Massively Better Healthcare: An Optimistic Playbook for Creating Lasting Change

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• Presented by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Hopkins at Home
• Featuring Halle Tecco, BSPH '20 (MPH), moderated by Joshua M. Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alumna Halle Tecco '20 (MPH) joins us for a virtual discussion about her groundbreaking new book, "Massively Better Healthcare." Drawing from her 15+ years as a healthcare entrepreneur, investor, and educator, Tecco will share her insider's guide to transforming our broken healthcare system through strategic innovation.

As founder of Rock Health and a prominent voice in healthcare transformation, Tecco has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and named one of Goldman Sachs' Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. Currently teaching at Columbia Business School and Harvard Medical School, she brings unique insights into aligning profit with purpose in healthcare.

During this engaging discussion, Tecco will explore how to navigate healthcare's complexity, build sustainable solutions, and create lasting change in one of society's most vital systems. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, healthcare professional, or changemaker, this conversation offers actionable insights for anyone passionate about improving healthcare outcomes.

This conversation will be moderated by Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and cohost of its Public Health On Call podcast.

 

Massively Better HealthcareAbout the Book

Our system is plagued by staggering costs, inadequate outcomes, and pervasive inequities. In Massively Better Healthcare, Halle Tecco offers an insider’s guide to transforming healthcare through innovation. Drawing on her experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and educator, she delivers a practical roadmap for building solutions that align profit with purpose.

Through personal narratives, case studies, and actionable frameworks, Tecco shows you how to spot opportunities for meaningful change and turn obstacles into competitive advantages.

Inside, you’ll learn:

  • The four new rules of building massively better healthcare.
  • Why healthcare is “hard” — and how to use that complexity to your advantage.
  • How to align the mission and margin so your work is sustainable, scalable, and impactful.
  • Who really holds power in healthcare and strategies for bending the system without being broken by it.
  • How to evaluate your ideas up front to increase your chances of success.
  • Ways to generate evidence that wins trust from patients, payers, and investors.

Massively Better Healthcare bridges Silicon Valley dynamism with healthcare’s evidence-based rigor. It’s a realistic yet optimistic playbook for anyone who wants to create lasting change in one of society’s most vital systems.

ABOUT Halle Tecco, BSPH '20 (MPH)
Partner, Techammer; Author, "Massively Better Healthcare"

Halle Tecco has dedicated her career to making healthcare massively better. She is the founder of Rock Health and has backed and advised dozens of healthcare companies. She teaches future healthcare leaders at Columbia Business School and Harvard Medical School, and serves on the boards of Collective Health and Cofertility.


Tecco’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg. She was named as one of Goldman Sach’s Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs and listed on Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023. She has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival, CES, TechCrunch Disrupt, and was a SXSW Keynote speaker. Tecco holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.
 

With Massively Better Healthcare, she distills 15+ years of lessons into an essential guide for leaders who want to leave the system better than they found it.
 

ABOUT Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, and Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management. Previously, he served as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as Commissioner of Health for Baltimore City, and as health policy advisor for Congressman Henry A. Waxman. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Public Administration.

Dr. Sharfstein is the author of the Public Health Crisis Survival Guide: Leadership and Management in Trying Times, and the co-author of The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know and the recently-published Information Sick: How Journalism's Decline and Misinformation's Rise Are Harming Our Health—and What We Can Do About It.

 Event Date
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Start Time: 12:00pm EST
End Time: 1:00pm EST

 Location
Virtual Livestream

Hopkins At H
6225 Smith Ave.
Baltimore 21209
Livestream

 Contact
Office of Alumni Relations
Joe Letourneau
Lifelong Learning
(800) JHU-JHU1
HopkinsatHome@jhu.edu

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