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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