@RobertPearlMD: It’s wrong to force pts to come to our office, miss school/work, for care we could deliver via technology. #caredesign15 — NEJM (@NEJM) September 30, 2015
At the same time, with physician leadership, integration, the harnessing of technology (and in Kaiser Permanente’s case, “good genes” as Dr. Pearl said on the broadcast), the United States can lead in quality. For example, 5-star programs today could deliver 20 to 30 percent of visits to a person’s physician via video. 
.@RobertPearlMD US can again be place where best healthcare is delivered #caredesign15 @NEJM #CTHLive @kptotalhealth pic.twitter.com/TIxZcH1ufL
— Mike Squires (@eMikeSquires) September 30, 2015
In terms of live reach, this event was both a record for the Center for Total Health, and we are told, for the New England Journal of Medicine Group.
We already knew that our physician-led vision of the future is compelling and this was confirmed. Putting these together, we’re eager to bring the platform of the Center for Total Health and Permanente Medicine together again to radiate what’s possible to the people and communities we serve and the leaders of other organizations who want to serve their communities well, too.
First two photos above courtesy Leigh Vogel
