VBHC Summit of the Americas : 1st Dragons' Grant of the Americas

The first VBHC Summit of the Americas will be held in Montreal, Canada, on April 17- 19, 2024, and will launch the first edition of the Dragons' Grant of the Americas!

Join us for this exciting hybrid event where healthcare professionals and innovators from Canada and Brazil come together to showcase their groundbreaking ideas.

Value-based healthcare (#VBHC) practitioners, early adopters and enthusiasts from across Canada & Brazil will join international experts to celebrate promising initiatives and network. A rich educational and scientific program is sure to leave participants inspired and mobilized to transform healthcare in their own work! This summit offers a unique opportunity to learn, network and explore the latest advances in value-based healthcare.

Applicants for the VBHC Dragons's Grant will compete with pitches to convince the Dragons that their initatives deserve to be recognized and move on to the next level of the International VBHC Prize event to be held in the Netherlands in May 2024, presented by VBHC Center Europe. All participants will come away with new motivation and knowledge to #TransformHealthCare!

VBHC SUMMIT PROGRAMME

An opportunity to network and learn from other passionate value creators. Optional but recommended. Registration required.

9:00 – 12:00 Site Visit: The Jewish General Hospital, West-Central Montreal Health & Social Services Network,

Affiliated with McGill University (limited places)

- Participants will visit the leading University Hospital in Quebec for VBHC implementation, including command center for value (outcomes and cost) indicators, and presentations and discussions with key clinical and quality leaders in VBHC.

12:30 – 14:00 Networking lunch at the Jewish General Hospital (Lea Polansky space*)

Thursday April 18, 2024

VBHC Summit of the Americas - Day 1

Going beyond basic concepts to ensure successful implementation

Co-presented by the West-Central Montreal Health & Social Services Network

Address : 3745 Chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal Quebec H3T 1E2

An opportunity to have a deeper dive into some key foundational concepts with international experts. Limited availability. Registration required.

Program:

8:00 – 9:00 Registration & light breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 Opening remarks

- Eva Villalba, VBHC Ambassador for Canada, Expertise Valeur en Santé and Dr. Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring

9:15 – 10:20 Welcome presentations

- Elizabeth Teisberg : Evolving perspective on Value-Based Healthcare since Redefining Healthcare was published

- Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg : Vision for VBHC transformation in Quebec

- Erin Cook: VBHC initiatives at the West-Central Montreal Health & Social Services Network

10:20 – 10:40 Q&A session

10:40 – 11:00 Health break & Networking

11:00 – 12:00 Value Based Care & The Well-Being of The Health Care Workforce (followed by Q&A)

- Alice Andrews, Assistant Professor, Value Institute for Health & Care, USA

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch & Networking

13:00 – 14:00 Implementing Integrated Practice Units & Value—Based Models of Care (followed by Q&A)

- Paul van der Nat, St. Antonius Manager and Professor of VBHC, Radboud University, Netherlands

14:00 – 15:00 Setting up a Value Management Office (VMO) in Your Health Care Organization (followed by Q&A)

- Dr. Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring, Brazil

15:00 – 15:20 Health break & Networking

15:20 – 16:00 Developing and deploying an Enabling Value-Based Health Technology Platform (followed by Q&A)

- Renske Veenstra, Managing Director responsible for Health Data Platform, Santeon, The Netherlands

16:00 – 16:10 Closing remarks

- Eva Villalba, VBHC Ambassador for Canada, Expertise Valeur en Santé and Dr. Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring

19:00 – 22:00 Opening reception and Ask the Experts

Address: Humaniti Montréal Hotel, 1020 Rue de Bleury, Montréal, QC H2Z 0B9

Gala dinner with participants & keynote opening address by Elizabeth Teisberg & Jennifer Bright Everything you ever wanted to ask the expert from the author of Redefining Healthcare, in a Fireside chat format.

VBHC Summit of the Americas - Day 2

Mobilizing Stakeholders and the Dragons Grant Competition

Address: Humaniti Montréal Hotel, 1020 Rue de Bleury, Montréal, QC H2Z 0B9

An opportunity to learn from the experts and mobilize promising initiatives.

Registration required.

8:00 – 8:30 Welcome coffee and Registration

8:30 – 8:40 Opening and Welcome

- Eva Villalba, VBHC Ambassador for Canada, Expertise Valeur en Santé, Québec and Dr. Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring

8:40 – 8:50 Welcome remarks

- Special government guest of honour

8:50 – 9:50 Round table: Creating value through population health (presentations and discussion)

- Eva Villalba, VBHC Ambassador for Canada, Expertise Valeur en Santé (moderator)

- Sir Muir Gray, Founding Director, Oxford Value and Stewardship Program, UK

- Joanne Castonguay, Health and Welfare Commissioner, Quebec, "Developing a value framework to measure and improve healthcare system performance".

9:50 – 10:40 Meet the Nominees – Dragons’ Nominees Pitches – Round A

10:10 – 10:40 Networking Break

10:40 – 11:20 Keynote session I: Cultural & Organizational Change as an Enabler of Scaling Value-Based Transformation

- Paul van der Nat, St. Antonius Manager and Professor of VBHC, Radboud University, Netherlands

11:20 – 12:10 Meet the Nominees – Dragons’ Nominees Pitches – Round B

12:10 - 12:40 Keynote session II: How Innovative Payment Models have Evolved in the Netherlands

- Prof. Fred van Eenennaam, Chair of VBHC Center Europe, Netherlands

12:40 – 13:40 Lunch break

13:40 – 14:20 Keynote session III: Lessons from Santeon’s VBHC 10 years of Implementation Experience

- Pieter de Bey, Managing Director at Santeon, The Netherlands

14:20 – 15:20 Panel session: VBHC Implementation and Scaling-Up: Examples from Brazil and Canada

- Dr. Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring (moderator)

- Karine Lepage, CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Canada

- Dr. Shannon Jackson, Providence Health, Vancouver, Canada

- Dr. Henrique Diegoli, Joinvasc, Brazil

15:20 – 15:40 Finals – Dragons’ Grant & Endorsement

15:40 – 16:10 Health Break and Jury Deliberation

16:10 – 16:30 2024 Americas Dragon’s Grant & Endorsement Announcement

- Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring

- Eva Villalba, VBHC Ambassador for Canada, Expertise Valeur en Santé

- Stephen Buijs, VBHC Center Europe, The Netherlands

16:30 Closing Remarks

- Eva Villalba, VBHC Ambassador for Canada, Expertise Valeur en Santé and Dr. Marcia Makdisse, VBHC Ambassador for Brazil, Mak Valor Mentoring

17:00 – 19:00 Celebration & Networking

Host or Publisher Expertise Valeur en Santé