Next Peer-to-Peer Roundtable:
 Healthcare Roundtable: Tuesday,
June 19th, 2007.
Discussion Theme:
eHealth, EHR's, EMR's, etc.: Where's the promise?
Where are we? Who's accountable for the disparity between the promise and
reality? The Canadian government this year announced another $400 million
towards such technologies. What is the realistic expectation on their
impact versus the publicity? Is too little emphasis being put on 'change
management' to ensure adoption by the medical community? Vendors are
arguing that medical associations are behind their targets for
implementation. Associations in turn argue their members need connectivity
as well as security and training. Others state there is a divide that goes
beyond the realm of technology itself to increase efficiencies in the
healthcare system. Others contend that in the end it will be the consumer
who will be the strongest catalyst for change as increasing numbers of
patients use PHR's and thus will be pushing the medical community to adopt
EHR's.
Panelists:
William (Bill) Albino, CEO, Smart
Systems for Health Agency (SSHA), www.ssha.on.ca
:
Bill has more than twenty years experience in the information technology and
telecom industries. He has served as a board member, senior executive and
general manager for companies in Canada and the United States.
Specifically, Bill has worked for EDS Canada as Executive Vice President and
Senior Vice President. Bill has also worked for Xerox Corporation in
senior management roles in Canada and the United States. He has run his
own consulting organization for technology start-up companies. Recently
appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of SSHA, Bill is responsible for
ensuring its mandate of electronically connecting Ontario's healthcare
professionals to patient information is implemented on a wide scale in the
province.
Roger Girard,
Integrated Vice-President & Regional CIO, Niagara Health Systems,
www.niagarahealth.on.ca :
Roger is presently working as the Integrated Vice-President and Regional CIO
with the hospitals and CCAC of the Hamilton-Niagara-Haldimand-Brant LHIN in
Ontario. He recently completed an assignment as the Ontario government's
Chief eHealth Strategist. Roger has more than 35 years of experience in
healthcare information management, having worked in the pharmaceutical industry,
as a healthcare Chief Information Officer, and within government eHealth
initiatives across Canada. His career has included roles as Executive Lead
of the Ontario government's information technology response to the SARS crisis
in 2003, CIO for the Calgary Health Region, CIO for the McGill University Health
Centre, and as the Canadian CIO with a major international pharmaceutical firm.
Jan Kasperski, CEO, Ontario
College of Family Physicians, www.ocfp.on.ca
: Jan in addition to her role as CEO of the Ontario College of Family
Physicians is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Education at the Northern
Ontario School of Medicine and has been a Professor at St. Paul's University and
the University of Ottawa. She is a Registered Nurse and a Board Certified
Health Executive. Jan has over 30 years of experience in a variety of
healthcare settings, as a clinician, an educator, a researcher and a hospital
administrator. This broad-based background allows her to view healthcare
from various perspectives. The role of case managers assigned to Family
Health Networks is actively supported by the OCFP, as is the need for
information technology to assist with the function of virtual teams.
Sam Marafioti, Vice President
Corporate Strategy & Development, CIO, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,
www.sunnybrook.ca : In
his role Sam provides executive leadership for Sunnybrook's Strategic Planning,
positioning the hospital for both stability and growth among its Toronto Central
LHIN peers. Sam is also leading the $300 million Capital redevelopment programme
currently underway at both Sunnybrook campuses. In his role as CIO and as
Chief Privacy Officer, Sam leads the development and implementation of numerous
eHealth initiatives including an integrated electronic health record for the
hospital, a personal health record available to its patients, network
infrastructure, corporate technology standards, web services telehealth and
oversees all major corporate technology acquisitions.
Dr. Chris O'Connor, MD, Senior
Medical Informatics Consultant, Trillium Health Centre,
www.trilliumhealthcentre.org :
Bio pending.
Bill Pascal, CTO, Canadian Medical Association,
www.cma.ca : Bio Pending.
Moderator: Stefan
Lialias, CEO, Direct Engagement Inc.
Who
should Attend?:
Healthcare professionals and private industry professionals
who wish to hear first hand and engage the leading decision makers in the
industry as to their views and interests to the desired direction and modeling
of the healthcare system in Ontario.
Registration: $95 per person
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