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Conference Chair: Ms. Jennifer Ahearn, Chief Officer, Ministry of Health

Remarks – Minister of Health, Hon. Mark Scotland

Can Personal Health Records/Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems Transform Health Care?
Exploring the potential health benefits, savings and costs of a national EMR system

Presenter: Dale Sanders, Chief Information Officer, Cayman Islands Health Services Authority

• EMR in medical error reduction and enhancing patient care and treatment
• Measuring national health-care statistics
• Privacy & confidentiality
• Implementation and costs

 

Medical Tourism: Myth or Reality? Getting beyond the Hype
“How many”, “From where”, “To where”, and the “How” of medical tourism

Presenter: Ms Renée-Marie Stephano, Esquire, President of the Medical Tourism Association,
Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Tourism Magazine

• Genesis & drivers of medical tourism
• Legal & ethical issues in medical tourism
• Assessments or evaluations of medical tourism practices (including accreditation)
• Impact of US economic downturn
• The opportunities and pitfalls for the Cayman Islands

 

The impact chronic non-communicable disease on workplace productivity and the corporate financial bottom line: Why Health Promotion and Health Prevention matters.
Managing chronic diseases in the Cayman Islands -The urgency for a radical change in the way healthcare services are delivered from acute care to disease prevention and health promotion.

Presenters: Dr. Jean Marie Rwangabwoba, Pan American Health Organization

• Regional approaches and current trends

Dr. Olayinka Adedayo, Internist – Cayman Islands Health Services Authority

• Developing an effective prevention and promotion strategy
• Is legislation the answer?

Dr Anna Matthews, Acting Medical Officer of Health of the Cayman Islands

• CAYHEALTH Initiative

Panel Discussion: Managing Healthcare in Challenging Times & an Uncertain Future
Providing affordable healthcare in an environment of increasing costs, aging population, limited resources and options for offshore referrals

• Managing the bottom line: Its impact on quality
• Measuring healthcare quality
• Accreditation
• Offshore referrals: redirecting patients to lower cost countries

Moderator: Wil Pineau, Chamber of Commerce CEO
Panelists:

• Lizzette Yearwood – CEO- Cayman Islands Health Services Authority
• Carole Appleyard - CINICO
• Bill Brown - Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital, CEO
• CIMDS Representative
• Bruce John: HSA Charitable Trust, The Caring for Life Foundation
• Baptist Health Representative