Author: Giles Partington

Fountain Life Opens Innovative Precision Diagnostic Center in Orlando’s Lake Nona Community

State-of-the-art center brings AI-enabled health screenings and diagnostic capabilities to Lake Nona’s high-tech health and life sciences district

NAPLES, Fla., Feb. 16, 2023 — Fountain Life, a preventative health and longevity company committed to transforming global healthcare from reactive to proactive, today announced that it has opened a fourth precision diagnostic center designed to help members live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives by detecting illnesses at their earliest stages. The newest center is located within Orlando’s acclaimed Lake Nona community and features innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to collect and assess data that can aid in diagnosing conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disease before they can cause harm. Lake Nona will also serve as the new headquarters site for Fountain Life.

Encompassing 17-square miles contiguous to the Orlando International Airport, Lake Nona is a master-planned community recognized as a hub for health sciences technology and innovation. Fountain Life joins other transformative medical facilities such as HCA Healthcare, Nemours Children’s Health, Johnson & Johnson, Orlando Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the University of Central Florida (UCF) Academic Health Sciences campus, which includes the College of Medicine, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center, and UCF Lake Nona Hospital.

“Each state-of-the-art facility we open allows us the opportunity to serve more members who are committed to becoming the CEO of their health,” said Bill Kapp, M.D., Fountain Life CEO and co-founder. “We are excited to join the forward-thinking Lake Nona community, which is recognized as a leading destination for innovative healthcare research and services.”

Located in the state-of-the-art One Performance Plaza medical office building, the 10,000 sq ft center offers precision diagnostic testing including executive blood panels, a full-body and brain MRI, CCTA heart scanning and other assessments such as a multi-cancer early detection test detects more than 50 types of cancer. These cutting-edge technologies can screen for structural abnormalities and other key indicators of a developing disease, identifying many chronic diseases and life-threatening conditions that may be asymptomatic or have no genetic indicators, which make them difficult to predict using standard medical tests. When diagnosed early, members can avoid or mitigate long-term issues that may require ongoing treatment and reduce longevity and quality of life. Early and regular screenings, even when no potential health issues are detected, provide Fountain Life members with valuable information that allows for peace of mind to live an optimal, engaged, and rewarding life.

The Fountain Life Lake Nona center was developed in partnership with the community’s developer, Tavistock Development Company, known for a successful portfolio of forward-looking and nationally recognized properties. The idea for Lake Nona’s health and life sciences cluster began in October 2005 when Tavistock donated $12.5 million and 50 acres of land to the University of Central Florida to help establish a medical school. Since then, Tavistock has worked to fulfill a vision for a community committed to whole-person health. Lake Nona has been purposefully built to support a healthy lifestyle from walkable neighborhoods, parks and a high-tech fitness facility to community art and weekly events in addition to the innovative solutions offered by the world’s leading health and life sciences companies.

“We are thrilled to welcome Fountain Life to Lake Nona’s collaborative health and life sciences ecosystem and enhance the network of experts and trailblazers who call our community home,” said Gloria Caulfield, Tavistock Vice President of Strategic Alliances. “The addition of Fountain Life’s unique and progressive approach to preventive healthcare aligns perfectly with Lake Nona’s mission to inspire human potential. We look forward to working together to provide innovative solutions that help people live longer, healthier lives.”

“Our ongoing real estate collaboration with Tavistock is essential to successfully integrating Fountain Life into the Lake Nona life science community,” said Shawn Buchheit, Fountain Life Chief Operating Officer. “This working partnership has allowed for our seamless entry into the innovative healthcare destination being established here and we look forward to providing services to both area residents and visitors to central Florida.”

Each year more than 300 of the world’s top health care innovators and thought leaders gather in Lake Nona to explore the intersections of wellness, technology, sustainability, and education during the invitation-only Lake Nona Impact Forum. Fountain Life founder Bill Kapp, M.D. will be a featured speaker at this year’s event, scheduled for March 8-10, 2023.

Fountain Life centers, now open in Texas, Florida, and New York, are planned for several other U.S. and global locations in the coming years. The expansion will include partnerships with additional real estate developers, hospitality management companies, payors, and other wellness-oriented businesses, all with the goal of making early screenings for chronic, preventative, and potentially lethal conditions available to as many individuals as possible.

About Fountain Life

Fountain Life brings together the world’s most renowned scientists and physicians to boost longevity and performance – putting health back in healthcare. Fountain Life does this by using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) to collect data and gain insights into the human body that have never been possible before. Fountain Life’s data-driven approach enables finding illnesses, including cancer, cardiac, metabolic, and neurodegenerative disease, early before they can cause harm. As a result, Fountain Life members operate at peak performance throughout their life with the aim that they will feel as healthy and vibrant at 100 as they were at 60. Learn more at www.fountainlife.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

About Lake Nona

Planned and developed by the Tavistock Group, Lake Nona is one of the fastest growing and most innovative communities in America. Located in Orlando, Florida, the 17-square-mile community has established a new standard of living for its residents with groundbreaking initiatives around technology, mobility, and wellbeing. Lake Nona is located contiguous to Orlando International Airport in the most visited destination in the U.S. The smart and connected community’s advanced infrastructure and commitment to collaboration has drawn visionary companies and entrepreneurs from across the globe to join its living lab environment accelerating economic growth and opportunity across health and life sciences, education, hospitality, and sports and performance. Lake Nona’s attractive business ecosystem is enhanced by a thriving cultural landscape defined by iconic architecture and engaging public art installations, miles of trails and walkable green spaces, weekly signature events, shopping, dining and entertainment options set amongst central Florida’s beautiful natural landscape and year-round sunshine. For more information, visit www.lakenona.com.

