The 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress Middle East
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Day 2

Monday, 10 December, 2012
9:00 -
9:45
Keynote panel: Developing a Coordinated Approach to the Management of Chronic Diseases
    • Tracking the epidemiological and lifestyle changes that are driving the increase in chronic disease across the region
    • Developing a strategic approach to reduce the growing cost burden of treating chronic diseases
    • How do we develop and align the organisational and financial incentives to better manage chronic disease?
    • Exploring a range of chronic disease management strategies and tools
    • Building integrated chronic disease care pathways which provide seamless care to patients
    • Global examples of excellence in chronic disease management
      • Diabetes
      • Cardiac Care
      • Lung disease
9:45 -
10:30
Keynote Panel: Strategic Responses to Public and Population Health Challenges
  • Exploring the impact of a range of global legislative and regulatory approaches to improving the health of populations
  • Understanding the social determinants of health and how to address inequalities in the health of the public
  • Determining the role of industry in supporting consumers to make healthy choices and choose healthy lifestyles
  • Empowering people to live healthy lifestyles through health promotion and the delivery of health information
10:30 -
11:15
11:15 -
11:45
Networking Refreshment Break in Executive Lounge
11:45 -
12:30
Keynote Panel: Delivering the Growing Health Care Prevention Agenda
  • Developing patient responsibility - striking a balance between the right of the individual to receive treatment and their responsibility to maintain their health
  • Examining the role of incentives and disincentives in driving behavior change
  • Exploring how health care providers can engage in community prevention by promoting community health
  • Delivering lifestyle change and preventative care in practice – exploring a range of successful projects:
    • Diet and nutrition
    • Fitness and exercise
    • Smoking cessation
    • Accident prevention
12:30 -
14:00
Networking Lunch in Executive Lounge
14:00 -
14:45
Understanding the Benefits of Employee Assistance Programs and Corporate Wellness Initiatives
  • Clarifying the value to employers of investment in the health and wellbeing of their staff
  • Exploring the developing evidence around the relationship between employee engagement and workforce productivity
  • Learning from a range of global corporate wellness and employee benefits programs
  • Examining the return available from investment in employee healthcare
  • Corporate wellness initiatives in practice:
    • Risk assessment
    • Engagement tools
    • Health promotion
14:45 -
15:30
Exploring the Opportunities for Investment in Middle East Healthcare
  • Understanding the developing opportunities in post-conflict health infrastructure redevelopment
    • Iraq
    • Libya
  • Investing in the development of medical tourism – what is the capacity for the further development of this market in the region?
  • Exploring the development of a venture capital market in Middle East healthcare
  • Islamic finance, the Islamic concept of Zakat and investment – what does this mean for healthcare investors in the region?
15:30 -
16:00
Executive Refreshment Break in Executive Lounge
16:00 -
16:45
Developing and Implementing Standards for Health Care Quality and Patient Safety
  • Examining a range of local and global approaches to delivering, measuring and reporting standards of healthcare quality and safety
  • Exploring the growth of provider accreditation to assure consumers around the quality of care provided
  • Overcoming the challenges of multi-national clinical workforces and the differences in clinical practice that this brings
  • Determining the role of decision support systems in driving standardization and reducing variation
  • Integrating the patient experience into the measurement of healthcare quality
16:45 -
17:30
Executive Networking Reception in Executive Lounge