On 4th October, Dr Martin Wetzel, from Gesundes Kinzigtal and Dr Nicolas Hicks, from OptiMedis-COBIC UK, both presented in London to an International Symposium organised by the UK Health Finance Managers Association and the Healthcare Costing for Value Institute.
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Training Network for Healthcare Performance Intelligence Professionals: European Commission funds 13 PhD candidates – 2 positions available at OptiMedis
A new generation of healthcare professionals is needed to support healthcare systems to achieve a balance between improving the health of populations, delivering quality care for individuals, and containing costs.
Ockham Healthcare Podcast: Dr Nicholas Hicks about Accountable Care
Nick Hicks, CEO of OptiMedis-COBIC UK and COBIC, has been a GP and a Chief Executive and Director of Public Health for a PCT. In this podcast, recorded by Ockham Healthcare, Nick describes how the experience of working directly with communities to discuss their health outcomes led to the formation of COBIC.
Read more: Ockham Healthcare Podcast: Dr Nicholas Hicks about Accountable Care
Health & Innovation Expo 2017
On 12th September, Dr Nicholas Hicks of OptiMedis-COBIC UK was invited to take part in a expert panel at Health & Innovation Expo 2017’s Pop-up University Session: Delivery of Outcomes in Accountable Care Systems.
Focus on: How to deliver Quadruple Aim
In August OptiMedis-COBIC and our partners, Social Finance met with a group of GPs and Practice Managers and hospital and community staff from East Grinstead – one of the meetings was at Queen Victoria Hospital, the other was at a local practice Crawley Down Health Centre.
Reading tip: A wise man never plays leapfrog with a Unicorn – Dr Axel Heitmüller on the magic of ACOs
Follow this link to read a great blogarticle from our partners at Imperial College Health Partners about Accountable Care Organizations.