Integrated Health Care Forum: For the good health of all British Columbians presented by Pacific Blue Cross
The Vancouver Board of Trade is bringing together health care experts to discuss the advantages and opportunities of shifting health care closer to home and away from costly acute care facilities, such as hospitals.
Learn about the challenges B.C. must overcome to make this a reality and the successful models that exist around the world for this type of health care.
This forum is being organized by Dr. Mark Schonfeld, former Chief Executive Officer, British Columbia Medical Association, Health Care Committee Chair, and Director of The Vancouver Board of Trade.
OPENING REMARKS:
The Honourable Dr. Terry Lake
Minister of Health, Province of British Columbia
MORNING KEYNOTE:
Caring closer to home
A real world example of integrated health care in North America, based on a very successful Irish model.
Steven Martin
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
SESSION 1:
The coming of age of integrated health care in B.C.
Learn how providing health care closer to home is becoming a reality for more and more British Columbians, and the opportunities this presents for health care providers, and the obstacles we must overcome.
Dr. Penny Ballem, City Manager, City of Vancouver
Laura Case, Chief Operating Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver Community
Dr. Michael Guerriere, Chief Medical Officer, Vice President and General Manager, Provider Solutions, TELUS Health
Dr. Les Vertesi, Specialist in Emergency Medicine; Medical Consultant on Health System Performance and Outcome Driven Initiatives
Moderator: Carole Taylor, O.C., Former Journalist; Former Minister of Finance, Province of British Columbia, Chancellor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University
SESSION 2:
What I know now about health care reform in B.C.
Former B.C. Ministers of Health and Chair of Vancouver Coastal Health discuss the challenges of modernizing B.C.'s health care system for the 21st century.
George Abbott, Former Minister of Health and Minister of Education, Province of British Columbia; and Founder, Circle Square Solutions
Kevin Falcon, Former Deputy Premier, Minister of Health and Minister of Finance, Province of British Columbia; and Executive Vice President, Anthem Capital Corp.
Colin Hansen, Former Deputy Premier, Minister of Health and Minister of Finance, Province of British Columbia; and President and CEO, AdvantageBC
Kip Woodward, Chair, Vancouver Coastal Health
Moderator: Carole Taylor, O.C., Former Journalist; Former Minister of Finance, Province of British Columbia, Chancellor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE:
Prescriptions for sustainable health care in Canada
With an aging population and stretched provincial budgets, what can we do to make the health care dollar go further and improve patient outcomes? We need a system that is more integrated in some ways and more flexible in others.
Jeffrey Simpson, National Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail
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