Jefferson College of Population Health will host Laura Jacobs and Brandon Klar, of GE Healthcare (Camden Group) on February 14, 2018, from 8:30-9:30 am.

Consumers, payers, policy makers, and even providers are all demanding the transformation of healthcare to improve affordability, accessibility, patient experience, outcomes, and stakeholder satisfaction. Yet transformation still occurs at a snail’s pace or not at all in many situations. Achieving Jefferson Health’s vision of “reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value” requires bold moves – and one of those bold moves has been to establish a new relationship with GE Healthcare. The GE-Jefferson relationship was formalized in July 2017 and is designed as an 8-year relationship to enable both short- and long-term change. 

This presentation will discuss how this relationship is different than other provider-vendor relationships, and how Jefferson is partnering with GE to facilitate integration, innovation, and healthcare transformation.  

Meet the Presenters:

Laura Jacobs, MPH

 Ms. Jacobs is president at GE Healthcare Camden Group and has been with the firm since 1990. She has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of integrated delivery system development, payer strategy, population health management, healthcare strategic and financial planning, transactions, and governance/management systems. She is a noted speaker and industry resource on the impact of healthcare trends, most notably the requirements for success in value-based payment models, clinical integration, and creating successful integrated delivery systems. 

Ms. Jacobs received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University and her master's degree in public health/corporate management from the University of California, Berkeley.

Brandon Klar, MHSA

Mr. Klar is a vice president with GE Healthcare Camden Group with over 14 years of experience in healthcare management. He specializes in strategic and business planning advisory services, including operations improvement, master facility planning, and transaction work (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, joint ventures). He has extensive experience in the creation of strategic partnerships, the facilitation of inaugural health system strategic plan development, as well as the development and implementation of business plans of operational efficiency, system-wide integration plans, and clinical programmatic alignment plans.

Mr. Klar holds a master’s degree in health science administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and a bachelor’s degree from Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.