The 11th Annual Lake Nona Impact Forum Returns to Address Health Innovation in the New Reality

Esteemed Conference Announces Initial Line-up of Speakers Including Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Dr. Victor Dzau, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Karen Lynch

ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2022) – Founded to address global issues and make an impact on health innovation, the annual Lake Nona Impact Forum will unite the foremost global thought leaders in health, wellbeing, technology and business from March 8–10, 2023. The event will feature in-depth, collaborative discussions about health innovation in the new reality. With a list of notable thought leaders from across the health spectrum including Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Rachel Levine, Paul Stamets and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the invite-only event is hosted annually in the visionary community of Lake Nona located in Orlando. A mecca for health and wellbeing innovation, Lake Nona is home to some of the nation’s top universities, hospitals and research institutions where internationally acclaimed healthcare experts have launched businesses and pioneered first-of-its-kind advancements in their fields.

During a time in which the $4.4 trillion health and wellness industry continues to prove its importance in everyday life, heightened by exponential innovation during and following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lake Nona Impact Forum brings together hundreds of diverse leaders and experts committed to improving human health on a global scale with a mission of developing and discussing long-term strategies that will catalyze the industry worldwide.

Coinciding with and celebrating International Women’s Day (March 8), prolific leaders will be speaking about equity for women in business and featured prominently throughout the three-day event including CVS Health President and Chief Executive Officer Karen Lynch, who was recently named the most inspirational CEO on the Fortune 500 list; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Disease Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, whose NIH team co-designed the leading COVID-19 vaccine mRNA-1273; Academy Award winning actor Geena Davis; and Organamet Bio CEO Doris Taylor, among others.

Throughout the event, the Impact Forum will host some of the world’s most creative thinkers to engage in uncommon conversations for extraordinary times including a dynamic mix of government and policy leaders, physicians and healthcare pioneers, prolific academics, technology visionaries from Fortune 50 companies to the world’s most promising start-ups, professional athletes and entertainers, CEOs and C-Suite executives and more.

This year’s program will feature discussions on topics hugely relevant to today’s industry leaders, including climate change and public health, brain health, health equity for children and women, cancer prevention, food as medicine and more.

Among the dozens of conversations taking place throughout the event, a few of the key panel discussions will include:

  • Remarkable Women Leading Global Change: Championing female leaders responsible for breakthroughs in their industries, the panel features Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation and Vice Chair, Clinton Health Access Initiative; Lauren Bush Lauren, Founder and Chief Brand Officer, FEED; and Noor Sweid, Managing Partner, Global Ventures; moderated by Alyson Shontell, Editor-in-Chief and CCO, Fortune Media.
  • The Repercussions of Healthcare on Climate Change: Setting national policy and global standards around the decarbonization of healthcare will be discussed by Dr. Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine; Dr. Rachel Levine, Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; George Barrett, Founder, The Overtone Group; and Dr. Jonathan Perlin, President and CEO, The Joint Commission; moderated by returning speaker Juju Chang, Emmy® Award-winning Co-Anchor, ABC News’ “Nightline.”
  • Psychedelics: The Trip of Our Lifetime: From the world’s foremost researchers on psychedelic medicine, promising findings on profound mental health conditions in this category will be shared by Dr. Rick Doblin, Founder and Executive Director, MAPS – Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies; Dr. Rachel Yehuda, Director, Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor, Neurology and Psychiatry and Director, Psychedelics Division, Neuroscape, The University of California San Francisco; Paul Stamets, Mycologist, Inventor, Author, Entrepreneur, Earthling; and returning speaker Dr. Deepak Chopra, Co-Founder, The Chopra Foundation; Chairman, Chopra Global.

Fittingly, Lake Nona Impact Forum takes place within the living lab of Lake Nona where the latest technologies and innovative solutions are tested in a real-world environment every day. Purposefully planned to support healthy living, Lake Nona epitomizes an ecosystem of wellbeing with a medically-integrated sports and performance center, vibrant public art program, robust events calendar and miles of trails and dozens of parks anchored by a preeminent health and life sciences cluster. Thanks to the Impact Forum and the community’s unique focus on health, Lake Nona has attracted some of the world’s leading health and life sciences companies including Johnson & Johnson, Fountain Life, Chopra Global and Chopra Foundation, Limitless Minds, Hughston Clinic, HCA Healthcare, GuideWell Innovation, the University of Central Florida, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and more.

“Since its inception 11 years ago, Lake Nona Impact Forum’s North Star is to inspire human potential through health and wellbeing innovation,” said Lake Nona Impact Forum Founder Gloria Caulfield. “As the meaning of wellbeing has evolved so have the discussions and luminaries we host, from the effects of the healthcare sector on climate change to the potential benefits of psychedelic therapy for mental health. Our long-term goal is to be an incubator and accelerate health and wellbeing innovation and spark global change needed for public health, health systems and beyond.”

Click here for more details on all 2023 Impact Forum speakers and panelists

The 2023 Lake Nona Impact Forum is presented by KPMG. Additional event supporters include Verizon, Fortune, Worth, Akkad Holdings, Chopra Foundation, GuideWell Innovation, AdventHealth, Citibank, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation, Fountain Life, HCA Healthcare, Hughston Clinic, Integrated Wellness Partners, Leviton, Maximus, Microsoft, Garcia Stromberg, Myndstream, Labcorp and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

To learn more about the Impact Forum, visit www.LakeNonaImpactForum.org. Follow along with the Impact Forum on LinkedIn, Twitterand Instagram. You can also join the conversation online using the hashtag #LNIF23.

Lake Nona Wave Hotel Debuts With Floor-to-Ceiling View Smart Windows in Every Room

ORLANDO, Fla., March 01, 2022 – View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEW) (“View”), the leader in smart building technologies, today announced its Smart Windows have been installed in every room at the new high-tech Lake Nona Wave Hotel.

The hotel, billed as “the most technologically advanced hotel in the world,” recently opened in December. All 234 guest rooms, including 16 one-bedroom suites and two penthouse suites feature floor-to-ceiling View Smart Windows that use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust in response to outdoor conditions, keeping guests cool and comfortable without the need for blinds.

