Report – November 2011 Conference and Workshop
We had a successful “Patients as Partners in their Healthcare” Conference and Workshop on November 2 and 3 at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. Close to 100 interested and involved individuals registered for the two-day event, providing an opportunity for a broad range of healthcare personnel to interact productively with patients and caregivers.
Thank you to our Speakers and Panelists for your expert input and ideas, and to all our attendees for your participation and insights. Thank you as well to our sponsors – Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network, University Health Network’s Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Mihealth Global Systems Inc., Patients’ Association of Canada, Canadian Association for People-Centred Health, Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre, Healthtech Consultants, and McKesson Canada.
Click on the link for the Report: Patient Destiny – November Conference and Workshop – Updated FINAL
Below are a few pictures from the event. Thank you to all who attended!
Aarti Mathur, Hy Eliasoph and Vashti Persaud
Attendees received ‘patient’ wristbands as their name tags.
Dr. Wendy Graham
Kathy Bulger and Erella Ganon
This is a book that is targeted at all patients. Throughout the book, I present how changing technology has affected our society in a number of industries (education, banking and sports/entertainment) culminating in a discussion on healthcare. I discuss my role in each of these industries as a change agent and illustrate how the industries have matured as a result of rising consumerism and greater expectations relating to information access and delivery. The overall objective is, through the art of storytelling, to illustrate how each of these industries has dealt with change and changing technology and the similarities (and differences) when compared to healthcare. Hopefully, these illustrations will provide insight into moving the healthcare industry forward as well as an incentive to all consumers, the healthy and the patients, to become more involved in their own care and health management and to expect more from health providers.
