8th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe

23-24 May 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe will convene in Amsterdam gathering health care leaders from Europe and the globe to share top insights and best practices for health care business innovation and develop actionable strategies to improve care delivery and outcomes.

The 2012 WHCC Europe will feature more than 60 presenters from government, hospitals and health care systems, insurers and payer organizations and academia who will share best practices on:

  • Sharing international experiences in the development of sustainable health care systems
  • Learning lessons from successful integrated care systems in Europe and the USA
  • The rise of health consumerism and the growing power of the health consumer
  • Personalised health and predictive medicine
  • Productivity and efficiency in health care delivery
  • Mobile health, tele-health and e-health
  • Innovative collaborative partnerships between industry and institutions in the pharmaceutical, biotech markets
  • Evaluating the next generation of medical devices
  • New health care financing models including outcomes based payment and bundling
  • Global health and wellness

Key presenters include:

  • Victor Dzau, MD, CEO, Duke University Health System
  • Devi Shetty, MD, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, India
  • Mehmood Khan, MD, CEO - Global Nutrition Group and Chief Scientific Officer, PepsiCo
  • Dr Alexandre Barna, Head of Unit for Innovation and Emerging Technology Awareness, Committee for the Evaluation and Diffusion of Innovative Technologies, France
  • Jim Easton, National Director of Improvement and Efficiency, Department of Health, United Kingdom
  • Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, European Commission
  • David Chou, Senior Director, IT Operations, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Jason Cheah, MD, CEO, Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore
  • Dr Gareth Goodier, Chief Executive, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HR12015/

About the World Health Care Congress Europe
As the leading European event on health care business innovation, The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress-Europe is the only major international forum that convenes leaders from all sectors of health care to discuss and develop actionable strategies to improve care delivery and outcomes. The congress ensures that delegates will leave with a key action plan to meet the many challenges facing health care across Europe. The event will feature the top industry influencers including hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, health care industry suppliers, health ministers, and leading government officials.

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