“With the Lake Nona Wave Hotel, we set out to integrate technology and hospitality in ways that delight hotel guests and improve their health and well-being,” said Jamie Bruce, Vice President, Hotel Portfolio at Tavistock Development Company, the developer of the Lake Nona community. “View Smart Windows align with every dimension of that quest—from delivering an unparalleled guest experience to enhancing guest wellness and improving sustainability.”

By maximizing access to natural light and outdoor views, View Smart Windows measurably improve occupant health and wellness. A recent study found that people living in homes with View Smart Windows slept an average of 16 minutes longer each night and reported 11 percent less anxiety and 9 percent less stress compared to those living in equivalent homes with traditional windows and blinds.

“View Smart Windows are a focal point among the innovative new technologies on display at the Lake Nona Wave Hotel and featured in many new buildings under construction in Lake Nona,” said Tavistock Development Company President Nick Beucher. “Our partnership with View is a critical part of our strategy to reimagine the built environment to improve how people live, travel, and work.”

View has worked with Tavistock Development Company on multiple buildings across Lake Nona, the 17-square-mile visionary community minutes away from Orlando International Airport. View Smart Windows have been installed in five buildings in Lake Nona across office, retail and hospitality projects and will be installed in more than 30 additional buildings.

“With Lake Nona, Tavistock is fundamentally reshaping the way that not only buildings, but entire cities are designed, built, and experienced,” said Dr. Rao Mulpuri, CEO of View. “Lake Nona showcases what’s possible when smart building technologies are thematically integrated across the entire spectrum of real estate—from offices to hotels, apartments, hospitals, and more. We could not be more excited to partner with Tavistock to define and demonstrate the city of the future.”

Lake Nona Wave Hotel’s use of technology includes one of the world’s largest fleets of autonomous shuttles, the largest single-use facility of TOTO smart toilets, voice-automated in-room controls, and Rosie, the hotel’s robot butler, who complements food and drink delivery for events.

Tenth Annual Lake Nona Impact Forum Convenes Health And Wellbeing Thought Leaders In Orlando, Florida

Speakers include President Bill Clinton, Sanjay Gupta, Deepak Chopra, Russell Wilson and Ciara, Goldie Hawn, Tony Robbins, Moderna Chairman and Co-Founder Noubar Afeyan, Google Chief Health Officer Karen De Salvo, HCA CEO Sam Hazen, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO Michelle McMurry-Heath, MIT Media Lab Director Dava Newman, Operation Warp Speed COO General Gustave Perna, Former CDC Director Robert Redfield, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice, FedEx Chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, Walt Disney Imagineering Global Ambassador Bob Weis, and more

 

ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 22, 2022) – The annual Lake Nona Impact Forum will convene 300 of the brightest minds and global thought leaders in health, wellbeing, technology, and business Feb. 23 –25 in the innovative community of Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla. The forum will feature a series of in-depth, collaborative discussions about health innovation in the new reality. The 2022 Impact Forum will explore a variety of pertinent topics such as health equity, mental health, aging, digital innovation, the global supply chain, and analyzing the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

This year’s Impact Forum speakers include the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, Chopra Global Chairman Deepak Chopra, Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson and Grammy Award-Winning artist Ciara, Academy Award-Winning Actress Goldie Hawn, New York Times Bestselling Author Tony Robbins, Moderna Chairman and Co-Founder Noubar Afeyan, Christ Community Health Services Chief Community Engagement Officer Reverend Bobby Baker, Google Chief Health Officer Karen De Salvo, GuideWell President and CEO Pat Geraghty, HCA CEO Sam Hazen, King Enterprise CEO Reverend Terris King, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO Michelle McMurry-Heath, MIT Media Lab Director Dava Newman, Operation Warp Speed COO General Gustave Perna, former CDC Director Robert Redfield, Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice, FedEx Chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, Walt Disney Imagineering Global Ambassador Bob Weis, and more.

 

For many speakers, the Impact Forum marks key turning points in the pandemic. The 2020 Forum was held in February, just as timely details around COVID-19 were emerging. This year’s event marks a return to gathering in-person, giving the Impact Forum a unique perspective on the pandemic, and setting up the important conversations leaders in business, education, entertainment, government, and technology will lead about health innovation in the new reality. The Impact Forum’s National Advisory Board has directed specific health and safety protocols to ensure the wellbeing of all event delegates, staff, and guests.

 

Panels led by Sanjay Gupta, Noubar Afeyan, Robert Redfield, and Dava Newman will dive into the pandemic, explore lessons learned, and discuss the new frontier while conversations led by Frederick W. Smith and General Gustave Perna will examine impacts to the global supply chain. First-time speakers Reverends Bobby Baker and Terris King will lead discussions on health equity while Valerie Montgomery Rice and Pat Geraghty will drive dialogue around future innovation in the space, to name a few timely sessions.

 

Returning for 2022, Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson will be joined by Grammy Award-Winning Artist Ciara to deliver the closing address on opening night. The couple will engage in a conversation about the personal passions that led them to create the Why Not You Foundation – a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting poverty through education and empowering youth. Wilson’s company Limitless Minds, which specializes in mindset, wellness, and peak performance experiences, opened a location in the Lake Nona Performance Club last year.

 

“There’s no doubt we live in a different world since the arrival of COVID-19,” said Lake Nona Institute Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Impact Forum, Gloria Caulfield. “This year’s Impact Forum is critical as we gather some of the world’s most outstanding minds to discuss what the future of health care, treatment, and wellbeing look like. We’re honored to facilitate the impactful conversations and connections that can lead to the scalable impacts and breakthroughs that will improve how we live.”

 

Lake Nona, one of the country’s healthiest and fastest growing communities, epitomizes the ecosystem of wellbeing thanks to purposeful planning, vibrant public art program, robust events calendar, and miles of trails intertwined with parks and green space anchored by a preeminent health and life sciences cluster. Home to top hospitals and research facilities, the U.S. Tennis Association National Campus with 100 courts, and the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute headquarters, Lake Nona is a living lab where the latest technologies and innovative solutions are tested in a real-world environment.

