Media Advisory - Health Experts Discuss Sustainability of Canada's Health Care System at Western Health Summit 2014
EDMONTON, AB, May 20, 2014 /CNW/ -Health care accounts for approximately 40% of Alberta's provincial expenditures. Yet, Canada's health care system performs poorly relative to countries such as Germany, Switzerland, France, and Australia.
The sustainability of the health care system, including health care funding and spending, along with primary care reform, innovation, and wellness and prevention, will be the focus of The Conference Board of Canada's Western Health Summit 2014.
The summit will feature the Conference Board's latest research on health care economics, interprofessional primary care teams, innovation in procurement, and workplace wellness.
When: | May 21 - 22, 2014 |
8:30 - 9:15 a.m., Wednesday - Presentations: An Obvious Fix for Health Care— Let's Get Rid of the Patients and Defining and Delivering Health Care Sustainability. | |
9:15 - 10:30 a.m., Wednesday - Panel discussion on what are the obstacles to health care sustainability and how can we overcome them. | |
11:00 - 12:00 p.m., Wednesday - Panel discussion on primary care reform in Alberta | |
12:00 - 1:15 p.m., Wednesday - Keynote presentation: Push, Pull, or Nudge— What's the Best Way to Improve Health with Behaviour Change? | |
2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Wednesday - Discussion about the role of legislators in health promotion within the consensus model of the northwest territories | |
Who: | Speakers include: |
Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti - Professor, University of Alberta and President | |
Canadian Medical Association | |
Dr. Richard Lewanczuk - Senior Medical Director, Primary Health Care, | |
Alberta Health Services | |
Dr. Gabriela Prada - Director, Health Innovation, Policy and Evaluation, The Conference Board of Canada Dr. Dilip Soman - Corus Chair in Communications Strategy and Professor and Senior Fellow, Desautels Center for Integrative Thinking, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | |
Louis Thériault - Executive Director, Economic Initiatives, The Conference Board of Canada | |
Dr. Jennifer Zelmer - Executive Vice-President, Canada Health Infoway | |
Where: | Westin Edmonton - 10135 100 Street NW |
For the full schedule and times visit: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/healthwest/agenda.aspx
The Western Health Summit 2014 is sponsored by Sanofi, Dr. Roger's Prize, Medtronic of Canada Ltd., and LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services
Follow the Summit on Twitter with the hashtag: #CBoCHealth
SOURCE: Conference Board of Canada
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