Industry and government leaders reconvene to share best practices for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe

Organised under the high patronage of the European Commission and presented for the 4th consecutive year, the World Health Care Congress Europe is the only major international forum where over 600 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Participating thought leaders include health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and heath care industry suppliers.

Keynote Speakers Include

David Nicholson, CBE Chief Executive National Health Service United Kingdom   Professor Uwe Reinhardt Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University USA   Dr Hans Jürgen Ahrens Chairman AOK-Bundesverband Germany   Sir Muir Gray Chief Knowledge Officer Department of Health and National Health Service United Kingdom   Dr Michael Wilks, President, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), United Kingdom Mark Britnell, Director General of Commissioning and System Management, Department of Health, United Kingdom Richard Granger, Director General IT, Department of Health and National Health Service, United Kingdom Professor Juliane Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Speaker Highlight

Professor Uwe Reinhardt Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University, USA A leading health policy expert, Professor Reinhardt has served on a number of government commissions and advisory boards, among them the Physician Payment Review Commission (now MedPAC) on which he served three consecutive three-year terms, the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, formerly AHCPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Council on Health Care Technology of the then U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Special Medical Advisory Group of the Veterans Administration. Currently he serves on VA's Special National Medical Advisory Commission. Professor Reinhardt is a member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, serving on its Governing Council from 1979 to 1982. He is past president and a Distinguished Fellow of the Association of Health Services Research on whose Board he served for over a decade. He is a director of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Professor Reinhardt has also served on the External Advisory Panel for Health, Nutrition and Population of The World Bank, and is a trustee of both Duke University and the Duke University Health System. Professor Reinhardt is a senior associate of the University of Cambridge, England. Professor Reinhardt is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the National institute of Health Care Management, a Washington-based think tank devoted to issues in managed care. Professor Reinhardt has been or is a member of numerous editorial boards, among them The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Affairs, the Journal of Health economics, and the Milbank Memorial Quarterly. Professor Reinhardt received his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. He has received also a number of honorary doctorates.

Four focused summits will give attendees a unique opportunity to discuss challenges in depth and determine actionable plans with their peers:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Implementing Health IT
• Reforming Health Insurance and Improving Financial Performance
• Improving Quality and Patient Safety

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