 

The Impact Forum is hosted by the Lake Nona Institute – a nonprofit, community-focused organization that leads Lake Nona’s wellbeing initiatives. In addition to the Impact Forum, the Institute’s current projects include a longitudinal study known as the Lake Nona Life Project and WHIT (a Wellness Home built on Innovation and Technology), which is defining what a smart home means.

 

Speakers and panelists include:

  • Lord Victor Adebowale: Chair and Co-Founder, Visionable; Chair of the NHS Confederation
  • Noubar Afeyan, PhD: Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flagship Pioneering
  • Joseph Allen, DSc, MPH: Associate Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director, Harvard Healthy Buildings Program
  • Kelvin Baggett, MD: Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer, McKesson
  • Bobby Baker, D.Min: Chief Community Engagement Officer, Christ Community Health Services
  • Nir Barzilai, MD: Director, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Debika Bhattacharya: Senior Vice President, 5G and Enterprise Solutions, Verizon Business Group
  • Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS: 17th Surgeon General of the United States; Chief of Health Innovations, Canyon Ranch; Distinguished Professor, University of Arizona; Chairman, Lake Nona Impact Forum, Advisory Board
  • Juju Chang: Emmy® Award-Winning Co-Anchor, ABC News’ “Nightline”
  • Deepak Chopra MD, FACP: Co-Founder Chopra Foundation; Chairman Chopra Global
  • Ciara: GRAMMY Award-Winning Artist, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
  • President Bill Clinton: 42nd President of the United States
  • Kenneth Cole: CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Kenneth Cole Productions; Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Mental Health Coalition
  • Michael Crow, PhD: President, Arizona State University
  • John F. Crowley: Chairman & CEO, Amicus Therapeutics
  • Canan Dagdeviren, PhD: LG Career Development Professor in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab
  • Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc: Chief Health Officer, Google
  • Peter Diamandis, MD: Founder and Executive Chairman, XPRIZE Foundation; Chairman, Fountain Life
  • Deborah DiSanzo: President, Best Buy Health
  • Chris Downie: CEO, Flexential
  • Ben duPont: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Chartline Capital Partners
  • David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Renée Fleming: World Renowned Soprano; Advocate for Arts Education, Music Therapy, and Music Neuroscience Research
  • Kristen Fortney, PhD: Co-Founder and CEO, BIOAGE
  • Patrick Geraghty: President and CEO, GuideWell
  • Keith Grossman: President, TIME
  • Sanjay Gupta, MD: Multiple Emmy®-Award Winning Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN; Founder and Co-Host, LIFE ITSELF
  • Randy Haffner: President & CEO, Central Florida Division, AdventHealth
  • Robert Hariri, MD, PhD: Founder, Chairman and CEO, Celularity, Inc.
  • Patrice Harris, MD, MA, FAPA: Co-Founder and CEO, eMed; Former President, American Medical Association
  • Goldie Hawn: Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director; Founder, MindUP
  • Sam Hazen: CEO, HCA Healthcare
  • Wei-Wu He, PhD: Executive Chairman, Human Longevity, Inc.
  • Hugh Herr, PhD: Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab; Co-Lead, Yang Center for Bionics at MIT
  • Rachel Hodgdon: President and CEO, International WELL Building Institute
  • Marc Hodosh: Founder and Co-Host, LIFE ITSELF
  • Kevin Johnson, MD, MS: Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • Dean Kamen: President, DEKA Research and Development
  • Terris King: CEO, King Enterprise Group
  • Colin Lawlor: CEO, SleepScore Labs
  • Clifton Leaf: Global Fellow, Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine; Former Editor-in-Chief, FORTUNE (2017-2021)
  • Casey Leonetti, PhD: Operating Partner, Bain Capital
  • Phyllis Lockette: CEO and Founder, LEAP Innovations
  • Poonacha Machaiah: CEO, The Chopra Foundation
  • Tod Machover: Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media, MIT Media Lab
  • Susan Magsamen: Founder and Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Bob McDonald: Former Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Ellen McGirt: Senior Editor, FORTUNE
  • Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD: President and CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
  • Jessica Mega, MD, MPH: Co-Founder, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Verily Life Science, Inc
  • Jane Metcalfe: CEO and Founder, NEO.LIFE
  • Jamie Metzl, JD, PhD: Founder and Chair, OneShared.World, Health Futurist
  • Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG: President and CEO, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Greg Moore, MD, PhD: Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Health & Life Sciences
  • Rao Mulpuri, PhD: CEO, View, Inc.
  • Alan Murray: President and CEO, Fortune
  • Laura Newinski: Partner and Vice Chairman, KPMG
  • Dava Newman: Director, MIT Media Lab
  • Walter Parkes: Co-Founder and CEO, Dreamscape Immersive
  • General Gustave Perna: Retired United States Army Four-Star General; COO of Operation Warp Speed
  • Sandra Peterson: Operating Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC; Member, Board of Directors, Microsoft
  • Anthony Philippakis, MD, PhD: Chief Data Officer, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  • Elizabeth Pitcairn: Classical Violinist; President & Artistic Director, Luzerne Music Center
  • Robert Redfield, MD: Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018-2021)
  • Tony Robbins: New York Times Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and the World’s Top Life and Business Strategist
  • Adam Schechter: Chairman and CEO, Labcorp
  • Stephen Shaya, MD: Managing Director, Akkad Holdings
  • David Sheehan: Founder and CEO, Nucleus Biologics; Founder and CEO, Stoic Bio
  • Ash Shehata: National Sector Leader, Healthcare and Life Sciences, KPMG in the US
  • Frederick W. Smith: Founder, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation
  • Hemant Taneja: Managing Partner, General Catalyst
  • Glen Tullman: Executive Chairman and CEO, Transcarent
  • Eric Verdin, MD: CEO and President, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
  • Hans Vesterg: Chairman and CEO, Verizon
  • Andrew Weil, MD: Founder and Director, The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
  • James Weinstein, MS, DO: Senior Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare
  • Bob Weis: Global Imagineering Ambassador, Walt Disney Imagineering
  • Michelle Williams: Dean of Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Russell Wilson: Super Bowl Champion; Seattle Seahawks Quarterback
  • Gabriella Wright: Co-Founder, Never Alone, Chopra Foundation; Actor
  • Vonda Wright, MD, MS: President, Hughston Orthopedics SE

 

Click here for more details on the 2022 Impact Forum speakers.

