Media Advisory - The Conference Board of Canada's Healthy Canada Conference 2018
TORONTO, March 26, 2018 /CNW/ - Personalizing across the health system, from prevention to health care to workplace wellness, is the next frontier in Canadian health innovation. Medical decisions, practices, policies, programs, and products are being tailored to the individual patient based on their predicted response or disease risk.
The Conference Board of Canada will host the Healthy Canada Conference 2018 in Toronto on March 27-28, where experts will discuss how Canada can become a leader in implementing a personalized approach to health and wellness. Topics discussed include:
- How advances in medicine can support the transition to a health system that delivers person centred care
- Choosing antidepressant therapies in a climate of personalized medicine
- Enabling personalization by placing tools and data in the hands of health care professionals and patients
- Targeted approaches to empowering patients in managing their own health
When: March 27-28, 2018
Where: Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St W., Toronto, Ontario
Who: Speakers include:
- Peter Bak, Chief Information Officer, Humber River Hospital
- Jeff Curtis, Chief Privacy Officer, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Ravi Deshpande, Senior Vice-President, Specialty Health, McKesson Canada
- Dr. Robert Fraser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Molecular You
- Lori Grant, President, Klick Health
- Dr. Bettina Hamelin, President and CEO, Ontario Genomics
- Jack Hourigan, Principal, Sway Partners Inc., and Patient and Family Advocate
- Jerry Koh, Director, Systems Innovations & MaRS Solutions Lab, MaRS Discovery District
- Dr. Joshua Landy, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Figure 1, Inc.
- Nancy Lefebre, Chief Clinical Executive and Senior Vice-President, Knowledge and Practice, Saint Elizabeth Health Care
For the full schedule and times visit: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/healthycanada/agenda.aspx
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Media accreditation is required.
This conference is sponsored by Sanofi Canada, Lundbeck Canada, and LifeLabs.
SOURCE Conference Board of Canada
or media accreditation, contact: Natasha Jamieson, Media Relations, The Conference Board of Canada, Tel.: 613- 526-3090 ext. 307, E-mail: [email protected]; or Juline Ranger, Director of Communications, The Conference Board of Canada, Tel.: 613- 526-3090 ext. 431, E-mail: [email protected]
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