The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress - Europe

Day One

Wednesday, 23 May, 2012
8:30 -
9:30
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO STRENGTHENING GLOBAL HEALTH
  • Facing up to the global challenge of developing sustainable health care systems in the face of rising demand
  • How can universal cover, access and equity be maintained and the increasing cost of delivering healthcare contained – what are the tradeoffs that must be made?
  • Understanding the global role of innovation in delivering sustainable health care
  • Exploring European approaches to sustainable health care delivery
  • Global health care industry business innovations - showcasing innovative business models from emerging economies
Victor Dzau Victor Dzau, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Duke University Health System
USA
Devi Shetty Devi Shetty, MD
Founder and Chairman
Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals
India
9:30 -
10:30
SHIFTING THE BALANCE FROM TREATMENT OF ILLNESS TO THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS—BUILDING STRATEGIES & PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE PREVENTION
  • Pioneering national legislative and regulatory approaches to improving the health of populations
  • Exploring the role of industry in supporting consumers to make healthy choices and choose healthy lifestyles
  • Understanding the social determinants of health and how to address inequalities in the health of the public
  • Developing patient responsibility - striking a balance between the right of the individual to receive treatment and their own responsibility to maintain their health
  • Examining the role of incentives and disincentives in driving behavior change
  • Improving prevention by stratifying risk so as to be able target interventions more effectively
  • Enabling active healthy aging
  • Exploring a range of national health promotion systems
Jessica Colling Jessica Colling
Product Director
vielife
(UK)
Mehmood Khan Mehmood Khan, MD, FACE
Chief Executive Officer - Global Nutrition Group and Chief Scientific Officer
PepsiCo, Inc.
USA
Michael Marmot Sir Michael Marmot
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
University College London
United Kingdom
Moderator
Clive Needle Clive Needle
Director
Eurohealthnet
10:30 -
11:00
Morning Refreshment and Networking
11:00 -
11:45
Evaluating mHealth adoption barriers: Policy and Regulatory
Vodafone mHealth Solutions will present on one of the greatest barriers to mHealth adoption: Policy and Regulatory Requirements. The presentation is part of Vodafone’s Health Debate series of Insight Guide publications aimed at evaluating the market barriers for mHealth. Vodafone will host a panel of subject matter experts that will discuss the policy and regulatory environment against the emergence of new mobile health services. The presentation will include best practice and trend reflections on reimbursement policy and clinical guideline regulations from across different emerging and mature markets. In addition, Vodafone’s approach to mHealth will be described in the context of this topic. For more information on Vodafone mHealth and the Health Debate visit: mhealth.vodafone.com
Moderated by:
Tony Kane Tony Kane
Head of Business Development – mHealth Solutions
Vodafone PLC
Sponsored by:
11:30 -
12:15
Innovation and Emerging Trend Series
12:15 -
14:00
EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LUNCHEON
14:00 -
14:45
CONCURRENT EXECUTIVE SUMMITS
16:15 -
16:45
REFRESHMENT BREAK IN THE EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
16:45 -
17:30
EXPLORING SUCCESSFUL APPROACHES TO DELIVERING PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
  • Value improvement: Improving quality whilst reducing waste and costs
  • Clarifying the explicit link between high quality safe care and efficiency and decreasing variation through the development of European standards
  • Improving efficiency through developing a more effectively integrated systems which works together more effectively
  • Redesigning care to be delivered out of hospital – is this more efficient?