 

Impact Forum host venues include the KPMG Lakehouse National Training Center and the GuideWell Innovation Center.

 

The 2022 Lake Nona Impact Forum is presented by KPMG, Verizon, Akkad Holdings, Chopra Foundation, GuideWell Innovation, Integrated Wellness Partners, AdventHealth, Amicus Therapeutics, Citibank, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation,HCA Healthcare, Maximus, Microsoft, Hughston Clinic, View, Technogym, Nemours Children’s Health, UCF College of Medicine, University of Florida Health, Boxer Capital, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, EXL Health, Labcorp, Dr. Phillips Charities, Flexential, Garcia Stromberg, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Siemens Healthineers, Solid Biosciences, Tabula Rosa Healthcare Inc., U.S. Tennis Association, Fountain Life, Limitless Minds, Beep, Bosch, Orange County Government, City of Orlando, HKS Architects, and PNC Real Estate.

 

To learn more about the Impact Forum, visit www.LakeNonaImpactForum.org. Follow along with the Impact Forum on Twitter and Instagram at @LN_ Institute and at Facebook.com/LakeNonaInstitute. You can also join the conversation online using the hashtag #LNIF22.

 

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About Lake Nona Institute:

Lake Nona Institute is a nonprofit, community-focused organization that incubates, activates and measures the impact of innovative technologies and programs that can become global models for building healthy, sustainable and inspired communities. The Institute focuses on programs based on: health and wellbeing, education, and sustainability. At its core, Lake Nona Institute believes that individuals in the social context of a community can and do have a profound impact on wellness, education, and sustainability.

 

About Lake Nona:

Planned and developed by the Tavistock Group, Lake Nona is one of the fastest growing and most innovative communities in America. Located in Orlando, Florida, the 17-square-mile community has established a new standard of living for its residents with groundbreaking initiatives around technology, mobility, and wellbeing. Lake Nona is located contiguous to Orlando International Airport in the most visited destination in the U.S. The smart and connected community’s advanced infrastructure and commitment to collaboration has drawn visionary companies and entrepreneurs from across the globe to join its living lab environment accelerating economic growth and opportunity across health and life sciences, education, hospitality, and sports and performance. Lake Nona’s attractive business ecosystem is enhanced by a thriving cultural landscape defined by iconic architecture and engaging public art installations, miles of trails and walkable green spaces, weekly signature events, shopping, dining and entertainment options set amongst Central Florida’s beautiful natural landscape and year-round sunshine.

 

For more information, visit www.lakenona.com.

Chopra Global Partners With Lake Nona Performance Club To Create First Chopra Mind-Body Zone and Spa

Orlando, Fla. – (Feb. 10, 2021) – Lake Nona’s destination sports, performance, and fitness center, the Lake Nona Performance Club (LNPC), has partnered with Chopra Global, a leading whole health company founded by Dr. Deepak Chopra, to create the Chopra Mind-Body Zone and Spa. This first-of-its-kind partnership brings Chopra Global’s signature movement and spa programs to a leading fitness facility and marks the company’s first brick-and-mortar partnership. Currently under construction in the Lake Nona Town Center, LNPC is scheduled to open this summer.

“Chopra Global and Lake Nona have a long and rich partnership guided by our common mission of promoting health and wellbeing,” said Chopra Global Vice President of Partnerships Jaime Rabin. “We’re incredibly excited to expand that partnership with the new Chopra Mind-Body Zone and Spa specializing in the life-changing benefits of whole health and practicing the connectivity of mind, body, and spirit. The programs at LNPC will serve as a model for us moving forward as we look to continue the expansion of our physical brand presence.”

A dedicated 5,500-square-foot space devoted to providing premium experiences focused on enhancing overall wellbeing, the Chopra Mind-Body Zone will offer a variety of yoga and meditation classes plus specialty options like aerial yoga, barre, and Reformer Pilates. Unique mind-body assessments based in Ayurveda, one of the world’s oldest holistic healing systems, will also be available.

In addition to the Chopra Mind-Body Zone, Chopra Global will oversee a dedicated spa designed to complement LNPC’s focus on whole health. The spa will specialize in both Chopra Global’s signature Ayurvedic and traditional massages. Chopra Ayurvedic massages focus on the unique mind-body constitution of the individual resulting in a customized experience for each guest. Access to the spa will be available to both LNPC members and the public.

For more than two decades, Chopra Global has been at the forefront of personal health and wellness empowerment for millions of people worldwide to expand collective wellbeing. Anchored by the life’s practice and research of renowned best-selling author, Dr. Deepak Chopra, one of the leading pioneers in the fields of integrative medicine, consciousness, and meditation. Chopra Global’s signature programs have been proven to improve overall wellbeing through a focus on physical, mental, and spiritual health.

“We’re so thrilled to align with Chopra Global, a true, global leader in the health and wellbeing space, to create custom programming and learning opportunities for the Lake Nona community and greater Orlando region,” said LNPC Executive Director Jay Groves. “Designed by Chopra Global with support from LNPC’s expert staff, the mind-body programming coupled with a restorative spa will create a one-stop destination where our members can focus on whole-person health and wellbeing.”

The Chopra Global operations at LNPC will be led by an expert team with oversight from Dr. Chopra himself. Dr. Chopra recently announced plans to become a Lake Nona resident, so he can expand his relationship with the community and be personally involved with the Chopra Mind-Body Zone and Spa.

“I feel that Lake Nona is going to be the leader in the world that will create a movement for what I’ve longed for all my life: a critical mass of people who will engage in personal and total transformation for a more peaceful, just, and a more healthy and enjoyable world. But to get there, we have to take care of ourselves first,” Dr. Deepak Chopra said during a recent meditation event with Lake Nona.

