The Healthcare Innovation Summit will take place on 29 and 30 August at the Vodacom World in Midrand, Johannesburg.
Joining the dots between innovation and practicality, the 3rd Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (#HISA2017) is expected to take place on 29 and 30 August at VodacomWorld Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit will gather over 300 delegates and 30 speakers.
During the two-day summit, there will be lively intellectual discussions as well as provocative panel discussions and interactive roundtables.
The conference will assemble CxOs, administrators, heads of technology, policy makers and key stakeholders from public and private hospitals, clinics, hospices, technology solution providers, as well as health-tech entrepreneurs and academics.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Gyles Morrison, Founder, Clinical UX Association (UK)
- Leonard Slabbert, Head of Technology at Boehringer Ingelheim
- Andrew Brown, Managing Executive, MediSwitch
- Valter Adao, Partner and Lead Director at Deloitte Digital Africa
- Elliot Sack, CEO at eHealth Group
- Nicolaas Duneas, CEO, Altis Biologics
- Richard Gordon, Executive Director at the SAMRC
- Simi Adejumo, CEO, Aajoh (Nigeria)
- Dilip Naran, General Manager, MediSwitch
- Ronald James Urry, Specialist Robotic Surgeon, Netcare Waterfall Hospital
- Akhona Mkosi, Deputy Director: Innovation and Governance, Western Cape Department of Health
- Raymond Billa, Chief Executive Officer at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg
- Rajeev R Eashwari, Director:eHealth, Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Department of Health
- Vuma Magaqa, Director: Information Systems, Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Department of Health
Key Topics to be discussed:
- Healthcare Technology: Important Legal and Ethical Considerations.
- Can Technology Address the Shortage of Medical Practitioners in SA?
- Telemedicine Initiatives: What Have We Learnt?
- How Practical is Robotic Healthcare within the African Context?
- Developing a Digital Transformation Strategy for your Healthcare Facility
- Driving Down Total-Cost-of-Care with Technology
- The Future of Healthcare: What’s on the horizon?
- Your Electronic Health Records Have Been Hacked. Now What?!
- Will Doctors Become Obsolete?
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