IIR’s 4th Annual Healthcare Summit is a leading business forum for healthcare professionals including, but not limited to hospital operators, health authorities, academics, health insurers, government, care organisations, research institutions, and pharmaceutical organisations. This summit will take place 28, 29, 30 and 31 January 2013 at Convention Dynamics, Isando in Johannesburg. This event typically attracts attendees from across South Africa and features prominent speakers, lively panel discussions, masterclasses and special workshops and various networking opportunities.
This year’s conference, with the theme “bringing together policy, strategy, partnerships and innovation to drive sustainable improvement in healthcare”, will explore the continuing evolution of healthcare in South Africa and leadership and collaboration needed to ensure that higher quality healthcare services become more widely available.
The 4th Annual Healthcare Summit will earn you CPD points and provide an exciting and stimulating learning environment (CPD points pending validation).
Key topics
- The roll-out of the NHI: the transition to a new healthcare delivery system.
- Ensuring effective healthcare governance in an evolving healthcare system: moving from theory to practice.
- Investigating Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) between private and community healthcare organisations in South Africa.
- Analysing the serious concerns that need to be addressed in order to improve primary healthcare services in South Africa.
- Making the referral system work and using it to support clinical governance, quality assurance and the NHI.
- Why should public healthcare facilities be concerned with quality assurance and quality improvement?
- Investigating the sustainability of the private healthcare pricing and cost structure.
- Investigating the potential impact of the Protection of State.
- Information Bill on the healthcare industry.
- Investigating the Cuba learning initiative and improving the curriculum and training of healthcare practitioners.
Key Conference Speakers include:
- Professor Morgan Chetty, CEO, KwaZulu-Natal Managed Care Coalition; Chairman, Independent Physicians Association (IPA) Foundation of SA
- Professor Anthony Linegar, Research Consultant: Accreditation and Patient Safety, The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA)
- Specialist & Head of Family Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu- Natal
- Valter Adão, Director, Deloitte Consulting
- Martin Versfeld, Partner: Competition, Webber Wentzel
- Professor Alex van den Heever, Chair: Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand
- Professor Soornarain Subramoney Naidoo, Servier Chair, Chief
- Dr. Monwabisi Gantsho, Registrar and CEO, Council for Medical Schemes
- Sven Byl, Head: Healthcare, Africa, KPMG
- Dr. Buyiswa Mjamba-Matshoba, Registrar and CEO, Health ProfessionsCouncil of South Africa (HPCSA)
- Professor Zephne van der Spuy, Head: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town; President, South African Medical Association (SAMA)
- Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, Chairperson: Committee for Public Doctors, South African Medical Association (SAMA)
- Professor Yosuf Veriava, Special Advisor to the Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
- Elsabé Klinck, Healthcare Law and Policy Consultant, Elsabé Klinck Consulting
- Danie Kolver, Head: Accreditation Unit, Council for Medical Schemes
- Shaista Goga, Senior Researcher, Section 27
- Dr. Victor Litlhakanyane, Managing Director, Ditau Health Solutions
- Craig Burton-Durham, Head: Legal Services Unit, Council for Medical Schemes
- Dr. Dan Ncayiyana, Director, Benguela Health; Head: Editorial Board, HSRC
- Dr. Iain Barton, Chief Executive Officer, RTT Health Services
- Clayton Samsodien, Managing Director, Genesis Healthcare Consultants
- Dr. Reginald Broekmann, Project Manager, Benguela Health
- Sibonelo Cele, Senior Investigator: Compliance & Investigations Unit, Council for Medical Schemes
- George Marx, Director, Wellnicity
- Sandy Dove, Project Manager, Health Information Systems Programme
Benefits of attending the summit
- The first event of the year to bring together healthcare leaders in South Africa: hear local and international healthcare leaders debate strategy, share their ideas, and discuss long-term solutions.
- Policy reform and implementation: understand how structural reform, funding models and technology will impact the quality and delivery of healthcare.
- Have your say in the healthcare reform debate: make your thoughts known and influence outcomes by participating in highlevel panel sessions and networking activities.
- An event that brings all the different sectors of healthcare under one roof: network and engage on a one-on-one basis with key industry role players.
Who should attend the conference
- Director Generals: Health
- Heads of Public Affairs
- Heads of Regulatory Affairs
- Heads of Pricing
- General Practitioners
- Chief Directors: Health
- GMs: Health Policy
- Health Economists
- Medical Scheme Managers
- Medical Directors
- CEOs, Directors and Presidents of Medical and Health-related Associations
- Market
- Access Managers
- Managers: Managed Healthcare
- Hospital Managers
- Heads of Operations
- Marketing Managers
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