2nd Healthcare Innovation Summit Set For Johannesburg

By IT News Africa

Johannesburg, 25 August 2016- Healthcare and technology executives will convene at the Radisson Blu Gautrain in Sandton, Johannesburg for the 2nd Healthcare Innovation Summit .

The Summit will be held on 24 & 25 August 2016, under the theme – “Transforming Healthcare with Technology.”

The 2016 Healthcare Innovation Summit will bring senior-level healthcare professionals to learn about cutting-edge innovations and foster dynamic conversation addressing how healthcare is being redefined through technology. From luminary keynotes to provocative panel discussions, this year’s event features a diverse roster of thought-leading, incisive speakers from across the healthcare spectrum.

Each year a who’s who of Africa’s healthcare and health tech community gather for two days of networking, lively intellectual exchange, and exploration to see what’s new, what’s cutting edge, and what will shape the future of healthcare. Join your peers and help shape the future of healthcare.

Why This Summit?
Access to facilities and medication, lack of skills and chronic disease care continue to place demands on existing healthcare resources in Africa, while economic turbulence propels governments to scrutinize healthcare budgets more closely.

Equally importantly, a growing expectation on safety, access and enhanced patient experience from the consumer space urges healthcare services to be further integrated and ubiquitous.

The African Innovator Healthcare Innovation Summit is a regional conference that examines the value of technology in improving healthcare provision and the efficiencies it brings to healthcare systems.

Confirmed sponsors for this event include T-Systems, Fortinet, Veeam, Checkpoint Software, Epson among others.

Who should attend?
The conference will assemble participants including CXOs, Department Heads and Senior Management from: Government, Public and private hospitals, CIOs and IT Managers in healthcare, Health-Tech Entrepreneurs and startups, Clinics, Technology solution providers and Academics. Decision makers and professionals in the healthcare and technology fields are welcome to join the conference to network and exchange strategies with their peers.

Key topics to be discussed at the event:

  • Connectivity to Drive Better Healthcare Outcomes
  • Catching the wave of wearables
  • Mobility and the healthcare workforce
  • Healthcare records, patient privacy and security
  • Towards universal health coverage with mobile money
  • The future of medicine: healing hands or robotic arms?
  • Delivering the benefits of Digital in healthcare
  • Protecting innovation in the pharmaceutical industry

This African Innovator Roundtable on Innovation in Healthcare has been developed to provide critical input for stakeholders in healthcare, providing objective, timely, evaluation of the different healthcare challenges and applications and solutions for tackling them.