LNPC will redefine the sports, performance, fitness center experience for the Central Florida region featuring leading edge workout equipment, state-of-art classes, and interactive programs driven by the latest performance technology. The facility will be one of the most comprehensive and thoughtfully curated in the nation providing a tailored approach to whole-person health for members of all ages and skill levels. Memberships are open to the entire region and are available now.

Beyond the best-in-class facilities and robust programming, LNPC will be a go-to health and wellbeing resource for the surrounding community by offering inclusive programs and recreational leagues that are open to both members and non-members with options for individuals and families. LNPC will also host community education classes led by the professional staff that will be open to the public.

The Lake Nona Performance Club is a joint venture partnership between Lake Nona and Integrated Wellness Partners (IWP), a subsidiary of Signet, LLC.

For more information about corporate, individual, and family membership options and to schedule a virtual sneak peek of the facility, visit www.lakenonaperformanceclub.com. 

ABOUT CHOPRA GLOBAL

Chopra Global is a leading whole health company that is empowering personal transformation for millions of people globally to expand our collective well-being. Anchored by the life’s practice and research of Dr. Deepak Chopra, a pioneer in integrative medicine, Chopra Global’s signature programs have been proven to improve overall well-being through a focus on physical, mental and spiritual health. Chopra Global has been at the forefront of health and wellness for more than two decades with a portfolio that includes an editorial archive of more than 2000 health articles, expansive self-care practices and meditations, a comprehensive mobile app, masterclasses, teacher certifications, immersive live events and personalized retreats. By providing tools, guidance and community, Chopra aims to advance a culture of well-being and make a healthy, peaceful and joyful life accessible to all. For more information, interact with the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

ABOUT LAKE NONA PERFORMANCE CLUB

Scheduled to open in summer 2021, the Lake Nona Performance Club (LNPC) will redefine the fitness center experience for the Central Florida region featuring leading edge workout equipment, state-of-art classes, and interactive programs driven by the latest performance technology. The 130,000-square-foot facility is currently under construction in the Lake Nona Town Center and will be one of the most comprehensive and thoughtfully curated in the nation. LNPC will provide a tailored approach to whole-person health for members of all ages and skill levels. For more information and membership details, visit www.lakenonaperformanceclub.com.

ABOUT LAKE NONA

Located in Orlando, Fla., Lake Nona is one of the fastest-growing master-planned communities in America developed by Tavistock Development Company. Known for thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, top-rated education facilities, business and research clusters, retail and entertainment centers, and diverse workspaces, Lake Nona encompasses the best Central Florida has to offer. Lake Nona sets the foundation for a collaborative relationship between the people who live, work, and visit there by prioritizing forward-thinking technology, strategic partnerships, education, and wellbeing. For more information, visit www.lakenona.com.

Verizon Business 5G Innovation Hub in Lake Nona to Explore 5G-Enabled Solutions Across a Number of Industries

What you need to know:

  • Verizon Business is bringing 5G Ultra Wideband service to an Innovation Hub in Lake Nona, a smart community located in Orlando, FL
  • Innovators to test how 5G can enhance connected healthcare and technology, autonomous mobility, smart communities, health and wellness, education, retail and sports
  • Part of Verizon Business’ broader strategy to partner with customers, startups, universities, large enterprises and the public sector to explore how 5G can disrupt and transform nearly every industry
  • 5G trial already underway at Lake Nona involves testing Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything (C-V2X) technology with Beep’s autonomous shuttles 

NEW YORK – Local startups, universities, large enterprises and the public sector will soon be able to develop and test 5G-enabled solutions at Verizon Business’ new 5G Innovation Hub in Lake Nona, a “living lab” smart community located in Orlando, FL. The new Innovation Hub will provide an opportunity to test 5G use cases for connected healthcare, autonomous mobility, smart communities, education, retail and others. Created by the Tavistock Group, Lake Nona is home to thousands of residents (known as “citizen scientists”), students, visitors, national headquarters and leading healthcare facilities and is focused on providing an ideal landscape to create new and innovative experiences across a multitude of industries.

With Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network on site, innovators will be able to test how Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband’s super-fast speeds, ultra-high bandwidth and ultra-low latency can enhance applications for industries prevalent in Lake Nona such as connected healthcare and technology, autonomous mobility, smart communities, health and wellness, education, retail and sports.

One of the 5G trials already underway at Lake Nona involves testing Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything (C-V2X) technology with Beep, an Autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service provider. The initial pilot will examine how C-V2X can improve the safety of Beep’s autonomous shuttles, which currently operate on several routes throughout the community. The C-V2X pilot involves Verizon’s 4G LTE and 5G Ultra Wideband networks, Multi-Access Edge Compute (MEC), Real Time Kinematics (RTK), and Computer Vision.

“5G is paving the way for unprecedented innovations that will reshape the world and have a massive impact on how we live, work, and play,” said Sampath Sowmyanarayan, SVP and President of Enterpriseat Verizon. “We’re creating Innovation Hubs powered by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband to serve as launch pads for high-impact, transformational experiences and are excited to see the new 5G use cases that will be developed in Lake Nona.”

The new Innovation Hub will also showcase existing 5G use cases for visitors to experience and includes an Executive Briefing Center that will provide prospects and customers with access to Verizon leadership and subject matter experts. Verizon started deploying its 5G Ultra Wideband network in Lake Nona earlier this year.

“Tavistock is fully committed to the cultivation of 5G technology to usher in a new era of connectivity,” said Juan Santos, Senior Vice President of Innovation at Tavistock. “A 5G-enabled future will transform our daily lives in ways we’ve only just begun to imagine. We’re excited to expand our 5G capabilities in Lake Nona and to attract the brightest minds and biggest ideas to the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Orlando.”

This engagement is part of Verizon Business’ broader strategy to partner with
enterprises, startups, universities, national labs and government/military to explore how 5G can disrupt and transform nearly every industry. Verizon operates six 5G Labsin the U.S. and one in London that specialize in developing uses cases in industries ranging from healthcare to public safety to entertainment. In addition, Verizon is setting up 5G Innovation Hubs on-premisefor several customers as part of an ongoing initiative to partner on 5G-related use cases to help customers transform their industries.

