#GrowthIsLife - The Garage and its Partners showcase their vitality at Fuse 2024
OVERVIEW
The Garage celebrated 12 years at Fuse 2024 in Orlando, FL, alongside its customers, partners, and top healthcare leaders. The event was held at the beautiful Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, FL, known for its haven for the arts with its striking architecture and diverse array of world-class performances across theater, music, dance, and comedy. Fuse 2024 had over 75 in-person attendees and hundreds of virtual attendees who tuned in to learn about The Garage's impact, partnerships to further achieve the company's mission, and newest innovations that will streamline workflows, improving how organizations engage with their patients, and empowering better care. Bridge, the most comprehensive and effective platform on the market for value-based care, encompasses 120+ entities across 34 states, with over 19,500+ providers, 15M+ patients, and 3 petabytes of data, delivering at scale.
In Founder and CEO Pranam Ben's keynote, he referenced the historic moon landing on July 16th, 1969, which was the most-watched event in television history of its time. His message was clear - the urgency and ambition required to change healthcare are as extraordinary as those that brought mankind to the moon and that we must become faster, better, leaner, smarter, hungrier, and wilder to achieve the Quintuple Aim. During his keynote, he was joined by Bill Haas, SVP, Northeastern US and Canada of Labcorp, Steve Yaskin, CEO of Health Gorilla, Niren Gandra, CEO & Co-Founder of Trovo Health, Adam Boehler, Founder and Managing Partner of Rubicon Founders, Scott Mancuso, CMO of Honest Medical Group, Peter DiFondi, CIO of CDPHP, and Himadri Sarkar, CSO of Teleperformance, who spoke on the collaborative efforts between The Garage and their respective companies and the impacts that have been made.
Giving Back to Communities in Need with "All In"
Pranam showcased the profound impact that The Garage's crew has had in improving communities locally and worldwide. Through their unwavering efforts over the past year, The Garage has formed meaningful partnerships with 23 charitable organizations combatting social determinants of health. These partnerships have resulted in the packaging and distribution of over 11,000 meals for low-income and impoverished families, in addition to over 25,000 hygiene products packaged to be distributed in countries worldwide as lifesaving, essential supplies to communities in need, reducing the number of hygiene-related deaths.
The Future of Bridge - Showcasing The Garage's Newest Innovations
Throughout the day, Chief Platform Officer Jessica Robinson showcased The Garage's newest innovations live in person during her Innovations Studio Lab. Designed to resemble a garage setting, this interactive session showed live versions of four of our newest innovations throughout the day. Crew Members Alex Marich, Chandler Douglas, and Tasha Yew joined on stage, speaking to the audience about the creation process and how it will empower organizations to streamline workflows and provide better care. Customers were invited to interact with the technology, offering a hands-on experience unanimously praised as one of the key parts of the day.
Tacking Healthcare Misinformation - Dr. Geeta Nayyar LIVE on Ben's Den
Technologist, Rheumatologist, and WSJ Best-Selling Author Dr. Geeta Nayyar joined Pranam Ben for a live episode of Ben's Den, releasing July 2024. Dr. Nayyar shared her passion for leveraging technology to safeguard the provider-patient relationship and drew insights from her book, "Dead Wrong." She spoke about the need to combat misinformation and mistrust in healthcare, a critical mission in today's digital age. She addressed the alarming consequences of misinformation and shared a personal experience in which a patient was insistent that her diagnosis was incorrect due to misinformation presented online about the disease.
Customer Success Stories and The Garage's Impact
Senior VP of Customer Success Emily Barlow introduced five of The Garage's customers - Middletown Medical, SOMOS, Forward Leading IPA, Community Care Physicians, and Community Care Collaborative - who discussed how collaborating with The Garage has resulted in impactful solutions. Audra Browning was joined by Darcy Shepard, CEO of Middletown Medical, who shared how Bridge has helped her organization transition from disjointed to EMR adjacent with point of care intelligence, financial growth, increased patient engagement, and positive ROI. Phillip Marrett was joined by John Dionisio, CIO of SOMOS, who highlighted how The Garage's Genome Data Warehouse streamlined SOMOS processes, fully automating and optimizing operations, helping SOMOS save over $2.5 million annually. Mary Zelazny of FLIPA joined Kim Do and discussed improving digital engagement and patient satisfaction with the Communicator application. Lastly, Joe Taylor of Community Care Collaborative of PA & NJ explained how The Garage helped identify potential DME fraud and developed a PowerBI dashboard for contract monitoring.
Key Takeaways and Showcasing The Garage's Vision for the Future
Key takeaways included the importance of urgency and innovation, hands-on experience with new technologies, combating misinformation, and the significance of community and collaboration. Fuse 2024 began and ended with a heartfelt thank you to the guests who tirelessly work to keep communities safe and healthy every day. The event emphasized the importance of unity and the urgent need for actionable change. The enthusiasm at Fuse 2024 was unparalleled, with attendees unanimously declaring it the best Fuse event to date.
