Wireless Diabetes Program: A patient, hospital and primary care collaboration

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Wireless Diabetes ProgramA patient, hospital
andprimary care collaboration

• 8th Annual INET Mini-ConferenceJune 20
  2006Metro Toronto Convention Centre

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Conference Collaborators and Sponsors
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A Forum To Build Consensus
8th Annual INET Mini-Conference Registration N83
as of June 9th 2006
Diabetes Care Professionals (Hospital,
Physicians, Diabetes Educators, Nurse
Practitioners, Dietitians)28
Funding Influencers (Federal and Provincial
Governments, Associations, Pharmaceutical Firms,
Medical Device Manufacturers) 30
Clinical Software Developers (Family Practice,
Diabetes Management, Portals)7
Other12
Technologists (Network / Communication)13
Researchers (Research Centers, Universities)7
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Objective - Demonstrate how a Wireless Diabetes
Program may

• Streamline communications between patients and
  health care professionals.
• Promote self-management.
• Enhance compliance of prescribed treatments.
• Optimize usage of medical monitoring devices.
• Enhance patient outcomes.
• Reduce healthcare costs.

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The Conference Program

• Keynote Diabetes in Canada Issues and
  Challenges in Clinical Care
• Bringing together people with diabetes, hospitals
  and family physicians
• Coffee Break 1010 a.m.
• Mobile and Wireless Technology Innovations For
  Chronic Disease Management
• Closing Remarks A Potential Business Model For
  Wireless Healthcare

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A Wireless Healthcare Evolution
INET Mini-Conference Previous Keynote Talks
Diabetes, the International Impact and Potential
Solutions
Positioning Your IT Organization for Digital
Business
Myths and Realities of the Internet
Philosophy of Evidence-Base Medicine
Mobile Computing in Critical Care
eHealth Building a Foundation
The Impact of Wireless Technologies on the
Patient / Provider Relationship Questions,
Opportunities and Challenges
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L.C. Skip Lumley, Partner Chartwell Inc.
Dr. Bezalel Gavish - Edwin L. Cox School of
Business at the Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas
Dr. Gordon Guyatt, MD, MSc, FRCP(c) Professor,
Departments of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, McMaster University.
Dr. Stephen E. Lapinsky MB, BCh, MSc, FRCPC ICU,
Mount Sinai Hospital
Mr. Tom Closson, President and CEO, University
Health Network, and Chair, Ontario Hospital
e-Health Council.

• Dr. Alejandro (Alex) R. Jadad MD, DPhil, FRCPC.
  Director of the Centre For Global eHealth
  Innovation, University Health Network and
  University of Toronto.

• Dr. Hertzel C. Gerstein, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Prof.
  Dept. of Med. and Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology
  and Biostatistics, McMaster U. Dir. Div. of
  Endocrinology Metabolism at McMaster U. Dir.
  Diabetes Care and Research Program at the HHSC