Learn more about Verizon 5G technology here.

About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the world’s leading providers of technology, communications, information and entertainment products and services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $131.9 billion in 2019. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.

About Lake Nona

Located in Orlando, Fla., Lake Nona is one of the fastest-growing master-planned communities in America developed by Tavistock Development Company. Known for thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, top-rated education facilities, business and research clusters, retail and entertainment centers, and diverse workspaces, Lake Nona encompasses the best Central Florida has to offer. Lake Nona sets the foundation for a collaborative relationship between the people who live, work, and visit there by prioritizing forward-thinking technology, strategic partnerships, education, and wellbeing. For more information, visit www.lakenona.com.

About Beep

Beep is an autonomous mobility solution company delivering the next generation of services for passenger mobility to fleet operators in planned communities and low speed environments across the public and private sector, including transportation hubs, medical and university campuses, town centers and more. From route planning to interactive managed services, Beep’s offerings are designed to drive differentiation and innovation, and delight the passengers of our customers.

For more information visit: www.go-beep.com

Lake Nona Under Construction on World-Class Fitness Center

Orlando, Fla. – (Aug. 6, 2020) – Scheduled to open in July 2021, the Lake Nona Performance Club (LNPC) will redefine the fitness center experience for the Central Florida region featuring leading edge workout equipment, state-of-art classes, and interactive programs driven by the latest performance technology. The 130,000-square-foot facility is currently under construction in the Lake Nona Town Center and the accompanying renderings show some of the iconic features.

The fitness center will be one of the most comprehensive and thoughtfully curated in the nation providing a tailored approach to whole-person health for members of all ages and skill levels.

“The Lake Nona Performance Club will be a destination-worthy fitness center unlike any other deserving of people coming from miles away,” said Executive Director Jay Groves. “This incredible regional asset will provide programming and services across the entire spectrum of health, fitness, and performance led by a team of experts in the relevant fitness and mind-body fields. This new center will offer unmatched resources, tools, and support to help our members exceed their individual goals and achieve peak performance.”

LNPC highlights include:

  • • Whole-person, evidenced-based and precision approaches to improving individual fitness, wellness, and performance
  • Highly credentialed professional staff including fitness and performance experts, rehab specialists, and physicians
  • Precision programs for every level and health status
  • Region’s best rock-climbing gym with options for all skill levels featuring a 40’ climbing and bouldering wall
  • A dedicated, 5,500-square-foot Mind Body Zone to rival the best yoga, barre, and Pilates studios
  • Aquatics facility featuring three different pools – a leisure pool, lap pool, and whirlpool – allowing injury rehabilitation and classes for family and group exercise
  • 150+ state-of-the-art strength and cardiovascular equipment, including renowned Technogym cardio training equipment with personal entertainment systems
  • 15,000-square-foot, cutting edge sports and high-performance center
  • Indoor walk/jog track
  • Multiple basketball and volleyball courts within indoor gymnasium
  • On-site integrative medicine and rejuvenation suites including massage therapists and acupuncturists
  • Finely appointed locker rooms featuring towel service, sauna, and steam room
  • Health food and beverage café with curated offerings, including specialty shakes
  • 100+ weekly group exercise classes in six custom studios and exercise pools offering a full schedule of all-inclusive classes by a team of experts in the relevant fitness and mind-body fields
  • Wellness education conference and community room with healthy cooking demonstration capability
  • Supervised, dedicated children’s activity area with curriculum-based wellness programming

The Lake Nona Performance Club joins the growing 100-acre, six-million-square-foot, open-air Lake Nona Town Center. In addition to welcoming new office and mixed-use projects within the next year, the Town Center’s marquee project – the 17-story Lake Nona Wave Hotel – is also expected to open in 2021.

For more information about corporate, individual and family membership options and to schedule a virtual sneak peek of the facility, visit www.lakenonaperformanceclub.com. 

The Lake Nona Performance Club is a joint venture partnership between Lake Nona and Integrated Wellness Partners (IWP), a subsidiary of Signet, LLC.

ABOUT LAKE NONA

Located in Orlando, Fla., Lake Nona is one of the fastest-growing master-planned communities in America developed by Tavistock Development Company. Known for thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, top-rated education facilities, business and research clusters, retail and entertainment centers, and diverse workspaces, Lake Nona encompasses the best Central Florida has to offer. Lake Nona sets the foundation for a collaborative relationship between the people who live, work, and visit there by prioritizing forward-thinking technology, strategic partnerships, education, and wellbeing. For more information, visit www.lakenona.com           

ABOUT INTEGRATED WELLNESS PARTNERS
Integrated Wellness Partners (IWP) is the leading provider of comprehensive health and wellness services, offering creative solutions for your development, finance, and health and wellness center management challenges. With decades of experience and national accolades operating and managing health and wellness facilities across the country, the IWP team offers collective expertise and intellectual capital to the national health and wellness marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.Integrated-Wellness-Partners.com

ABOUT SIGNET LLC

Signet brings an innovative, unconventional approach to global investment that embodies creativity and forward thinking to achieve long-term success. With leadership and expertise in the areas of project structuring, capital formation, operational investment and management, we tailor strategy and resources to meet each unique opportunity. Boundless in ideas and tactics, Signet has spent 20+ years crafting collaborative partnerships that advance initiatives in real estate, diversified manufacturing, health and wellness, emerging technologies, investment banking and finance. For more information, visit http://www.signetllc.com

Lake Nona Installs View® Smart Windows Across Commercial Projects

Orlando, Fla. – (April 2, 2020) – Lake Nonais working with View, Inc.to install the company’s smart windows across a variety of new and existing commercial buildings throughout the 17-square-mile innovative community. One of the fastest-growing trends in sustainable building, View Smart Windows predictively tint in response to outdoor conditions, eliminating the need for blinds, while also offering health and wellness benefits for building occupants and the environment.

