2019 Prime Health Innovation Summit

Hosted annually in partnership with the Colorado Governor’s Office of eHealth Innovation

May 6th | Catalyst HTI, Denver, CO

May 7th | Infinity Park Event Center, Glendale, CO

The 6th Annual Prime Health Innovation Summit featured amazing presentations and conversations we had with innovators and leaders from around the great state of Colorado and the nation. As a community, we showed why Colorado is on the map as a national leader in health innovation with this celebration of our community and all the exciting work we're doing!

record attendance
multiple sold-out events
full agenda of expert speakers offering actionable information and real world experience

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a smash hit!

Monday, May 6th, 2019

Rural Health Innovation Pre-Conference

We hosted our first-ever rural-focused, virtual pre-conference at Catalyst HTI's Event Center.

Michelle Mills, CEO of Colorado Rural Health Center, delivered her morning keynote on the state of rural health in Colorado. She reminded us why we were all there and how important this work can be to impact change in real lives across the state. The morning continued with discussions around rural health and broadband, success stories from the field, entrepreneurial opportunities, and best practices for rural innovation. It was exciting to see speakers and attendees joining from around the state and the nation, including a presentation from our friends in Washington D.C., rural health experts Nisha Patel and Carlos Mena, sharing what's happening at the federal level to support our rural communities through funding and regulatory initiatives.

Catalyst Hub Crawl

After lunch, we had a blast at another first-ever event, the Catalyst Hub Crawl. This series of intimate roundtable discussions throughout the Catalyst HTI building was hosted and moderated by Catalyst tenants, subject matter experts, and a delegation of State and Federal representatives including: the CIO/CTO for U.S. Health and Human Services, FDA's Director for Technology and Innovation, the Senior Innovation Strategist for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, and the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of eHealth Innovation. People were so excited to come together and discuss hot topics like artificial intelligence, data interoperability, telemedicine, and social determinants of health that this event completely SOLD OUT...and then some!

Tuesday, May 7th

Innovation Summit at Infinity Park Event Center

The official big day! Attendees participated in a jam-packed day of amazing speakers and presentations:

From our morning panel with a federal healthcare delegation…

to our afternoon keynote by Colorado’s Lieutenant Governor…

an all-female (all AWESOME) panel with Colorado's state leaders in healthcare…

to our student-focused breakout session sponsored by MSU Denver School for Professional Studies…

to so many more presentations, discussions, and panels from speakers like Marc Neely, President and CEO for UnitedHealthcare in Colorado and Wyoming, Rob Valuck, Founder of OpiSafe, and Rachel Meyer, the Director of Policy and Government Affairs at the American Society of Nephrology,

and many others who offered their perspectives on innovation and collaboration.

Throughout the Summit, we were inspired and impressed as experts from throughout every part of the healthcare ecosystem came together to share stories of success and drive innovation forward. When health systems and provider organizations, national and state government leadership, academic institutions, and digital health entrepreneurs in companies of all sizes come together to share ideas and ask questions, real change can happen.

After all the intense discussion, attendees enjoyed a Taco & Margarita party sponsored by our friends at Redox.