At PlatforMed 2025, the fourth annual gathering focused on platform transformation in healthcare, one message resonated above all: a platform-based approach is no longer just aspirational — it’s delivering measurable, meaningful change.

Held June 3-4 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, PlatforMed brought together more than 250 leaders from healthcare, government, technology, and academia. The event spotlighted how platform thinking is advancing clinical care, empowering clinicians, and making high-quality care more accessible everywhere.

"Our platform model benefits all," said Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., in his keynote address. "It certainly benefits patients. It benefits physicians and other providers. It benefits innovators. It benefits hospitals and others who run and pay for healthcare. As platform leaders, we are working together and shaping a better, more innovative way ahead for healthcare."

Dr. Farrugia detailed how Mayo Clinic Platform is turning innovation into outcomes. He shared examples such as increased survival rates in glioblastoma patients associated with specific anti-seizure medications and tighter control of hyperglycemia — correlations made possible by analyzing Platform-derived data. He also described how synthetic placebo arms, created from simulated patient populations, are making clinical trials faster, more affordable, and more inclusive.

Mayo Clinic Platform is the first healthcare platform of its kind, designed to bring together an ecosystem of data, solution developers, and healthcare providers to benefit all and create much-needed new cures. Today, Platform is turning innovation into impact by:

• Supporting clinicians with intelligent resource orchestration to enable just-in-time, personalized care.
• Empowering researchers to validate real-world insights and generate new hypotheses.
• Enabling innovators to turn decades of clinical data into practice-ready solutions.
• Fueling real-time collaboration across the healthcare ecosystem.

PlatforMed is not just a showcase event — it's a working session for the future of care. Through expert insights, real-world case studies, and interactive discussions, the event equips decision makers with the tools and partnerships needed to lead this transformation.

Featured speakers at PlatforMed 2025 included:

• Michael Howell, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer, Google
• Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global
• David Reich, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer and President, Mount Sinai Health System and Mount Sinai Queens
• Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Google
• Dan Wattendorf, M.D., Director of Innovative Technology Solutions, Global Health Division, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Dwight Diercks, Senior Vice President, Software Engineering, Nvidia

Key themes and takeaways

Sessions were organized around four core themes: Administrative Operations, Clinical Evolution, Investment, and Global Reach — each underscoring Platform’s role in reshaping care delivery.

These were some of the takeaways from the event:

• The future of healthcare will be seamless and integrated across life experiences, not confined to the walls of a clinic.
• Technology must be designed with clinicians, not just for them. Tools should solve real problems, improve workflows, and elevate the human side of care.
• Burnout stems from administrative tasks, not patient care. Platform solutions can reduce documentation time, giving clinicians time back with patients.
• True transformation requires collaboration across sectors, institutions, and disciplines. No one can solve healthcare’s biggest challenges alone.

Throughout the event, speakers emphasized that the goal is not just to modernize care, but to transform it. Platform thinking is the foundational shift needed to meet the demands of a complex, data-rich, and rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

“We're here to make a difference," said John Halamka, M.D., Dwight and Dian Diercks President of Mayo Clinic Platform. "We're here to make an impact. We’re here to be part of the global transformation of healthcare. And we're here at a time when the only way to do it is with partnerships and collaboration around platform thinking."