“We’re excited to align with another forward-thinking company like View to bring this new technology to Lake Nona,” said Juan Santos, Senior Vice President of Innovation atTavistock Development Company, the Lake Nona developer. “Reducing energy consumption and creating environments that improve health are top priorities for our community and our company as a whole. We are investing significantly into this groundbreaking infrastructure, in both new and existing buildings, so that the benefits can be realized immediately. In the office environment, installing the world’s most intelligent glass provides new and exciting opportunities to optimize connectivity by improving the building’s psychological and technological characteristics.”

View Smart Windows will be installed this summer into three existing buildings in the Laureate Park neighborhood Village Center, including a fitness studio, Canvas Restaurant & Market,and Lake Nona’s event venue,Dockside. Additional installations include the new, 17-story Lake Nona Wave Hotel and a 120,000-square-foot office building, both currently under construction in Lake Nona Town Center. General contractor Barton Malow Builders recently completed the installation of the smart windows on the office building that is expected to open this summer. Companies interested in leasing opportunities for the office building can email contact@tavistock.com.

View Smart Windows predictively tintwhile improving a building’s energy efficiency by up to 20 percent. Buildings with View Smart Windows have also been proven to significantly improve the health of people inside them. A recent case study by Alan Hedge at Cornell University found that natural light optimized by View Smart Windows can reduce eye strain by 51 percent, headaches by 63 percent and drowsiness by 56 percent — dramatically improving health and productivity.

“View is experiencing unprecedented growth as we reinvent the way buildings are built by putting the wellbeing of people first,” said Rahul Bammi, Chief Business Officer of View, Inc. “Together with thoughtful partners like Lake Nona, we have a unique opportunity to improve people’s quality of life while also benefiting the environment. There’s no need for any trade-off between people, planet, and profit.”

Since its inception 12 years ago, View has installed more than 65 million square feet of smart window glass in buildings across the globe including hospitals, airports, hotels, educational facilities, and office buildings.

Installing View Smart Windows is the latest example of Lake Nona’s dedication to finding innovate and sustainable solutions that benefit the community. Known as a living lab where companies can test new ideas and products, Lake Nona is home to the region’s first driverless and all-electric shuttle service and recently announced a partnership with Verizon to bring new technologies, including 5G, to the community.

ABOUT LAKE NONA

Located in Orlando, Fla., Lake Nona is one of the fastest-growing communities in America. Known for thoughtfully-designed neighborhoods, top-rated education facilities, business and research clusters, retail and entertainment centers, and diverse work spaces, Lake Nona encompass the best Central Florida has to offer. Lake Nona sets the foundation for a collaborative relationship between the people who live, work, and visit there by prioritizing forward-thinking technology, strategic partnerships, education, and wellbeing. For more information, visit lakenona.com.

 ABOUT VIEW, INC.

View is a technology company that creates smart and connected buildings that reduce energy consumption while improving people’s health and wellness. View is the market leader in smart windows that tint to reduce glare without sacrificing natural light and views, which enhances mental and physical wellbeing by significantly reducing headaches, eyestrain and drowsiness. Every View installation includes a “smart building platform” consisting of power, network and communications infrastructure. This enables innovative applications such as glass-break detection and transforming windows into displays or wire-free 5G networks.

Healthy Children: Impacts on the Economy – New White Paper Connects Investing in Children’s Health to the U.S. Economic Future

ORLANDO (February 27, 2020) – The first white paper of a series authored by R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, president and CEO of Nemours Children’s Health System, calls attention to the direct connection between healthy children and long term U.S. economic growth and security. The white paper, How Children Can Transform the Economy…And Health Care was released today at the 8th Annual Lake Nona Impact Forum in Orlando.

“Strategic investments in children’s health and well-being can generate a significant return to the economic health of the United States,” said Moss. “We must seize the opportunity to change how we define health in children that will improve long-term workforce productivity for the next generation of adults and drive the American economy for years to come.”

Moss describes how moving  to a “pay-for-health” system of care and addressing the social determinants of health in children, can have a dramatic impact on the nation’s entire health care system. Children account for only about 7% of total medical care spending yet will soon become 100% of the adult population. “The benefits of intervention in childhood are seen across a lifetime and even impact the next generation,” says Moss. “These are smart, strategic investments for the future of our country.”

Recognizing that healthy children will lower overall health spending and improve the quality of the U.S. workforce, the paper outlines the actions Nemours is taking to have healthy children grow up to be healthy and productive adults. Specifically, Nemours has or has committed to the following:

  • Created a value-based services organization to support a culture shift in the payment model.
  • Adopted a population mindset to be accountable for children in the service area whether they seek medical care or not.
  • Partnered with organizations in addressing social determinants of health to apply each other’s areas of expertise and share the cross-sector rewards of improved child health and well-being.

“We are partnering with payers to develop pediatric-specific value-based payment programs and have developed the necessary infrastructure to execute. Our efforts to date have shown significant progress towards a paradigm shift that will lead to lower health care expenditures and better care for children,” said Jamie Clarke, Chief Value Officer at Nemours.

Making an effort through this paper to engage a broader set of private and public sector leaders to action, Dr. Moss paints a picture of a healthier and stronger America, “Our future is bright, just imagine a world where our economy is driven by the power of a truly healthy workforce. By making evidence-based changes in the way we “create” healthy children, we not only improve the quality of life for families, but we also improve workforce productivity and reduce health care-related costs to individuals, companies and governments/communities.”

The white paper, How Children Can Transform the Economy…And Health Care can be accessed at www.nemours.org/about/sdoh.html.  

About Nemours Children’s Health System

Nemours is an internationally recognized children’s health system that owns and operates the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Fla., along with outpatient facilities in six states, delivering pediatric primary, specialty, and urgent care. Nemours also powers the world’s most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, KidsHealth.org and offers on-demand, online video patient visits through Nemours CareConnect.

Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to families in the communities it serves.