ISPOR 2024: preview of the plenary sessions
The upcoming ISPOR 2024 conference, taking place May 5–8, 2024 in Atlanta, USA, will feature three plenary sessions that will explore the conference theme of HEOR: A Transformative Force for Whole Health. Here’s what to expect from each of the three sessions.
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Plenary 1
Advancing Whole Health: How do We Know When We’re Succeeding?
Date and time: Monday May 6, 8:30am – 9:45am
Moderator: Charlene Wong, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Speakers: Seth A Berkowitz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Eric C Schneider, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington, DC, USA; and Denise Webb, The Partnership for Southern Equity, Atlanta, GA, USA
Overview: Whole person health requires a holistic approach that considers multiple factors that promote health or disease. The opening plenary session will focus on the challenges of designing and evaluating integrated interventions aimed at promoting whole person health, emphasizing the importance of considering various factors beyond health care alone, such as health behaviors and social/environmental factors.
Plenary 2
Missing Link for HEOR: A Path Forward for HEOR Data Integration
Date and time: Tuesday May 7, 8:30am – 9:45am
Moderator: Nancy Dreyer, Dreyer Strategies LLC; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Picnic Health, Newton, MA, USA
Speakers: Niall Brennan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; Joe Franklin, Verily, Washington, DC, USA; and Keri Monda, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Overview: The integration and linkage of real-world data allows assembly of the whole picture of how patients feel. While valuable for understanding medical product safety and effectiveness, data linkage poses challenges such as privacy constraints and accurate matching. This session will discuss these issues and reasons for optimism.
Watch our ‘Patti’s People’ video with Nancy A Dreyer to learn more about real-world data quality, the role of RWE in improving patient outcomes and more!
Plenary 3
AI Enabling Whole Health: Opportunities and Challenges for HEOR and HTA
Date and time: Wednesday May 8, 11:30am – 12:45pm
Moderator: Thomas Senderovitz, Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Speaker: Rachael Fleurence, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Overview: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the life sciences and healthcare sectors, offering unprecedented possibilities for innovation, efficiency and quality. This session delves into the impact of AI, emphasizing the need for ethical and reliable use, exploring how it can enhance HTA and HEOR, and discussing how to prepare for its future implications on Whole Health.
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- ISPOR 2024: First look at the conference program
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- Value Viewpoint – recent developments in US healthcare value and access with Kimberly Westrich: January–February 2024
Exclusive coverage by The Evidence Base
The Evidence Base team will be attending ISPOR 2024 to provide coverage of the event, including ‘Deep Dives’ into key sessions, and ‘Peek Behind the Poster’ interviews with some of the experts presenting at the event. All content, including our conference round-ups, will be featured on our ISPOR event page and shared via social media channels.
If you’re attending the conference and are interested in meeting with the team to be interviewed for The Evidence Base, or you are interested in contributing to the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, please email Jo Walker.
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Our coverage of ISPOR 2023 generated significant engagement from our global HEOR audience, and we expect the same for ISPOR 2024. We are delighted to be working with Carrot Recruitment, Maxis Clinical Sciences and Medlior Health Outcomes Research, our event partners for the conference this year.
If you wish to showcase your company or products on our dedicated page pre-, during- and post-event then please get in touch to discuss options.
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