  • Delivering efficiency and productivity through process reengineering
  • The development of indicators to assess effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare systems
  • Developing a disinvestment strategy
  • Lessons from successful approaches to increasing productivity in health care
Ferdinand Breedveld Prof Ferdinand Breedveld
Chief Executive Officer
Leiden University Medical Centre
The Netherlands
Lesley Doherty Lesley Doherty
Chief Executive
Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Jim Easton Jim Easton
National Director of Improvement and Efficiency
Department of Health
United Kingdom
Paul M. Just Paul M. Just
Director - Healthcare Economics
Smith & Nephew
Moderator
Speaker Photo Unavailable Sarah Neville
UK News Editor & Public Policy Editor
Financial Times
17:30 -
18:15
DEVELOPING MANAGED COMPETITION IN HEALTHCARE MARKETS
  • Long term planning of recourses in healthcare versus market forces, lessons from a range European health systems
  • Developing risk adjustment mechanisms to mitigate against selection by insurers in health markets
  • Competition on price versus competition on quality
  • Strategies to avoid gaming of the system
  • Exploring the Dutch experience of creating an insurance based market system
Pieter Hasekamp Pieter Hasekamp
Director General
Zorgverzekeraars Nederland
The Netherlands
Ab Klink Dr Ab Klink
Former Dutch Minister of Health & Professor of Healthcare, Labour and Political Direction
Vrije Universiteit
The Netherlands
Olof Suttorp Olof Suttorp
Vice President
Dutch Association of Hospitals
The Netherlands
Moderator
Ruud Koolen Ruud Koolen
Editor in Chief Skipr
Springer Media
(The Netherlands)
Thursday, 24 May, 2012
8:30 -
10:00
HOW TO MAKE INTEGRATION WORK—LESSONS FROM SUCESSFULLY INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEMS
  • Exploring where different European health systems in are in the transition to integrated care
  • Delivering seamless integrated health care which links effectively with social and long term care
  • Developing vertical integration of primary and acute careHow can new technologies support the development of integrated care models?
  • Exploring the Alzira model of capitated integrated care and public private partnership
  • Exploring integrated care models from the USA
Albert de Rosa Albert de Rosa
Director General
Ribera Salud Group
Spain
Robert Jesse Robert Jesse, MD, PhD
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health
Veterans Health Administration
USA
Jason Yap Dr. Jason Yap
Chief, Health Information and Innovation
Agency for Integrated Care
Moderator
Nick Goodwin Nick Goodwin
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Integrated Care;
Co-Founder, International Foundation for Integrated Care;
Programme Director - Integrated Care for Older People, The King's Fund
United Kingdom
10:00 -
10:30
REFRESHMENT BREAK IN THE EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
10:30 -
13:00
CONCURRENT EXECUTIVE SUMMITS
13:00 -
14:15
EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LUNCHEON
14:15 -
15:15
TESTING INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE PAYMENT, PRICING & REIMBURSMENT MODELS
  • Developing resilient funding models that are will be sustainable in future
  • Moving from systems of fee for service to payments based on the quality of care
  • Establishing the links between price and outcomes
  • Measuring doctor’s performance and developing incentives and payment systems for doctors based on performance
  • Exploring the global results of payment bundling in health care
  • Developing pathway based tariffs and year of care tariffs
  • Examining co-payment trends in Europe
  • Increasing the incentives to manage chronic disease more effectively
Charles-Etienne de Cidrac
Director/Head of Health
AXA Global Life
Agneta Jansmyr Agneta Jansmyr
Landstingsdirektör
Jonkoping County Council
Sweden
Marc van Kempen Marc van Kempen
Managing Director The Netherlands
Medco International
(The Netherlands)
Moderator:
Paulo Moreira Paulo Moreira
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Healthcare Management
15:15 -
16:00
EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CROSS BORDER MARKET FOR HEALTH CARE ACROSS EUROPE
  • Understanding the timescale for the implementation of the Directive on Cross Border Healthcare
  • Defining a framework to provide information to citizens about health care in Europe
  • Establishing national contact points
  • Clarifying the care basket available to cross border patients
  • Managing the risks to health care providers
  • Developing provider mobility – what are the opportunities and for provider groups?
  • Exploring the costs of implementing the Directive
Speaker Photo Unavailable Gabriel Uguet
Board Member
European Union of Private Hospitals and President
Spanish Association of Private Hospitals
Isabel de la Mata Isabel de la Mata
Principal Advisor
Directorate General for Health and Consumers
European Commission
Speaker Photo Unavailable Iris van der Heijden
Legal Advisor
Health On the Net Foundation (Switzerland)
Moderated by:
William R. Boyles William R. Boyles, MA
Director
Global Business Forum on Health
16:00 -
17:00
Delivering “Perfect Healthcare”
  • Understanding that we all know what needs to be done to make healthcare better
  • Overcoming the inertia that currently stifles healthcare transformation
  • Accepting that we are part of the problem
  • Transcending legacy – Putting aside all the impediments that have prevented perfection and starting with a fresh slate
  • Understanding the future role of hospitals in a perfect healthcare system
  • Developing a vision and model for what truly exceptional healthcare would look like
  • Creating a manifesto and action plan to deliver perfect healthcare
Brian de Francesca Brian de Francesca
Executive Vice President
TBS Group
United Kingdom