Top insights from HLTH

“Women and families should be at the center of healthcare models. If you improve their care, you improve the system.” - Maven Founder & CEO Kate Ryder at HLTH 2019

What a week it was at HLTH! Maven loved being part of the excitement as 6,000 attendees from all different facets of the healthcare industry and other diverse sectors came together to discuss the future of healthcare. Our team returned energized from the many engaging and insightful conversations about comprehensive family benefits, virtual health, inclusive support for diverse paths to parenthood, and women in healthcare.

Maven’s CEO and Founder Kate Ryder took the stage for a panel moderated by Tina Reed, FierceHealthcare’s Executive Editor, called “Cooking Up Winning Care Models: The Evolution of Traditional Care Settings,” alongside other leaders who are working to fill gaps in traditional healthcare through innovative, high-touch models: Sachin Jain, President and CEO of CareMore Health, Tom X Lee of Galileo, and Chris Miller of Paladina Health.

In the spirit of making sure that all of the critical conversations that happened in Vegas do not stay in Vegas, we wanted to share a few of the top learnings and takeaways that Maven’s team are sharing back from HLTH.

Let’s all focus on getting more women leaders in healthcare.  

What a fantastic way to kickoff the conference with a dive into Oliver Wyman’s new survey on women in healthcare leadership. While women make 80% of buying and usage decisions in healthcare, a whopping 87% of C-suite executives in the industry are men. This theme of closing the gender gap in healthcare was common throughout HLTH. This gap is one of the key reasons why Maven was founded: to develop a healthcare solution that puts women and families at the center—something that our Founder & CEO Kate Ryder emphasized in her panel at HLTH.

Technology should never replace human touch.

It was great to build so many conversations around keeping healthcare human while continuing to spearhead meaningful technological advancement. One theme discussed by quite a few panelists stands out because it’s so fundamental to our approach: technology should complement, not replace, human care. We love being part of conversations around how to better bridge digital health and in-person care to drive outcomes, lower costs, improve patient experiences, and ensure continuity of care.