The Innovators Global Network Presents:
Assessing Healthcare Innovation Strategies: Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare Delivery in Canada

An Evening Discussion, Wednesday, June 18, 2003, Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Special Keynote Address

Evaluating the Swedish Healthcare Reforms: What can Canada Learn?
With Johan Hjertqvist of the Timbro Health Unit, Stockholm, Sweden

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Sweden has been engaged in a series of structural healthcare reforms that have impacted how healthcare is delivered in many regions of the country. This discussion evening reflects upon the reforms and innovations in the healthcare system and presents a summary of present public health issues in Stockholm County. Public health activities and their possible outcomes for the region are also outlined. But the question remains as to what Canada can learn from the Swedish experience and whether their reforms merit a closer look on this side of the pond. How has Sweden succeeded in reconciling universal access to health care with a greater role for private providers of medical and hospital services?

This 90-minute discussion evening will explore the following issues:

• Current trends and issues in healthcare delivery: Assessing the role of the private sector in innovation strategies
• Sweden's healthcare / IT advances and the lessons Learned : Improving healthcare delivery through emerging technologies and deciding where innovation should be focused
• Assessing the degree to which the introduction of competitive mechanisms initiates cost savings and resolves waiting list problems
• Understanding how the conjunction of new consumer values and scientific progress will change the meaning of health care

About our Keynote Speaker:

Johan Hjertqvist is the Manager of the Timbro Health Unit, a division of the Timbro Policy Group, in Stockholm, Sweden. Timbro Health is a new operation, which since 2001 has advocated market influence and consumer power in health care. Mr. Hjertqvist has a background in health care policy and welfare entrepreneurial activities. Since 1999 he has led a four-year-project analyzing the transformation of health care in the Stockholm region. Mr. Hjertqvist is the author of numerous books on politics and health and has contributed to anthologies on such topics.

Johan Hjertqvist Manager Timbro Health Unit Stockholm, Sweden

About the Event:

The evening begins with drinks and registration at 5:00 p.m. The Keynote address commences at 5:30 p.m. followed by a panel discussion at 6:15 and concludes with a general question and answer period at 7:00 p.m. The audience is then invited to attend the reception featuring an open-bar and the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald's famous canapŽs in the Wedgewood Room. Don't miss this opportunity to mingle with the leaders in the Healthcare industry. Contact The Innovators for registration and price information.