Karen Horgan

Karen Horgan is the Co-Founder and CEO of VAL Health, the leading health-related behavioral economics consulting firm. She is a recognized thought leader in developing high-impact engagement strategies and is a regular speaker in her role as a prominent healthcare CEO, including at SXSW, AHIP, and the World Economic Forum. She has spearheaded the development of hundreds of behavior change programs that successfully enable clients to overcome healthcare’s biggest challenges around patient and provider engagement. Karen holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a BA and BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Karen’s leadership, combined with her evidence-based perspective and real-world results, would provide a viewpoint to encourage your audience to think differently. Listeners would learn about Karen’s mission to improve healthcare, the science of behavioral economics, and how her leadership has brought to life significant improvements in patient engagement including the doubling of preventive cancer screening rates, a 35% increase in disease management program adoption, and a 5% decrease in patient no-show rates.