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Highlights from 2009

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Interviews from 2009

See video interviews with thought leaders from the 2009 World Health Care Congress.
Featured Speakers Include
Jonathan Blum - Speaker Photo Jonathan Blum
Director, Center for Medicare Management
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
 
Patrick Conway, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS;
Executive Director, Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research
 
Mehmood Khan - Speaker Photo Mehmood Khan, MD, FACE
Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer
PepsiCo, Inc.
 
Alfred Spector
VP of Research and Special Initiatives
Google, Inc.
 
Dr. M. Srinivasan
Chief Medical Officer and Director
Aravind Eye Hospital
 
Glenn D. Steele Jr. - Speaker Photo Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System;
Trustee, American Hospital Association
 
See the full WHCC 2010 Speaker List >>

2009 Media Coverage

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress featured expansive national coverage from top television media outlets, including CNBC U.S. and Europe, NBC News, Bloomberg Television and C-SPAN. Watch selected coverage right here on the WHCC site:

  • Extremely Affordable Health Innovations and World Health Care Congress, NBC TV
    NBC News Channel visited the Extremely Affordable Health Innovation Exhibit to learn how global copies are providing life-saving technologies at very little cost. Featured is a wheelchair made from spare bicycle parts, an ultrasound that can be hooked up to a cell phone and an infant incubators that costs less than $25 to manufacture.
  • Future Health Care Trends and Consumer Services, C-SPAN
    Ben Leedle, CEO of Healthways, moderated a discussion featuring Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and founder of the Center for Health Transformation on the impact the consumer has on driving health care in United States.
  • Grameen's Yunus Says Loan Repayment High During Crisis, Bloomberg TV's "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox"
    Bloomberg TV's "Taking Stock" program interviewed Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus about the remarkably high repayment rates with his micro-lending venture Grameen Bank.
  • Public vs. Private Health Insurance, CNBC's "Squawk on the Street"
  • Pulse of Health Care Reform, CNBC's "Closing Bell"
    With health reform leading the agenda for the Obama administration, CNBC business reporter Bertha Coombs spoke with Angela Braly, CEO of Wellpoint, Steve Burd, CEO of Safeway and several other leading executives to hear what they think the proposed reform will mean for the health care industry.
  • A visit to the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress, CNBC Europe "Healthy Horizons"
    The crew of CNBC's "Healthy Horizons" attended the World Health Care Congress to report on what the buzz is on the health care as seen by the industry's top executives. Featured is Novartis CEO
  • See all WHCC Media Coverage...
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