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Loy Lobo
Life Science & Digital
Europe

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It is an interesting time to work in Healthcare. The next 10 years promise exciting innovations to improve the experience of healthcare - for patients, doctors, nurses ... everyone.

Loy Lobo

Life Science & Digital
Europe

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Loy is an experienced innovator and leader in healthcare, and an independent professional with a-connect. Over the past decade he has taken a number of healthcare innovations from concept to market. He has launched a UK social enterprise startup in Wellness, and was the founder of the telehealth business at BT Global Health. In his last role at BT, he was the Director of Strategy and Innovation for Global Health.

In 2014, Loy left BT to launch Wegyanik, a health innovation company that works with design agencies, digital technologies and decision sciences to create the health and care services we require for now and the future. Wegyanik is developing markets, scaling up innovations and influencing whole system change in healthcare.

To realise his vision for healthcare, Loy undertakes a number of roles. He is a Fellow at the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of its Telemedicine and eHealth Council. His role at the RSM is to expand its international network and share good practice in eHealth. He served on the Expert Panel for Economics, Education and Research at the London Mayor’s Health Commission, where he influenced the creation of Digital Health London. He has also chaired the Joint Economic Trade Committee between the UK and India for collaboration in Healthcare and Life Sciences. He has also been a panel judge for various competitions ranging from EPSRC funding to the eHealth Insider Awards.

He is a Visiting Researcher on Innovation in Healthcare at Imperial College Business School and an External Board Member of The Cumberland Initiative (a multi-sector collaborative to promote the use of business simulation and modelling for the transformation of health services). Loy is also a Trustee at TB Alert, an international tuberculosis charity. He is a mentor and strategic advisor to a number of health technology startups.

Prior to working in Healthcare, Loy worked for 11 years at Accenture leading business transformation programmes for global clients. He has a BSc in Microbiology and an Executive MBA from London Business School.

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Business Strategy
Digital Health Technology
Innovation Management and Corporate Venturing
Business Simulation and Modelling
Health and Care System Transformation
Commercial Modelling and Outcomes Based Pricing

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Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Health 2017: The New Frontier in Healthcare

Read about exciting developments and upcoming challenges in the digitized healthcare world - a guest article from Loy Lobo
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