2015 GEMS Annual Symposium

GEMS hosted its annual Symposium from 1 to 2 October 2015 in East London. This year presented the eighth instalment of this event which included a meticulous line-up of speakers and panellists, as well as a full agenda of exciting and engaging sessions. Renowned thought leaders, researchers, and prominent industry figures shared their insights and addressed the key theme for 2015: "Towards affordable healthcare: GEMS transition to an activist payer".

Theme

The healthcare landscape is changing rapidly and like many other industries, the healthcare sector faces tight budgets and pressure to reduce costs. Healthcare systems around the world are experiencing an era of dramatic change as they struggle to cope with ageing populations, technological advances, increasing globalisation, reduced funding, the burden of non-communicable disease and rising expectations. Wherever possible, medical schemes need to save costs without affecting the care 
they provide, leading to the emergence of the ‘activist payer'. An innovative modern methodology that seeks to remodel managed care processes to focus on value creation, selective contracting, moving care upstream to focus more on prevention, driving payment reform and positively influencing behaviour of members by encouraging them to make quality, preventive and cost-conscious decisions with regard to the care they receive.

We want to thank everyone who attended and helped to make this event a success.

Please view the programme and speaker profiles here

Please view the speaker presentations here.