Yahoo Finance REMINDER: MEDIA ADVISORY: CMA Health Summit
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 15, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and leading experts in health and public policy will discuss bold solutions to rebuild Canada's health care systems during the CMA's Health Summit, taking place Aug. 17-18 in Ottawa.
WHAT: What Health Care Should Be: CMA Health Summit reimagines Canada's health systems
The program includes sessions on Canada's new health care agreements, fighting misinformation in health care, scaling up team-based care, Indigenous health, administrative burden, balancing public and private health care and much more.
Some of the speakers and panelists include:
The Hon. Mark Holland, Minister of Health
Dr. Alika Lafontaine, Dr. Kathleen Ross and Dr. Katharine Smart
Timothy Caulfield, a professor of health law and policy and bestselling author
Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia
Dr. Melissa Lem, President, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute
The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Former Minister of Environment and Climate Change
WHEN: August 17-18, 2023
WHERE:
In person: the Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Online
HOW: Members of the media are invited to register by contacting mediainquiries@cma.ca
About the CMA
The Canadian Medical Association leads a national movement with physicians who believe in a better future of health. Our ambition is a sustainable, accessible health system where patients are partners, a culture of medicine that elevates equity, diversity and wellbeing, and supportive communities where everyone has the chance to be healthy. We drive change through advocacy, giving and knowledge sharing – guided by values of collaboration and inclusion.
SOURCE Canadian Medical Association
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